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@ cdob: Thanks for your interesting informations, which brought much light into the dark for me. I didn't realize, that Toshiba's special RAID drivers are nothing else than "modded" Intel RAID drivers, but without any reference to Intel. @ shadesters: As cdob has mentioned, you probably will not succeed with the integration of any official Intel textmode driver, bcause none of them contain the needed HardwareID's for your Intel ICH6M Southbridge running in RAID Mode. So probably just the old Toshiba drivers will work for you. Nevertheless I have just customized the latest official 32bit Intel Matrix Storage Manager drivers v8.9.0.1023 to make them usable for your Intel ICH6M RAID system. Here is the download link: 32bit_Intel_ICH6_10_textmode_driver_v8.9.0.1023_mod_by_Fernando.rar Please try that driver, which I have customized for being usable with all Intel ICH6-10 chipsets, and post, if you succeeded with it. If yes, I will present this "modded" driver within >this< guide. Thanks! Fernando EDIT: Now the linked modified Intel textmode driver will (hopefully) support all "tricky" Toshiba Intel ICH6M and ICH7M RAID systems.

The most important thing is not the age of a driver, but the OEM and INF files entries. The specific HardwareID's of the RAID Controller has to be within the TXTSETUP.OEM file, otherwise Windows Setup will not recognize the RAID. You can select them all (if you are unsure), but the only Controller you will need is named "Intel® ICH6M SATA RAID Controller".I really doubt, that the advice you got from Toshiba Forum was correct. Reasons: 1. Why should Toshiba offer special Toshiba RAID drivers named KR10N for your notebook, if these notebooks have built-in just normal Intel RAID Controllers? 2. As far as I know Intel has never built an ICH6M Southbridge, whis is supporting RAID. Where did you get the Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver and which is the version? Are you sure, that Intel ICH6M SATA RAID Controllers are supported by the driver you got? @ johnhc: The Toshiba driver I have linked within my first post of this thread contains the same HardwareID's as yours, but is newer.

..because its the best solution, easy and it works!1. This is not the DriverPacks, but the nLite Forum.2. Creating an nLited CD with integrated textmode driver is very easy and safe too (if you have the suitale RAID/AHCI driver). 3. Why should someone with just a single notebook integrate 150 different textmode drivers?

@ shadesters: Welcome at MSFN Forums! Which RAID driver did you integrate, where did you get it and what makes you sure, that it was the correct one?By the way: Toshiba is offering >this< special RAID driver for their Qosmio G notebook series. Maybe the hdd has not been set as bootable device. Enter the BIOS and look for the bootable devices. I don't think, that there is any notebook with an Intel ICH6M Southbridge, which will support RAID. Furthermore none of the actual Intel Matrix Storage Manager RAID drivers can be used with an ICH6M Southbridge. For further details you may look into the start post of >this< thread. All 3 options will enable the RAID features with the consequence, that you need the appropriate RAID driver. Look into the manual, what 1RAID and 2RAID mean. If you really have 2 SATA hdd's with the same size, you should create an array (RAID0 for performance or RAID1 for redundancy). This is what I suggest:1. Create a new MCE CD with integrated Toshiba RAID textmode driver (as linked above). 2. Choose the appropriate RAID option (depending on your option performamce or security) within the BIOS. 3. Create a RAID0 or RAID1 array, if you want. 4. Enter the BIOS and set the RAID as second bootable device (the first one should be the CD/DVD-ROM). 4. Boot off the freshly created MCE CD. @ ricktendo64: Thanks for your assistance by offering your special DriverPack. Nevertheless I do not really understand, why shadesters should use the DriverPacks method and integrate a whole MassStorage DriverPack. He just wants to get MCE installed onto 1 single specified notebook.

We cannot help you without the requested informations.If you want to integrate (nearly) all possible SATA, LAN and Modem drivers, you should go here: http://driverpacks.net

@ AHRIMANSEFID: If you want help, you should give us some informations: 1. Which is the exact name of your system or mainboard? 2. Do you run your SATA hdd in RAID or AHCI Mode? 3. What have you already tried and into which sort of problems did you run?

@ gabriel: Thanks for your message, which is rather off-topic. Maybe we should continue our correspondence via PM or eMail. I am in a hurry now, because my 95 years old father is waiting for me. He lives 100 km away from my home town (12.000 inhabitants), which is very near to the North Sea. Apropos "away" and the typical Australian pronounciation of this word: When I was in Australia, I planned to return to Germany via New Zealand, Fidji, Hawaii and Los Angeles. When an Australian asked me: "When do you go away?" I understood: "When do you go to Hawaii?" and I wondered how they knew about my future travel plans. Bye Fernando

I have been in Brisbane and at the Gold Cost in 1993, but next time I will have a look into your home town. I don't think, that the drivers may interfer with application startups, but it seems possible for me, that the much higher read speed of a RAID system may cause a disorder of the startup procedure, especially with not well developed applications.Greetings to "Down Under" Fernando

Here is my conclusion:You don't need to integrate any third party driver into the Windows XP CD, because your the SATA Controller of your mainboard obviously is neither running in AHCI nor in RAID Mode. Now back to the start post of this thread: You got this error message, because you booted off a Windows XP CD, into which someone had integrated a wrong driver. No original XP CD contains a file named "NVRD32.SYS" and Windows Setup would never search for such file, unless someone had tried to load (F6) or to integrate any NVIDIA nForce SATARAID driver folder content. This was an absolutely wrong procedure, because your mainboard neither has an nForce chipset nor an nForce SATA/RAID Controller.

Hello Gabriel, thanks for your nice presentation of your home country "Down Under". I have been in all cities you have mentioned except Toowoomba, your current residence. If I ever should come back to Australia, I will have a look to that village (or is it a real town?) and maybe we will see us there. It makes me happy too, that you succeeded at least with everything you wanted, and it was a pleasure for me, that I could help you. Greatings from Germany Fernando

Please boot into Windows XP and open the Device Manager. Then look into the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and - if present - the "SCSI and RAID Controllers" sections.There you will find the SATA/AHCI/RAID Controllers of your system. You will get more informations, if you to a right-click onto each shown Controller > "Properties" > "Details" > "Property" > "HardwareID's". If you can, please post the names and the HardwareID's of the listed Controllers (not interesting at all are the "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controllers".

You are welcome!By the way: Australia is a beautiful country. I have been already 3 times there for a longer period between 1991 and 1995. Where do you live in Australia? That will be much easier, because you probably don't need to load any separate drivers.All the best to you! Regards Fernando

Which sort of RAID array did you create (Striped=RAID0 or Mirrored=RAID1)? Have you set the RAID as bootable within the mainboard BIOS? Are you sure, that the BIOS detected the RAID? At next bootup, have you seen a screen message, that the RAID is "healthy"? What does "dies" mean? Did you get any message? If yes, which one? If you could not read the message, you should hit F8 at next reboot and choose the "Don't resboot at system failure" option.EDIT: I just saw your last post, that you got it working now at least. Congratulations! Regards Fernando

I am not sure at all about the Southbridge chipset of your system. After having read your last post, I have looked at Dell's pages for all informations regarding "Alienware M17X". Then I found a note, that it has an Intel ICH8M Southbridge - nothing to see about a "new" and an "old" version of the M17X". This is the verification, that the SATA Controllers of your system are not Intel, but NVIDIA ones. Nevertheless I doubt, that you really have slipstreamed the SATARAID driver folder. The AHCI capable nForce SATA driver is only within the SATA_IDE driver folder of NVIDIA's nForce chipset driverpacks. So I suspect, that you integrated the content of the SATA_IDE folder. Since your system obviously has a NVIDIA MCP79 chipset, the RAID device will be shown as "NVIDIA nForce RAID Controller" (precondition: RAID is enabled within the BIOS). All NVIDIA nForce RAID drivers are within the SATARAID folder of the related nForce chipset driverpack. Here is what I recommend for you:Downoad and unzip >this< small driverpack and store it somewhere. Copy the content of the original XP CD onto your hdd. Run nLite and let it create a bootable XP CD with integrated nForce RAID driver. Slipstream the SATARAID driver folder content of the just downloaded pack as TEXTMODE driver. Burn the ISO as bootable Image. Set the SATA Mode to "RAID" within the BIOS. Create a RAID array by using the RAID BIOS Utility. Make sure, that the CD/DVD-ROM is set as first bootable device within the BIOS. Boot off the XP CD and let Setup do its work. Don't press F6 when prompted. Enjoy Windows XP on your nForce RAID system (finger crossed)! Good luck! Fernando

@ garielforums: Welcome at MSFN Forums! AFAIK your notebook has no NVIDIA nForce, but an Intel ICH8-M chipset Southbridge. If I am right, you have to integrate a suitable Intel RAID driver into the XP CD. You will find a suitable driver and a guide about the integration procedure within the start post of >this< thread. Good luck! Fernando

Don't count on it with SCSI adapters. More often than not unsigned drivers will fail.The loading of unsigned textmode drivers via F6/floppy may fail, because the MS Setup routine prefers to install the MS generic IDE drivers even if the correct HardwareID of the related mass storage controller isn't supported by them, but this problem has been solved by Nuhi in July 2005 (by the way: I helped him to find the solution): All nLite versions since 1.0 final have a built-in process, which makes sure, that the integrated correct, but unsigned third party textmode driver will be accepted by Windows XP Setup and not replaced by the (wrong) generic MS IDE driver.

This is not true. Windows Xp Setup will accept drivers without WHQL stamp (unless there are compatible in-box drivers available).

You may try to integrate the attached driver, but I am very unsure, if this minor modification will help.Adaptec_Host_RAID_SCSI_driver_for_XP_32bit.rar

Although Adaptec writes, that the driver v3.00.00.63 is designed for W2k, XP and W2k3, it seems to be just a driver for Windows 2000. I realized that after having done a look into the TXTSETUP.OEM file.

You have to integrate the driver as TEXTMODE, otherwise Setup will not detect the hdd.I repeat my question: Which Adaptec adapter are you using and which driver did you integrate?

Sorry for the OT , but I would be interested in understanding more of the above.In my experience txtsetup.oem's have always been kinda relaxed type of files , but didn't allow USB drives, I would be interested in makng a pretty much calm txtsetup.oem that allowed drivers on USB drives. Here is the link to the related thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/cannot-find-hard...er-t139159.html

No, you can slipstream the needed textmode driver into any XP version. What John meant was, that you should not integrate more than 1 SP (regardless the SP version).Additional questions: 1. Has your hdd been detected by the BIOS? 2. Are you running your hdd(s) in RAID or AHCI Mode? 3. Is your hdd/RAID listed as bootable device within the mainboard BIOS (first bootable device: CD/DVD-ROM, second bootable device: your hdd/RAID)? 4. Which special Adaptec adapter (exact name) are you using? 5. Which Adaptec driver (name and version) did you slipstream into the XP CD?

@ pedrocamarero48: Welcome at MSFN Forums! Preliminary note: Why did you start a new thread? It would have been far better, if you would have posted your problem into >this< thread. It was just by chance, that I found and read your support request. Now to your problem: No, I am not even sure, that any of the related NVIDIA SATARAID drivers will work with your system.If you want help, you should give us the following informations: Are you sure, that you really need to load/integrate a separate textmode driver? Windows XP SP3 can easily be installed without loading/integrating any third party driver, unless the SATA Controller has been set to "AHCI" or "RAID". Advice: Check your BIOS settings. Alternatively you may try to boot off the original XP CD. If your hdd/SSD will be detected, you don't need to load/integrate any driver. Why do you think, that you need to load/integrate a NVIDIA textmode driver? Notice: According to my knowledge the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 has an Intel 945GSE chipset. Intel chipset RAID or AHCI systems usually need an Intel RAID/AHCI driver. Who is the vendor and which is the chipset of the SATA Controller, where the hdd/SSD of your Dell Mini 9 is connected? Advice: If you can still boot into your old XP: Which Controllers are listed within the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and - if present - the "SCSI and RAID Controllers" sections of your XP Device Manager? Just post us the names of the listed Controllers. I suspect, that you tried to load a NVIDIA SATARAID driver by using the F6 method. That doesn't work, if your XP CD has already been prepared for an unattended install. By the way: This has nothing to do with the question, if you have chosen the correct driver or not.Advice: Look into the i386 directory of your XP CD for a file named WINNT.SIF. If you find it, you have to integrate the eventually needed textmode driver into the XP CD. Don't hit F6 when prompted!

Since the actual official AMD/ATI textmode drivers only will support SB7xx chipset mainboards, you may try a version, which has been customized by me. You can get the 32bit AHCI/RAID driver version for Windows XP from >here<.Have fun! Fernando

@ PvtMatter: It is not easy to help you, because you have written, that you are a PC Noob and all ways out of the dark are somehow more or less difficult for users who never have opened their PC case. Since you obviously have a DVD with the final Win7 version and a suitable key for it, I don't recommend to create a new Windows MCE CD with integrated RAID drivers. At first step you should check, where Win7 has been installed. (Note: It will always show itself when running as drive C, but it may be physically installed onto any other partition). Run Win7, open the Disk Management and have a look onto the partitions shown at the buttom. The left one is the active partition with the MBR (usually drive C). Additionally you may reboot and choose the "Earlier Windows" Operating System. This way you will see, if you really have a dual boot system. (Note: If you should get a message like "no NTLDR found", you can be sure, that you haven't got it really). If you should realize, that Windows 7 has been installed onto the wrong hdd (outside the RAID with your DATA), I would do the following 1. Do a backup of your important data. 2. Open the Desktop case and unplug the SATA cable from your DATA hdd, which is outside the RAID array. 3. Insert the Win7 DVD and boot off it (the optical drive has to be set at first bootable device within the BIOS). 4. When Win7 Setup will show you the RAID and its partitions, highlight the partition, where your previous MCE was installed (probably drive C). Important: Before you hit the "Continue" button, you should hit the "Advanced options" button and choose to format the drive, where you want to get Win7 installed. This way you will completely delete the previous MCE partition and get a clean install of Windows 7 onto the same partition (probably drive C). 5. Once Windows 7 is up, you should shut down your PC, open the case and reinsert the SATA cable to the non-RAID hdd. 6. At next PC start you should enter the BIOS and have a look to the "HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY" settings. The RAID should be on top. If needed, change the order and save the new BIOS settings. 7. After the next reboot you should boot into Windows 7 and see all your hdd's and datas within the Windows Explorer. Good luck! Fernando EDIT: If you want to follow Ponch's advice by creating a Windows MCE CD with integrated SATARAID drivers, I recommend to have a look into >this< guide (provided, that your Alienware Desktop has an nForce chipset and your RAID is a NVIDIA nForce one). Don't search for a file named OEMSETUP.TXT. Ponch meant a file named TXTSETUP.OEM.