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@ StressedforXP: Welcome at MSFN Forum! The installation failed, because you obviously haven't read my guide carefully and tried to integrate a wrong Intel RAID driver into the XP image.Intel X79 chipset systems do not accept any Intel RSTe driver package, which contains 2 different drivers (=SYS files): the real Intel RAID driver named iaStorA.sys and the additional Intel SCSI filter driver named iaStorF.sys. What your X79 system needs to get Windows XP properly installed is an Intel RST driver pack, which contains just 1 conventional RAID driver named iaStor.sys. This is what I have written within my guide (= start post) regarding this point: Solution: Restart the nLite processing from scratch by copying the content of the clean XP CD into a separate folder of your system (C:\XPCD or similar). Don't load any preset (Last_Session.ini) and integrate just the 32bit Intel RST textmode driver v10.5.2.1010 for X79. Then let nLite create the ISO file, burn it as bootable image or create a bootable FAT32 formatted USB flash drive. Regards Fernando

That would be your decision. Since I am very curious to find out the reason for the issue, I don't like to give up unless there is no reasonable chance to succeed.On the other hand I don't have many ideas left about what to try. Regards Fernando

Thanks for posting the related part of the txtsetup.sif file.According to my knowledge the wrong entry is within the linie above line 15467. The correct text should look like this: "[sCSI] ahcix86 = "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform" rr172x = "RocketRAID 172x SATA Controller for Windows XP" sparrow = "Adaptec AHA-151X/AHA-152X/AIC-6X60 SCSI Adapter" Please do the following: Open the txtsetup.sif file, which is within the i386 folder of the XP directory, which has been processed by nLite (C:\XPCD or similar). Open the txtsetup.sif with the Editor (notepad.exe), go to the line containing the wrong entry " = "RocketRAID 172x SATA Controller for Windows XP" and add the missing "rr172x" as I have posted before in fat letters/digits. The related line should now look like this:rr172x = "RocketRAID 172x SATA Controller for Windows XP"Then save the modified txtsetup.sif file. Start nLite, navigate to the XP directory containing the modified txtsetup.sif file and let it just create a new ISO file. Recreate a bootable USB flash drive containing the just modified XP image. Boot of the USB flash drive. Good luck! Fernando

Please open the file named txtsetup.sif, which is within the i386 folder of your nLited XP CD, and post the text of the line 15467 und of some lines before and after. If you should not be able to find the related text, please send the complete txtsetup.sif file via eMail (fernando.uno@gmail.com).

The original textmode driver offered by Highpoint for the RocketRAID 1720 is not easy to use resp. to get it integrated correctly into a Windows XP image.That is why I have modified it just for being usable with Windows XP. You can download this modified version from >here<.

@ manticmage: Maybe your optical drive resp.its SATA connection is causing your troubles. Have you ever tried to boot the XP image off an USB Flash Drive? Just another idea: Please open the "Storage Controllers" section of your Win7 Device Manger and let me know the content.

Thanks for your feedback. I am glad, that you succeeded at least. To boot in safemode means, that the OS uses no driver except the mass storage one.You succeeded to boot in safemode, because the OS skipped the driver of the external USB CD/DVD drive, which obviously was wrong or not correctly loaded Enjoy your Windows XP running in AHCI mode! Regards Fernando.

@ brucewol: Welcome at MSFN Forum! That is quite normal, because Windows XP doesn't have the needed in-box drivers and you haven't integrated them except the Intel AHCI driver and the Intel chipset device INF files.Since you obviously are able to boot into Windows XP in AHCI mode by skipping the PnP drivers, it would be a good idea to boot XP in safemode, to open the Device Manager and to look for the HardwareIDs of the devices with a yellow mark (right click onto them > "Properties" > "Details" > "Property" > "HardwareIDs"). If you post the HardwareIDs, I will help you to find the suitable drivers for all these devices. Regards Fernando

@ manticmage: Thanks for your detailed report. The Stop: 0x0000007E BSOD is typical for the presence of a wrong textmode driver within the media you are booting off. Since you have integrageted the correct AMD AHCI driver for Windows XP, I suspect, that the XP CD you have used as source, may be not as clean as you have thought. Please look into the i386 folder of the XP CD. Is there a file named WINNT.SIF? If, yes, it is not an original (= untouched) XP CD.

The textmode driver procedure itself is rather similar, but for some nForce chipsets it is needed to additionally integrate the nForce SATA driver as PnP driver. Furthermore there is no All-In-One textmode driver, which is usable with all nForce chipsets.

It is not a good idea to use the desktop or a desktop folder for the nLite processing.It is far better to create 2 special folders within the root of your partition C, one of them as nLite processing folder (example: C:\XPCD) and the other for the drivers you want to integrate (example: C:\drivers). Reasons: 1. The path to the files, which are within any personal folder, is too long (with too many digits). 2. NLite may integrate absolutely unneeded files, which are within your personal folders. The 32bit AMD AHCI driver, which I have linked within the post No 234, should work 100% for your system.

@ manticmage: Welcome at MSFN Forum! There are at least 2 possible reasons for the BSOD you got:You didn't use a clean (untouched) XP CD as source. It is absolutely necessary to start the nLite processing by using an original XP CD with integrated SP2 or SP3 as source. Don't load any preset (Last_session.ini of a previous nLite processing). You inserted a wrong SATA driver. If you are running any Windows OS on your laptop, please run the Device Manager, open the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and - if applicable - "Storge Controllers" sections and post the names of the listed SATA/AHCI/RAID Controllers. Regards Fernando

Not really.What you may do is to borrow an original Retail XP CD with integrated SP3 from a friend or sister/brother, to use this CD as source for the nLite processing, but to enter your original individual XP license key while installing the OS.

@ ojisplayin: Hello Patti, welcome at MSFN Forum! This smells to be illegal. If you should use a VL version of Windows XP, you cannot expect any support here.You should be owner of a Windows XP license with a valid unique Retail or OEM CD key. Greetings to Vegas Fernando

@ Mikjames: Welcome at MSFN Forum! What you need is a legal XP CD key and an original (= untouched) XP CD with integrated SP2 or - better - SP3.Furthermore you should know the SATA Controller of your netbook to get and integrate the appropriate textmode driver. Please open the Win7 Device Manager and look into the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and - if applicable - into the "Storage Controllers" sections. Which SATA Controller names do you see there? Regards Fernando

From where? Which sort of XP image (OEM/Retail/VL) is it? Has it been customized or is it an untouched original ISO file you downloaded? No, I didn't say that, but if you should not been able to get XP installed by booting off the untouched XP CD (without integrating any driver), you are right.

@ alexesis: Thanks for the HardwareIDs of the SATA Controller, which verify, that you have an Intel ICH7R SATA Controller, which is running in IDE mode. Intel's name for it is "Intel® N10/ICH7 Family Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C0". Provided that there are no entries within the "Storage Controllers" resp. "SCSI and RAID Controllers" sections of the Device Manager, there is no need for the integration of any third party SATA (AHCI/RAID) driver. You should be able to get Windows XP installed onto your Dell system by simply booting off the original XP CD with integrated SP2 or SP3.

@ alexisis: Welcome at MSFN Forum! You obviously have integrated the wrong driver or highlighted the wrong SATA Controllers. This is the easiest way to find out the correct driver and Controller of your system: If you are running any Windows OS with your Dell GX520, please open the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and - if applicable - the "Storage Controllers" section of the Device Manager and give us the informations regarding the listed SATA Controllers (names and HardwareIDs). You will get the HardwareIDs by doing a right click onto the Controller > "Properties" > "Details" > "Property" > "HardwareIDs". I need just the 4 digits of the VEN_XXXX and DEV_XXXX entries. Regards Fernando

@ Molecule: Here are my answers: I don't know, if it would work, but AFAIK it is not a good idea to try a mixture of the manual $OEM$ folder and the nLite integration method. If you want to get the TEXTMODE driver integrated into an $OEM$ folder, you should better use a tool like XP ISOBuilder or WU CD Creator. Yes, that will work, because the P-ATA HDD will not be connected to a SATA port. It is possible to switch from AHCI to IDE mode and vice versa from without the need of a fresh OS install, but you have to change some registry entries before you are going to change the SATA mode within the BIOS. Otherwise you will get a BSOD while rebooting. The choice of the correct SATA Controller during the nLite driver integration process is very important, especially if you want to integrate an actual Intel rextmode driver. If you want to create an "All-In-One XP-CD", which will be usable with an Intel AHCI and with an Intel RAID system as well, you should integrate an Intel TEXTMODE driver of the old Matrix Storage Manager series and not an actual one. In case of having integrated an Intel textmode driver and highlighted just 1 of the listed Intel SATA AHCI Controllers or even all of them, an Intel RAID array will not be detected by the XP Setup. If you want to install Windows XP onto an Intel RAID array, you have to integrate the support of the related Intel SATA RAID Controller. A switch from AHCI to RAID from within a running OS is very difficult and not recommended. You can use a tool like DriverGrabber to extract all your currently in use drivers and integrate them into the XP CD by using nLite without any problems. Only exception: AHCI/RAID (=TEXTMODE) drivers need a file named TXTSETUP.OEM for a proper XP integration and no tool will be able to extract this file from an XP partition. Good luck and Happy New Year! Fernando

Hello Gabriel, it is fine, that you succeeded with the XP installation after having changed the driver storage folder. Both Intel SATA AHCI Controllers belong to a Z77 chipset mainboard, but these Z77 chipsets are slightly different. The "Intel® 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family" has been designed for desktop pcs, whereas the "Intel® 7 Series Chipset Family" is built on laptops.Kind Regards Fernando

That is a Controller name and no driver. The TEXTMODE driver popup window shows a lot of different SATA Controllers and the user has to decide, which of them should be supported by the integrated TEXTMODE driver (here named iaStor.sys). I always recommend to integrate just the needed TEXTMODE driver and not some or a lot of drivers. Only the TEXTMODE driver is absolutely needed, the integration of each additional driver enhances the risk of a failure. I bet, that you had stored the drivers within any of your personal folders (worst place is the desktop). Yes, you are not the first user with that issue. Solution: Create a folder named "Drivers" within the root of a partition and store there just the drivers you want to integrate (each driver within a separate subfolder). Don't use the "Multiple driver integration" option of nLite.

@ Molecule: This is what I suggest to do: 1. Connect the HDD/SSD, where you want to get your OS installed, to any of the Intel SATA ports (best choice: port 0, which probably is the AHCI SATA port 1). 2. If you have an optical drive (CD/DVD burner), connect it to one of the JMicron SATA ports running in IDE mode (optical drives usually do not like other SATA modes than IDE).. 3. Enter the BIOS and let it load the DEFAULT settings. 4. Enable "AHCI" for the Intel SATA ports. 5. Create a bootable XP CD or USB stick with integrated 32bit Intel AHCI driver v11.2.0.1006 WHQL (just choose the "Intel® ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller" while nLite's textmode driver integration). 6. Enjoy Windows XP running in AHCI mode.

@ Molecule: I am sorry, but reading your post is a torture. Additionally I don't have the time for an academic discussion about the different SATA modes, Intel's Chipset Device INF files (which have nothing to do with the TEXTMODE drivers), the alternatives of the driver integration by using nLite and the best BIOS settings. The topic of this thread is how to integrate the Intel AHCI or RAID drivers into a Windows XP CD and nothing else. Everything important is layed down within the start post. If you should have any questions regarding my guide or if you should run into problems after having followed it, please let me know it and I will try to help you. Hoping for your understanding Regards Fernando

Hello Gabriel, welcome at MSFN Forum! This is what I recommend to do: 1. Download >this< driverpack, unzip it and integrate it into your XP x64 source. 2. When you get the nLite TEXTMODE driver popup window, just highlight the listed "Intel® 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller". 3. Let nLite create an ISO image. 4. Create a bootable CD or a bootable flash device containing the XP x64 image with integrated 64bit Intel AHCI driver. 5. Boot off the CD resp. flash device and install Windows XP x64 where you want 6. Enjoy XP x64. Good luck and Happy New Year! Fernando

And did you succeed with the XP installation by booting of this XP image with integrated ULI SATARAID driver? The option should be "Enabled", if you want to get the OS installed onto a SATA HDD or SSD.