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@ RyvBoy: I'm sorry, but I cannot see the devices of the "SCSI and RAID Controllers" section.

Let the Device Manager show the hidden devices ("View" > "Show hidden devices") and look into the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and "SCSI and RAID Controllers" sections.What do you see there? Not even the hdd with the OS? Please take a picture of your Disk Management.

You will need a tool like md5sum.exe. Look here.

@ weili: Have you already tried to get XP installed by booting off the original XP SP3 CD (without integrating or loading any textmode driver)? How much RAM does your notebook have? Another idea: Run a hardware diagnostic tool like Everest to find out the chipset and the Southbridge details of your notebook. Off Topic: If you want my guide and my support in German language, you should go here and here.

Welcome at MSFN Forums!You will find detailed instructions about how to succeed within the first post of this thread. CU Fernando

No, that's the Flash Media Controller and used by the card reader.It seems to me, that you don't need to integrate any textmode driver. My advice: Try to boot off the original XP-CD and look, if your SATA hdd will be detected or not. If the XP Setup should not see your hdd and its partitions, you should integrate this 32bit Intel textmode driver and highlight all listed Intel SATA AHCI Controllers during the integration procedure. Good luck! Fernando

@ weili: Welcome at MSFN Forums! Why do you think, that you need these ones?JMicron JMB38X drivers are just supporting JMicron Flash Media, but no SATA Controllers. If you really should need JMicron textmode drivers, you have to take these JMicron JMB36X RAID drivers. At first step you have to find out, to which sort of SATA Controller your hard disk drive is connected and if it is set to RAID or AHCI Mode. Are you still able to run Vista? If yes, open the Device Manager and look into the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and "Storage Controllers" sections. Which Controllers -besides the "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller"- do you see?

@ Randhir: Welcome at MSFN Forums! I do not really understand your problem and how I would be able to help you. The installation of any OS cannot be responsable for the failure to restore your Vista installation. Why did you completely quote my last post? Do you have a similar question/problem as Djasmin? What exactly have you done? Did you install XP or XP x64? Which driver did you load via F6/floppy? Why didn't you follow my guide by integrating the textmode driver into the OS CD? CU Fernando

You are welcome. Fine, that you succeeded. No, but it is no problem to partition an nForce RAID array by using a tool like Acronis Disk Director Suite.Regards Fernando.

@ BigBrother: Welcome at MSFN Forums! This is the nLite Forum and all needed informations how to integrate the nForce SataRAID drivers into a bootable XP CD are layed down within the first post of this thread. Questions: 1. Why do you try to load the drivers by using the F6/floppy method instead of integrating them into the XP CD? 2. Which special textmode drivers (version and subfolder) did you use? 3. Have you checked your RAM sticks by using a tool like memtest? CU Fernando

Welcome at MSFN Forums! The message "The file iastor.sys is corrupt" may be caused by 2 different issues: 1. You or someone else had integrated a 64bit Intel textmode driver into a 32bit OS or vice versa (most usual reason for that message). Solution: You have to integrate the 32bit driver, if you are preparing a 32bit OS like Windows XP. 2. The driver has not been correctly downloaded, extracted or copied. Solution: Look into this guide and download the 32bit Intel textmode driver driver, which is linked there. Good luck! Fernando

It's fine, that you succeeded. So even if you should decide to erase Vista from your computer, you now know, that you are able to get XP successfully installed. That's normal. The reason is, that the older OS (XP) eliminates the Vista bootloader. You can repair the Vista bootloader either by booting of a Vista DVD and choosing the "Repair" option or by installing a tool like EasyBCD (prior installation of MS Framework 2.0 or higher is needed). If you don't want a dual boot option at all, you should do the following:1. Boot off the just created XP CD with integrated textmode driver. 2. When you are asked where to install, choose drive C (where your Vista is installed now). 3. Do a quick NTFS format of drive C when prompted. 4. Let Setup complete the installation. Once XP is up, you can run the Disk Management and format drive E (where your first XP installation is). This way you have got an XP singe boot system. If you want to change the size of the different partitions or reunite the drives E and F, you should use a tool like Acronis Disk Director Suite (the XP Disk Management may no be able to do it). Run the Device Manager and look into the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" section. If you see a device named "Intel ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller" (or similar), you can be sure, that the AHCI features are enabled.Regards Fernando EDIT: If I were you, I would not erase Vista. Even if you don't want a dual boot system now, the drive C (where Vista is now) would be a wonderful place to get Windows 7 installed one day.....

@ Djasmin: Welcome at MSFN Forums! This is what I recommend for you, if you are unsure: 1. Create a bootable XP CD with integrated textmode drivers according to my guide. 2. Shrink your Vista partition by using the Disk Management of Vista (right click onto the shown Vista partition and reduce the size for about 20-50 GB depending on the size of your hdd, create this way a new "Unallocated Volume", right click onto it and create a new partition, give it a drive letter and format it with NTFS file system). 3. Boot off the just created XP CD with integrated textmode driver and see, if your hdd and its partitions will be recognized. If yes, you should continue the XP installation. Choose the just created free partition as destination for the XP Setup. If not, you have integrated the wrong driver or missed checking the correct Intel SATA Controller. In this case you should stop the XP installation at this point. Your Vista partition and the Vista bootloader ill not be affected by this procedure. To find out the needed textmode driver, you may boot into Vista, open the Device Manager, look into the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and "Storage Controllers" sections and post here the names of the Controllers, which are listed within any of both sections. If you are sure, that you definitively want to replace Vista by Windows XP, but unsure regarding the choice of the correct textmode driver, you can just do a test installation analogous to point 3, but in this case you should choose the same partition, where your Vista currently is installed. Do a quick NTFS format and continue the installation. Good luck! Fernando

This advice is not easy to understand.What are "windows drivers"? Do you mean the Windows OS in-box drivers (no need to integrate them) or a special Windows PnP driver? Which driver for which device should additionally been integrated?

Fine, that you succeeded at least with the XP installation onto your AMD chipset HP notebook. It was a pleasure for me, that I could help you (although it was off-topic). My guide is already very voluminous, but it will be no problem to add a link to the AMD textmode drivers. The best way is to do a google search for "Pavilion dv5-1115eo +XP". You are welcome!@ kevinv710 and robert560: Welcome at MSFN Forums and thank you very much for your feedback! Regards Fernando

You need to integrate the nForce textmode drivers, if you have enabled the RAID (with or without creating a RAID array) or AHCI mode of your NVIDIA nForce SATA Controllers within the BIOS.By the way: Haven't I just answered your question at NVIDIA Forums?

This verifies, that you have integrated the wrong (=Intel) textmode drivers.Your notebook has an AMD/ATI chipset and your SATA Controller is running in RAID mode. Do the following: 1. Download this driver package, unzip it and integrate it as textmode driver. 2.When the textmode driver popup window comes up,check all Controllers, which are designed for Windows XP. 3. Let nLite create the ISO file and burn it. Good luck! Fernando

1. I have tried several, in like 7-8 cd:s or so. The last one i tried contained all inside of the "STOR_all32_f6flpy32_8.7.0.1007_PV" package.Hp themselves told me first that I would need the ICH9M SATA driver. Which I tried. Then i contaced them again, got another supportperson who said I should use the ICH7M. So I tried that too. Then i tried your ICH9, without the letter after. Still no go. Since the HP-support doesn't really seem to be trustworthy (it's like talking to a robot when chatting with them), I wonder if there is a way to find out myself what kind of driver I should use for my computer? If you still can boot into Vista, open the Device Manager and look into the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and "Storage Controllers" section. Which Controller names do you see? Ok. If you should have access to the Device Manager, do what I have written at point 1. If you have a S-ATA connected CD/DVD drive, you might get problems, when you run the S-ATA Controller in AHCI or RAID mode. I have already done these things you asked. Unfortunately. If you have done exactly what I have written and chosen the correct driver and Controller, you should succeed with the XP installation unless your optical drive is a S-ATA connected one.EDIT: Try to boot off the original XP-CD and look, what happens.

@ Beddis: This is what I always recommend to avoid unnecessary issues: 1. Copy the content of the original (untouched) XP CD onto your hdd. 2. Start nLite and point to that freshly copied source. 3. Don't let nLite load any old settings (Last session.ini). 4. Integrate the suitable textmode driver according my guide. Don't integrate any other drivers! 5. Let nLite create the ISO file and burn it with reduced speed. 6. Boot off the just burnt CD and install XP. Good luck! Fernando

Please give me some more informations:1. Which textmode driver did you integrate into the XP CD? 2. Did you integrate anything more? 3. Has your SATA hdd been detected by Windows Setup? 4. Does your laptop have a SATA connected optical drive?

Thanks for your information.I just tested the links and the download worked without any errors. Please try it again. If you should be not able to get the nForce IDE drivers v10.3.0.42 WHQL this way, you may download the complete driverpack v15.23 from NVIDIA's download page. You will find the links within chapter D of my guide. Regards Fernando

@ Beddis: Welcome at MSFN Forums! Now to your problem: The BSOD you get while trying to install Windows XP may be caused by your RAM sticks. My suggestion: 1. Check your RAM by running the tool named memtest. 2. If your notebook has more than 3 GB of RAM, remove 1-2 RAM sticks and try the XP installation again. After having completed the OS installation you can reinsert the RAM sticks. Good luck! Fernando

Thanks for this information, I didn't know that.Questions: Have you tried to boot off the original XP CD without loading/integrating any drivers? If yes, what happened? Has your SATA drive been detected? If not, there is only 1 option left: Your SATA Controller is running in RAID mode. Unless you want to disable the RAID within your BIOS (these SATA mode settings are advanced BIOS options) you have to integrate the SATARAID driver folder of a suitable nForce chipset driver package. You can either take the official nForce IDE driver v10.3.0.42 (as part of the 15.23 driverpack) or the modified v9.99.09 (as part of my "NF4-7 Performance Pack). Within the first post of this thread you will find all details and the download links. CU Fernando

Probably not, but I do not recommend to integrate different textmode drivers into the same OS CD.If you have 2 laptops/desktop computers with different chipsets, I would prepare 2 nLited CD's for them, each one with the integrated special textmode driver.

Welcome at MSFN Forums!You should be able to get Windows XP with integrated SP2 or SP3 installed without loading or integrating any textmode drivers. If your HDD should not be detected by Windows Setup, you are running your SATA hdd either in AHCI or RAID mode. So please check your BIOS settings, because the driver integration method depends on the BIOS settings of your nForce SATA Controllers. These drivers usually are old and not the best ones. The one you find within the first post of this thread.