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Just for information: SP3 with (Intel) SATA drivers integrated with nLite works just fine here.

I think you should first burn the ISO image to a disc (image burn, not file burn!), or use a tool like the Daemon Tools to virtually mount the CD. Then you can copy files from it. Or use a program like ARJ to extract files from the ISO image directly.

Ah, for once I'm lucky with my choice of hardware then... If anyone else wants to try his/her luck: the DVD is an LG GH20NS10.

I believe it is an update of the Update engine; it is contained in many post-SP3 packs (like the famous RyanVM pack); so yes: you can slipstream it.

If it is of any help: I use the "RAID ready" setup as well. 1 SATA HD and 1 SATA DVD. ICH10R driver for my MSI P45 Neo3-F board. Works fine! (except for eSATA)

I have made several Dutch installation CD's using the English interface of nLite without any problems, so the language of nLite and the OS do not seem to interfere (as expected).

Just run the EXE file of the complete actual Intel Matrix Storage Manager. Since all the files have the same names, the previous driver files will be overwritten. You won't get any residues.Ah. So this way Windows will not make a backup of the old driver files first, and there is no rollback option in the (update) driver page? (clean; which is what I want)

Suppose an update arrives and I want to install those drivers in place of (and not on top of) the current drivers. Is that possible? How? Normally I would uninstall the device, boot in safe mode, remove all driver files related to the device and re-install the device. But I guess XP won't boot if the RAID driver is absent?

You can try http://www.christopherlewis.com/WGet/WGetFiles.htm (linked from the wget wiki which is linked from the wget home page - not that hard to find)

The author of the nVidia guide has also posted an execellent Intel guide on this forum...

As stated before: depends on your hardware (does your BIOS support 48-bit LBA; and if not, do you have an Intel chipset?). To bypass the BIOS of that old HP, I really needed to integrate the IAA software as well. Checkout the (extremely slow) site 48bitlba.com.

Depends on your hardware I guess. On a really old HP Pavilion I was able to use a 320GB disk that is not supported by its BIOS, by integrating SP2 (I think SP1 or higher is required) and the Intel Application Acceleration drivers.

What are your experiences with these 8.5.0.1032 WHQL drivers? I observe at least 3 problems on my PC: 1) the PC is temporarily locked when hot-plugging or unplugging an external eSATA drive 2) when hot-plugging, only the first (FAT) partition file system on that drive is recognized, NTFS on the other partitions is not 3) if the external SATA is plugged in before the PC is turned on, all partitions are recognized, but the drive regularly times out, locking up the entire PC (until I turn off the drive (and on again if I want)) This eSATA drive seems to work just fine under Linux, so the hardware seems to be OK. I'm having a hard time to believe that the Intel SW for this HW is that immature...

Yes, there are several to be found on the RyanVM forum, although there is no official release of the man himself yet (because of an exceptionally nice summer as he explained).

Thanks for notifying! They are indeed WHQL on my ICH10R now. Any idea why they can only be found if one looks for a specific Intel board? The general download center still presents the old 8.2 files... The same holds for the 9.0.0.1011 WHQL chipset drivers (which present themselves as 1005 and 1009 on my system ). Both have a "_PV" suffix in the filename. What would PV stand for?

Sorry, never heard of (and thus no driver specific knowledge).

What brand? I don't think it is possible with Creative drivers; Realtek (found on many motherboards) integrates fine (I can tell from personal experience).

Cheered to early... When hot plugging my external eSATA drive (which is a 1:1 copy of the internal eSATA drive), only the first (primary FAT) partition is properly recognized. For all other partitions the size and the volume label is displayed correctly, but XP has no idea what kind of filesystem they contain... So I hope Intel comes with an update soon!

The WHQL stamp doesn't have any influence on the function of a driver.Right, but since Intel wouldn't go through the process of WHQL certification for an obscure beta driver, a WHQL certification is some kind of indication of quality I thought. But your second remark is interesting: Probably nothing. It seems, that the Intel textmode drivers v8.5.0.1032 are not yet digitally signed for all Intel chipsets.I forgot about that (experienced this in the past with WHQL nVidia drivers which were not qualified for my particular videocard). Apparently they are (at least) not certified for the ICH10R that I use. But they work well on my system so far...

Probably (since even I could... , on a slightly different configuration though: 1 SATA DVD-drive and 1 SATA HD, both connected to ICH10R, BIOS set to RAID, which includes AHCI).

I've heard about it in the past, but never investigated thoroughly... The HTML documentation looks very promising; will try this tonight! Thanks!

Slightly off-topic, but do you guys know a way to keep drive letters fixed *after* installation? I use M: for my (USB Mass Storage) MP3 player and U: for my USB stick, but these always get replaced by partitions of my external backup hard disk when I plug that in (if the MP3 player and USB stick are not attached).

Were those 8.2.3.1001 on their site then? I got a new PC about 1.5 weeks ago and then checked for the newest drivers, which were 8.2.0.1001.

Fernando, on the first page and above you state that the 8.5.0.1032 drivers are WHQL. When I update the drivers from your repackaged file on RapidShare using XP's Device Manager, XP complains that these are not signed (not WHQL). What did I do wrong? How safe is it to use these drivers? Last week I got my new PC and installed XP using 8.2.0.1001 following this guide. Worked great (thanks for your guide!), except for the eSATA (external) drive which would never hot plug. Just now I discovered the newer drivers in this thread and tried 8.2.3.1001 WHQL, which allowed me to hot plug the drive exactly once... Then I installed 8.5.0.1032 and now hot plugging seems to work (even more than once)! That would be great, but since I use this external drive to make backups of my system, these drivers should better be stable and safe (and yes, WHQL is no guarantee for that). What do you think, should I stick to 8.5.0.1032, even if they are not WHQL? (on my system?)

In my case it was an exe file which only extracted those two *.hex files... Luckily I discovered that there was a CD shipped with the monitor after all. This CD contained a driver with a *.inf file which I could successfully integrate with nLite. No more question marks in the device manager after a new install of my new PC!