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@ Schmiddy: Welcome at MSFN Forums! I have no idea what happened, because I don't know what exactly you have done.This is what I recommend to do: Download an already extracted version of the Intel chipset device INF files (Intel chipset "drivers") from >here< and unzip it somewhere on your hdd (but outside the desktop). Create a new nLited XP CD according to my guide (you should start the procedure from scratch with a clean source!) and integrate just the Intel AHCI driver (as TEXTMODE), but additionally the prepared Intel chipset "drivers" (as PnP driver). Burn the ISO file as bootable Image. Enter the BIOS, set the Intel SATA Controllers to "AHCI" mode and make sure, that your SSD is on top of the "HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY" settings. Boot off the freshly nLited XP CD. Once the XP installation is completed, you will have the OS on your SSD and all needed Intel drivers should be properly installed. Good luck! @ jangdini: The complete Intel AHCI/RAID RST and INF Utility packages are EXE files, which cannot be unzipped by using a tool like WinRAR or 7-zip. You can extract them nevertheless within the DOS-Box (or the "Run" command box) by using the parameters "xyz.exe -A -P C:\Intel" (without quotation marks). After having completed the extraction you will find the extracted folders and files within the folder named "Intel" of your drive C: To make it easier for you, I have linked already extracted packages of both EXE files (Intel RST and Chipset Device Software) within the start post of this thread. There is no "non-textmode SATA AHCI driver" available. The only Intel SATA AHCI driver is the one named IASTOR.SYS and part of the Intel RST/MSM driver package you have to integrate as TEXTMODE driver.What you certainly mean is the Intel INF Update Utility (= Intel chipset device "drivers"/"software"), which doesn't contain a real driver, but just information files about how to manage the different Intel chipset system devices. Regards Fernando

I don't really understand, what you mean, but1. the F6 floppy files and the driver files, which are needed for the integration, are exactly the same (no difference at all), and 2. the AHCI driver files of the SATA_IDE folder have to be integrated as TEXTMODE and not as PnP driver. Regards Fernando

This should be impossible, if you have done what I have written within my guide.I suspect, that you didn't use an untouched XP CD image as source. Regards Fernando

Hello James, thanks for answering my questions. Since there is a WINNT.SIF present, it is not an original source delivered by Microsoft.The WINNT.SIF contains the informations about an unattended XP installation and will never be found within an original MS XP image. Where did you get the XP image from? Maybe the WINNT.SIF contains the path to other mass storage drivers, which prevent the correct installation of the suitable nForce SATA driver onto your special system. Regards Fernando

Hello James, welcome at MSFN Forums! Before I can give you any advice, I need some more informations:1. Which nForce IDE driver folder did you integrate? 2. What makes you so sure, that your system needs an AHCI supporting nForce SATA driver? 3. Have you tried to boot off the original XP SP3 image without having integrated any nForce SATA driver? If yes, what happened? 4. Did you use a clean (=untouched) XP image as source? Is there a file named WINNT.SIF within the i386 directory? 5. Do you have a BIOS option "HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY"? If yes, did you verify, that the SATA hdd has been on top, while you started the XP installation? Maybe the BIOS sees your USB drive as a hdd and has tried to install the OS onto it. Regards Fernando @ manarbre: Thank you for your feedback and your report about how you were able to solve your problem. It's fine, that you saved your RAID1 at least without the necessity to do a complete reinstallation of the OS. To be on the safe side in the future, I recommend to do a complete backup of your OS partition by using a tool like Acronis TrueImage. Have fun with your repaired nForce RAID1 system! Fernando

@ manarbre: Since I have found a rather similar report >here<, I recommend to run the CHKDSK command. Look >here<.

You can get the full BSOD message, if you hit F8 and choose the option "Disable automatic restart on system failure" while booting.

You have mixed 2 totally different BIOS settings:Order of the bootable devices:First bootable device: CD-ROM Second bootable device: HDD Third bootable device: Floppy etc. [*]HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY (= boot order of the hard disk drives, only important, if you have more than 1 hdd): On top: your RAID1 array Another tip: Try the command "FIXBOOT" from the "Repair" Console.

@ manarbre: Before you continue to use the Repair function of the Windows XP Setup, you may try to swap the data cables of your RAIDed hdd's. Maybe you have interchanged them while using your non-RAID SATA hdd. After having done that, start the computer and wait, if you are able to boot into the Windows XP partition of your RAID array automaticly. If this doesn't help, reinsert the data cables of the RAIDed hdd's into their original SATA ports. Everything should be done with the following BIOS settings: RAID should be enabled. The RAID0 array has to be on the top position of the "HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY" settings. Furthermore all other hdd's (except the 2 RAID members) and USB devices should be unplugged. The RAID0 should be shown as "healthy" and bootable during the booting procedure.. Yes, you are right. Just edit "FIXMBR" (without the quotation marks) and hit the "Enter" key. For further informations you may look >here<. Good luck! Fernando

Hello Jennifer, it seems, that you already have celebrated Christmas. Good luck with your new motherboard! Regards Fernando

If the RAID is shown as "healthy" and bootable, you should be able to boot into Windows XP without the necessity to rebuild the RAID array.Obviously just the MBR, which is on your RAID, has been corrupted. This is what I suggest to do: 1. Set the SATA Controllers to "RAID" mode and the RAID array into the first position of the "HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY" settings. 2. Unplug all other hdd's and USB devices except both RAIDed hdd's. 3. Boot off the original XP SP3 CD. 4. When prompted, hit F6 and let Setup load the appropriate nForce SATARAID driver folder from a previously prepared floppy disk. 5. When you are asked, if you want to install Windows XP or to use the "Repair" function, choose the latter option. 6. After having finished the repair action, stop the XP "installation" process (nothing except the MBR files will be really installed) and reboot. Good luck! Fernando

@ manarbre: Is the RAID shown as being "healthy" and "bootable" while booting? If yes, I would not try to create a new RAID1 array. Regards Fernando

@ manarbre: Welcome at MSFN Forums! Although your problem has nothing to do with nLite and the topic of this thread, I will try to help you. The RAID is not dead, but you don't see it, because you have disabled the "RAID" mode of your nForce SATA Controllers.Your problem has been induced by the inserted non-RAID SATA hdd, which obviously caused a change of the HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY within the BIOS. There is nothing to worry about.Do the following: 1. Enter the BIOS, set the SATA Controllers to "RAID" and save the new settings. 2. Reboot and enter the BIOS again. The RAID should be shown as "healthy" while rebooting. 3. Search for the BIOS option "HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY". 4. Check the settings. The RAID1 has to been set on top of the list. If it isn't, change the settings. 5. Save the new settings and reboot. Now you should boot into your OS without any problem and without seeing all your partitions 2 times. Good luck! Fernando

Thanks for this information. So you can delete the line with the DEV_0AB4 wirhin the INF file of the just linked specially modded driver. You are welcome.Regards Fernando

@ vermin: Welcome at MSFN Forums! The switch from IDE mode to AHCI mode while running Windows XP is not as easy as you are thinking. What you have to do is to copy an AHCI capable nForce SATA driver named NVGTS.SYS into the WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS folder of your XP partition (the driver must be compatible with your special nForce SATA Controller after having set to AHCI mode) and to change some Registry settings as a preparation of the later switch from IDE to AHCI mode (you will need the exact HardwareID's of your special nForce SATA Controller running in AHCI mode). Only after having done these preparations correctly, you can restart the computer, enter the BIOS, set the NVIDIA nForce SATA Controllers from "IDE" to "AHCI" or "Enhanced" mode and then reboot into Windows XP. Since this procedure is very difficult and risky, I do not recommend to try it. The better and safer way is to prepare a fresh Windows XP installation CD with integrated nForce AHCI driver as layed down within the start post of this thread. You got the BSOD, because you forgot the change the registry settings. Furthermore I doubt, that the nForce SATA driver v10.3.0.42 will support your MCP79 chipset at all. Since I am very familiar with the content of the INF files of all actual nForce SATA drivers, I can reassure you, that there is not a single nForce driver available, which natively does support your DeviceID DEV_0AB4. I don't even know, if it is the correct DeviceID of your special MCP79 nForce Serial ATA Controller running in AHCI mode.Nevertheless I have prepared for you a specially customized version of NVIDIA's newest nForce SATA_IDE driver v11.1.0.43 for Windows XP. You can grab it from >here<. So if you want to create a Windows XP CD with integrated nForce SATA AHCI driver according to my guide, you may try to integrate this special driver. Yes, Win7 has a generic MS AHCI driver in-the-box, which probably will support your MCP79 board too. So you will be able to get Win7 installed onto your system without the need of loading any separate SATA driver.By the way: Once Win7 is up, you will be able to see the exact HardwareID's of your special nForce SATA Controllers running in AHCI mode: Open the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" section of the Device Manager > Do a right click onto the NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller > "Properties" > "Details" > "Property" > "HardwareID's". Good luck! Fernando

Hi Jennifer, I don't know why you want to create a Windows XP CD with a big variety of AHCI and RAID drivers from different chipset manufacturers, but I want to remind you, that it is strongly forbidden to use nLite for commercial purposes. Only the private use of nLite is allowed. Regards Fernando

That is not enough information for any support.Although you didn't post anything about what you have done, you definitively have done something wrong. If you want help within this special thread, you should have followed my guide, which is within the start post. I bet, that you have tried a lot of things at once while working with nLite (integrating Hotfixes, Addons etc.). Here is my general suggestion for nLite newbies with an AHCI or RAID system: Let nLite do nothing else than the integration of the textmode driver and the creation of the ISO file. This way you will have the best chances to succeed with the later installation of the OS. Regards Fernando

The fact, that you were able to get XP installed without having loaded (F6) or integrated any textmode driver, verifies, that the SATA Controllers of your Samsung R519 are running in IDE and not in AHCI mode.So it seems even possible for me, that the installation of XP with integrated Intel RST textmode driver failed, because the driver was wrong (= not usable with IDE/LEGACY mode SATA Controllers). An XP CD with integrated Intel RST driver should only be used with Intel chipset systems, where the SATA hdd is running in AHCI or RAID mode. As long as the SATA Controllers have been set to "IDE" or "LEGACY" mode, you should always prefer an untouched XP CD for the installation. Any integration of a wrong (= not usable) textmode driver may cause a BSOD. Conclusion: It doesn't make sense for you to wait for any new official RST driver. None of the Intel RST or MSM drivers will work with your Samsung R519, unless you have set the SATA Controllers to AHCI (or RAID) mode within the mainboard BIOS prior to the XP installation. Regards Fernando

No, you won't find a driverpack, which includes all (previous and latest) drivers. Even if a driver set like the "mass storage" package offered by DriverPacks contain a lot of different AHCI and RAID drivers, there is always just 1 single driver (= SYS file) for all chipsets, which have been produced by the same manufacturer (1 driver for NIDIA chipsets, 1 driver for Intel chipsets etc.).Nevertheless it is possible, that this single driver will work with a lot of different chipsets of the same manufacturer. You should download the tool DriverPacks BASE and the "Mass Storage" driverpack. Then you will get a Windows XP CD, which will be usable with a big variety of SATA Controllers. Probably yes. No, because the files have the same names and will be overwritten, if you would try to integrate them both.Regards Fernando

Intel has developed 2 different technologies regarding the management of their SATA Controller chips. The first technology was named "Intel® Matrix Storage Manager" (=MSM), the newer one is named "Intel® Rapid Storage Technology" (=RST).All Intel MSM and RST drivers have the same name (IASTOR.SYS) and can be used with all actual Intel AHCI and RAID systems, but their effect is quite different, especially when being used with SSD's. You will find Intel's latest MSM driver and Intel's latest official RST drivers within the start post of this thread. Since the technologies MSM and RST are trademarks registered by Intel, you will not find any MSM or RST drivers developed or published by AMD. Yes. If you want to do that, you should not use nLite, but the tool named DriverPacks Base and the DriversPacks method (look >here<).Regards Fernando

You can do that with an Intel MSM driver, but not with an Intel RST driver. If you need the XP CD for a system with enabled AHCI mode, it is better, when you don't check any of the listed Intel SATA RAID Controllers. The safest option for RST drivers is to check just the specific Intel SATA AHCI Controller of your system.So here is my advice: If you are going to create a Windows XP CD with integrated Intel textmode driver, which shall support Intel RAID and AHCI configurations and be usable with different computers/notebooks, you should integrate an Intel MSM driver. The Intel RST driver is the best choice, if you need a Windows XP CD for just 1 single computer/notebook with an Intel Southbridge running in AHCI or RAID mode, but you should check the specific Intel SATA AHCI resp. RAID Controller while doing the integration. Regards Fernando

Hello Jen, the RST drivers are more sensitive concerning the integration of the correct SATA Controller than the MSM drivers. Which special Southbridge (ICH chip) does your Samsung R519 have and which Controller did you choose while integrating the Intel SATA AHCI driver? Regards Fernando

Since none of the actual Intel RST drivers will support Windows 2000, I have uploaded the old Intel MSM driver v5.7.0.1011 for you to MediaFire. You can get it >here<.Good luck! Fernando

Hello Jennifer, if you have no problem with Windows XP SP3, why do you want to use XP SP2 for the OS installation? The XP SP3 is the actual OS version and includes all updates of the previous Service Packs 1 and 2. Regards Fernando

@ marsh: Welcome at MSFN Forums! All nForce 630a (=MCP67) chipset mainboards are very problematic regarding the memory timings (FSB) and the specific nForce IDE drivers support. So you have to check your BIOS settings and to take the appropriate nForce SATARAID drivers (best choice: v10.3.0.46 WHQL, which you can get >here<). There is no need to additionally integrate the SATA-IDE driver. Questions: 1. What do you mean with "SATA RAID 5 disk"? A RAID5 array needs 3 hdd's or more. 2. Why do you want to use a RAID5 array with such a pretentious chipset? Regards Fernando