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One more thing: Seems to be a common problem using nLite - after everything was restored, i couldn't get Windows Update to work, nothing would install either manually through microsoft.com, third-party download and manual installation or using Automated update. I used Dial-a-Fix v0.6 beta (download and info here) to rewrite the .dlls and full MS update functionality was restored. Hope this helps anyone else who may be unfortunate enough to do the same stupid stuff as me!

Mission Successful! I burned the iso again. The new drivers loaded, but then the setup hung on the "Saving settings" point at 9 minutes (seems pretty common with nLite, I was using v 1.4) I restarted the installation using the original XP Home CD and all went well - I am now back in business! I found Fernando's guide to using nLite very useful. Cheers, Al

Hi all, I've searched the forums but can't find a specific answer, so if anyone can help me, please do.... I used Driver Cleaner to remove the chipset drivers from my Asus A8N-SLI Premium NForce4 board prior to reinstalling another version, but got distracted during the operation and stupidly rebooted the computer. As the Nvidia SATA RAID drivers also were deleted, now Windows XP wouldn't start due to the SATA drive suddenly "disappearing". I booted from the WinXP Home disk and then clicked on "Repair" - during the operation it asked for the F6 reinstallation of the SATA drivers from the Asus utils disk - these turned out to be non-WHQL, so now I'm stuck during setup where it's telling me the drivers are not digitally signed. Although I tried installing them anyway, the "Yes/No" dialog box appears just as the mouse/keyboard are not responding, so i can't get past it. I obtained WHQL drivers through this forum, created an NLite slipstream disk, but I can't get back to the beginning of Setup to install the correct driver - it always reverts to the point I was at before with the non-WHQL driver, so i'm stuck in this loop of always getting stuck at the "Do you still want to continue installing this software?" dialog box prompt. So- how do i either 1) bypass Setup and restore the last known good point now that the computer can find my hard drive with the RAID drivers installed 2) restart Setup from the beginning so I can use the slipstream XP CD 3) find a way to get the mouse working at the freeze point so at least I can get past the dialog box problem, get XP up and running again and install the original chipset drivers again? Or is there anything else i can do? I feel so totally stupid right now for creating the whole mess - how can I get out of it? thanks, Al For info - Asus A8N-SLI Premium BIOS ver 1303, AMD FX-55 stock chip, NVRaid SATA connexion in use, 2x 250GB Hitachi striped RAID, WinXP Home SP2 on NTFS C: partition, data storage on F: partition.