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As you have already realized you have posted into the wrong MSFN Forum (nLite instead of vLite Forum) Now to your vLite problem: vLite still does not support the integration of any textmode (like RAID) drivers. If Vista doesn't detect your RAID array and RAID partitions, you have to load the suitable drivers separately by floppy disk or USB stick.

Now everything is clear. Thanks again! Fernando

You probably mean this edited text: Isn't there something missing? Maybe a line like: "b ) For Intel ICH7, ICH8 or ICH9 S-ATA AHCI Controllers"?

@ Lancelot_Real: As you may have realized, I have uploaded at least a "modded" Intel textmode driver package, which hopefully is supporting ICH7, ICH8 and ICH9 S-ATA AHCI Controllers. Any test from your side would be much appreciated. @ TechFind: Good luck!

You will get this message, when you have integrated a 32bit driver into a 64bit OS or vice versa.If the used driver really would be corrupted, you have to replace it by a fresh downloaded driver. If you have checked all available Intel S-ATA Controllers within the Popup window, this should not be a problem, but it is not always a good idea to integrate different textmode drivers.

@ Lancelot_Real: That's great - I didn't expect your reply as soon! :thumbup As soon as possible I will add the customized drivers to the first post of this thread. EDIT: Done! Regards Fernando @ all: Users with an Intel ICH7/ICH8/ICH9 (without "R" or "M") chipset mainboard, who want to use their Intel S-ATA ports at "AHCI Mode", will find customized 32/64bit textmode drivers within my guide (first post of this thread). Since I don't know, if these modified drivers will work for you, I need your feedback! Good luck! Fernando

@ Lancelot_Real: Thank you very much for your quick reply and for preparing and uploading the drivers with customized IAAHCI.INF and TXTSETUP.OEM files. On the basis of yours and Galapo's work I have prepared a small package, which contains the 32bit and 64bit Intel textmode drivers v8.2.3.1001 customized for the use with ICH8 chipsets. Here is it: http://rapidshare.com/files/128342349/Inte...r_ICH8.zip.html Although your linked drivers obviously worked fine with your chipset, I have done some minor modifications hoping, that this won't have any negative effect: To make it easier to find the correct Controller, I have named it "Intel® ICH8 SATA AHCI Controller Fernando-Galapo" (instead of "Intel® 82801HB SATA AHCI Controller Fernando-Galapo"). Additionally I have removed some "_RAID" entries, which somehow were within the "ICH8 82801HB_Galapo" part of your IAAHCI.INF file (if these add-ons are needed, please let me know it). Before I am going to add the download link to these modded drivers into my guide, I would like to get your feedback again. Please have a look into the modded driver files again and test them, if you have the time. Your work is a great help for all users with an ICH8 chipset mainboard, who want to use the AHCI features. Thanks again! Greetings Fernando

@ Lancelot_Real: Thank you very much for your updated informations regarding the AHCI support of Intel ICH8 chipset mainboards. As you probably may have seen, I have added some informations for ICH8 users to my guide. The best and easiest way to help other users with ICH8 S-ATA Controllers would be, if you would upload the already "modded" IAAHCI.INF and TXTSETUP.OEM on the basis of the actual driver version 8.2.3.1001 to RapidShare or another Hoster (as Akkuma had done it here for the older version). Then I would just add the links to my guide. Thanks again! Fernando

As far as I know this issue has nothing to do with nLite, but with the SP3 package installer built by Microsoft.Some users reported about big differences, if they used the "golden" XP RTM version , XP SP1 or XP SP2 as source for the SP3 integration.

@ simeon_001: What you have written is very interesting, because I didn't know about this issue. Maybe the current nLite version has still a problem with the integration of SP3, if done simultaneously with the integration of the Intel textmode drivers. Only solution I see: Don't do the integration at once. I will contact Nuhi regarding this problem. CU Fernando

@ all users of my guide: Since Intel recently has released new official Intel Storage Manager drivers v8.2.3.1001, I have updated again my guide (first post of this thread) and uploaded the newest textmode drivers. If you have an ICH7-10 chipset Intel S-ATA/RAID Controller and follow the download links of my guide, you will get Intel's newest S-ATA and RAID drivers - as usual already prepared for an easy integration. Good luck! Fernando

If you have an nForce RAID system, I don't recommend to take any nForce IDE driver v10.3.0.21.It would be better to take the nForce IDE drivers v9.99.09. You will find them within the "WHQL Performance Pack", if you open the first post of this thread.

Where did you get this version? NVIDIA's last official nForce driverpacks (meanwhile pulled from their websites) were 15.17 and 15.18 (same nForce chipset drivers, but with added display driver). You should not continue your work by trying to integrate the nForce SATARAID drivers v10.3.0.21, which are part of NVIDIA's driverpacks 15.17/15.18. Since the presentation of these new official driverpacks a lot of nForce RAID users ran into problems after having tried to install the included nForce RAID drivers. Because of this absolutely negative feedback NVIDIA has pulled all links to the 15.17/15.18 packs from their global websites. NVIDIA is now offering the previously presented nForce chipset driver packs versions. My recommendation: Take the SATARAID driver folder of another suitable nForce chipset driver package. I can't give you a special link, because I don't know the nForce chipset of your mainboard.

No, why do you think so? The OS Setup may be influenced by the RAM size (32bit Windows Operating Systems cannot address more than 3 GB), but not by the RAM type (DDR2 or DDR3).If you should get problems while installing Windows XP or Vista onto your new system, you should just remove 1 RAM stick. Once the OS is up, you can reinsert it.

nLite has no problem to integrate every textmode and "normal" (=PnP) device driver, if you a ) take a clean ("untouched") OS CD as source and b ) point to any INF file of the driver files. Even if nLite did integrate the drivers correctly, it is possible, that the OS Setup doesn't install them. Possible reasons: a ) the integrated driver is not WHQL certified or b ) the OS Setup doesn't find the appropriate device.

The error message "The file xyz is corrupt" usually appears, if you try to install a 32bit driver onto a 64bit OS or vice versa.

Which sort of error message did you get?If the message was like "The file IASTOR.SYS is corrupt", you obviously have taken the 32bit driver version. This doesn't work with a 64bit OS. Solution: Integrate the 64bit driver version (link is within the start post). If the message was like "Could not copy the file IASTOR.SYS", you either have burnt a currupted CD (too hiigh speed) or may have created an unattended install CD and have tried to load the textmode driver by using the F6/floppy method. Solution: Burn your CD with lower speed. Don't hit F6 and don't insert a floppy.

You get this message, when you integrate/load a 64bit driver onto a 32bit OS.Within my guide you find links to the newest 32bit and 64bit Intel textmode drivers. You have to take the 32bit version. That is a good idea. Fine, that you found at least the reason for your problems.

If you are using Nero Burning ROM, the easiest and safest way to get a bootable OS CD is the following: "Recorder" > "Burn image ..." and point to the ISO file nLite had created.

Since your problem obviously has been solved, you might add the word "(solved)" into the thread title by editing your first post. My comment: 1. It was not a good idea to format your RAID device and to create RAID partitions by using a tool like Partition Magic, because these tools are not really designed for RAID arrays and additionally they are using another method than the MS formatting and partition tools. The better method would have been to create and format the boot partition at the beginning of the XP installation. Big advantage: At this time NVIDIA's nForce SataRaid drivers are already in use! 2. You can't simulate the real installation of an OS onto an nForce RAID array by using a virtual machine.

@ hairy coo: Although I have started this thread by writing the guide, I am not an expert in everything and some of my advices may be wrong. Nevertheless I am trying to help everyone, who is asking for it by posting into this thread. Exactly this is what I have done in your case too, but I couldn't really help you, because I have never heard or seen such an issue report. The sarcasm of my last post was due to fact, that you always insisted in having done everything correctly, which consequently means, that your issue must be caused by nLite or by a wrong advice within my guide. Maybe I misunderstood you. In this case you will get my apology. It wasn't my intention to insult you. Conclusion: I cannot help you to solve your problem, but I am pretty sure, that your issue has nothing to do with the integration of the Intel textmode drivers, which is the topic here. CU Fernando

Both methods should be possible.

You are not the first user, who posted, that he has done everything as layed down within my guide, but nevertheless ran into troubles. All other users, who succeeded with the integration of the Intel textmode drivers by using my guide and the tool nlite, definitively have been wrong or just been lucky.Thanks for your efforts to enlighten our knowledge. Nuhi as the developer of nLite, all innocent users of this tool and particularly me as the starter and supporter of this thread will be very grateful, if you would publish the perfect way how these things should be done! Good luck! Fernando

@ hairy coo: What you have written sounds very strange for me. 1. Why did you try to integrate the Intel ICH9R RAID Controller, when you obviously don't run your computer in RAID mode (no Intel RAID Controller shown within the Device Manager of your running XP partition)? 2. You can run nLite on different computers with different chipsets and different Windows Operating systems and can integrate a bootable XP CD for everyone. nLite doesn't check, if a driver you are going to integrate is already present within your current OS or even useful for your hardware configuration. 3. I repeat it: Since you get the error message while processing with nLite, you must have done something wrong (use of an already treated source?). Millions of nLite users cannot be wrong. The tool works, but certainly will fail, if the user makes a mistake (or has a hardware issue). 4. Your report, that nLite successfully finished its work, if you take a Windows 2000 CD as source, boosts my suspicion, that you haven't used a clean XP CD. My suggestion once more: Boot off the original XP CD and load the Intel textmode driver by F6/floppy. Then you will know, if the used Intel textmode driver and the chosen Intel S-ATA Controller is the correct one for your current hardware configuration and BIOS settings. Furthermore you will realize, if your XP source has already been treaten before. You may look into the i386 folder of the XP CD - if you find a file named WINNT.SIF, your CD is already prepared for an unattended install and cannot be used neither with nLite nor by F6/floppy (during the installation process you will get the message, that the IASTOR.SYS cannot be copied). If your work with nLite should fail again, you might try another CD creating tool. Good luck! Fernando

Yes, the original clean XPSP2 and the 100% correct procedure was carried outthroughout.In this case I don't understand, why you ran into problems while processing with nLite. If you should not even be able to get XP installed by using the F6/floppy method, you obviously haven't taken the correct textmode driver or did not choose the suitable Intel S-ATA Controller within the popup window you get during the installation. Your currently running configuration has nothing to do with your troubles you get, when you try to install XP by using any textmode driver.Since you are obviously running XP now, it would be a good idea to run the Device Manager, to open the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and "SCSI and RAID Controllers" sections and to look for devices with the name "Intel" in it. Do you see any of them? If yes, which ones?