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If your ULI SATA Controller is running in "IDE" mode, you will be able to get Windows XP SP3 installed without loading or integrating any SATA driver.If the ULI SATA Controller should be set to "RAID" mode, you will succeed with the XP installation after having integrated >this< 32bit ULI SATARAID driver as TEXTMODE driver.

Why did you integrate the NVIDIA nForce SATARAID drivers? These drivers will only be able to detect HDDs/SSDs, which are running in "RAID" mode.If you have an nForce chipset mainboard, please give us more informations: 1. What sort of nForce chipset has your system? 2. Is your SSD connected with an nForce SATA Controller at all? 3. Which SATA mode (IDE/AHCI/RAID) did you choose within the BIOS?

You got the message, that the file NVRD64.SYS is corrupt (not damaged). This always happens, when you try to integrate a 64bit driver into a 32bit OS like Windows XP. 32bit Operating Systems cannot use any 64bit driver. That is why you get the message.

Since I neither have an X79 RAID system nor trying to get Windows XP installed, I am not able to answer your question.According to my knowledge none of Intel's regular RSTe drivers iaStorA.sys+iaStorF.sys can be used under Windows XP (32bit) for systems with an "Intel® C600 Series Chipset SATA AHCI Controller" (DEV_1D02) or "Intel® C600 Series Chipset SATA RAID Controller" (DEV_2826). I have no idea, if the Intel ESRT2 driverpack will support "normal" non-Server X79 RAID systems. This is what I found within the attached ESRT2_Windows_v.15.00.0811.2012_Readme.TXT: Supported RAID Controllers ========================== This download provides support for the Intel(R) C600 chipset on both AHCI Capable SATA Controller and SATA/SAS Capable Controller in Intel(R) Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 (ESRT2) mode. NO OTHER INTEL(R) ESRT2 DEVICES ARE SUPPORTED WITH THIS PACKAGE

No, the version of the package doesn't mean, that the INF files content have been edited by Intel at different dates.Since you have a very actual chipset, it may nevertheless be a good idea to install the newest version 9.3.0.1026 of the Intel chipset device software (there are no real drivers, but just text files within the package). Where resp. when did you see a link to the INF files v9.3.0.1020 within the start post of this thread? I ask it, because I have updated the link to the actual pack version 9.3.0.1026 at 11/22/2012. Have a nice weekend! Fernando.

Hello Larry,it is fine, that you succeeded at least with the XP installation onto your X79 RAID array. Just to prevent any future problems regarding the integration of an Intel RST driver: If you have an Intel RAID system, you should not highlight any of the listed Intel SATA AHCI Controllers, when you get the nite textmode driver popup. Enjoy your Windows XP! Regards Fernando

Yes, as Sp0iiLedBrAt has written you have to integrate >this< special 32bit Intel RST driver, which is working with just 1 driver named iaStor.sys. The XP installation would fail, if you would integrate any of Intel's RSTe drivers, because they use an addidtional SCSI driver named iaStorF.sys. Windows XP (32bit) is not able to manage this SCSI filter driver. No, you should have set the Intel SATA Controller to "AHCI" mode and boot off the Windows XP CD with integrated Intel RST driver I jhave linked above.You won't be able to get any Intel RSTe driverpack installed while running Windows XP (32bit).

Just do what I have written within my guide (start post of this thread). Este es un foro de habla Inglés y no foro de habla Español.

@ jovigom: Welcome at MSFN Forum! It is not only possible,you have to integrate it, if your system drive is connected to an Intel SATA port, which has been set to "AHCI" mode.Regards Fernando

You should not choose the correct driver (there is only 1 driver inside the package), but the correct SATA AHCI Controller of your X79 chipset.. The Intel Chipset Device INF files have nothing to do with the textmode driver, which is within the "32bit Intel TST textmode driver v10.5.2.1010". Although there will probably no need to integrate them into the XP CD, I recommend to do it, because your X79 chipset will be rather unknown for the XP Setup. Just point to any of the INF files (doesn't matter which one) and all the INF files will be integrated. That has nothing to do with the single/multiple driver option.

Fernando, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that regardless of which you choose, both will be copied and the appropriate will be used if they are in the same folder. Please, wait for confirmation for this. This is absolutely correct.Much more important than the choice of the correct INF file is the choice of the correct on-board Intel SATA AHCI/RAID Controller, when nLite shows the Textmode Driver Popup window.

No, because there is no TXTSETUP.OEM within your nLited XP CD.All driver related details are layed down within the files named TXTSETUP.SIF and DOSNET.INF. You may open them with the editor and change what you want, but don't expect any help from my side. Good luck! Fernando

@ Caleb37: As Sp0iLedBrAt already has written, you should forget your idea to modify your old nLited Windows XP SP3 image, which had been customized for being used with an Intel X58 chipset system. You will waste a lot of time and probably will get a dissappointing result. Provided that you are the owner of an original (= untouched) Windows XP CD with a valid Retail or OEM CD key, I recommend to create a new XP SP3 CD with integrated 32bit Intel X79 RAID driver from scratch. Additionally you may integrate the newest Intel X79 chipset "drivers" (they are just INF files) for Windows XP. You can download this small INF "drivers" package just for your X79 chipset from >here<. There is no need to integrate anything else. Once Windows XP is up, you can install the actual versions of the other missing drivers (maybe you have to download them from another computer, which has internet connection). The Windows XP Device Manager will show you the devices, which are missing by a yellow mark. Regards Fernando

Although working download links to modified versions of the most actual AMD AHCI/RAID drivers for Windows XP (32/64bit) have been already presented by me in the post No 234 of this thread, I have just updated my first post too. It may work, but generally I do not recommend to integrate more than 1 textmode driver, if you are using nLite.If you want to create an All-In-One XP CD containing a lot of different textmode drivers, I recommend to use the "Mass Storage DriverPack" and the tool DriverPacks Base for the integration procedure. Regards Fernando

@ bramke: welcome at MSFN Forum! Your mainboard has at least 6 Intel SATA2 ports and 2 Marvell SATA3 ports. As long as you run the SATA Controllers in IDE mode (=BIOS setting), you don't need to load or integrate any special textmode driver!If your SATA Controllers have been set to "AHCI" within the BIOS, you have to load (F6) or integrate the appropriate 64bit textmode driver (depending on the port,where the SSD is connected). Here are the download links to both drivers, which come into consideration, but you should just integrate one of them (that one, where the SSD is connected): >64bit Intel RST driver v11.2.0.1006 WHQL for Windows XP x64< Important: If you should integrate this driver and get the TEXTMODE driver popup with a list of different Intel SATA Controllers, you should highlight just the listed "Intel® 5 Series/3400 Series SATA AHCI Controller". > 64bit Marvell 91xx AHCI driver v1.2.0.1027 WHQL for Windows XP x64< The correct driver is the "Marvell 91xx SATA Controller 64bit Driver". That consequence is quite normal, if you try to integrate a lot of different actual textmode drivers at once. As I have written above, you should integrate just 1 single textmode driver (the appropriate one).Good luck! Fernando

This is the nLite Forum and not the DriverPacks Forum.

If anyone starts a new thread with the topic "Guide to build XP/SP3 setup drivers included and more" within the Forum named "nLite Forum", the visitors do expect,1. that there is something like a "Guide" (and not a simple link) within the start post, 2. that the thread starter has written the "Guide" himself and 3. that the "Guide" has been designed for users of the tool nLite. None of these preconditions are given. The title is absolutely misleading. I even doubt, that this thread is really helpful for nLite users. Please compair your "guide" with my "sticky" ones within this Forum. The correct title for this thread would be "Link to another Forum with a description of the DriverPacks method". Additional information for all visitors of this thread: The most important reason to use a tool like nLite is the integration of the appropriate AHCI or RAID driver into the XP CD, because otherwise the XP Setup will not detect the HDD/SSD, which is running in AHCI or RAID mode. Unfortunately none of the DriverPacks, not even the "Mass Storage" DP, contains a file named TXTSETUP.OEM, which is absolutely needed, if the user tries to load an AHCI or RAID driver via F6 or to integrate it into the XP CD by using a tool like nLite. That is why it doesn't make much sense to combine the DriverPacks with nLite.

According to my knowledge the Driverpacks tool named DP Base is not limited to private usage.>Here< you can find all needed informations about the Driverpacks method. The needed DriverPacks Application named DP Base and the special DriverPacks themselves (e.g. the "DriverPack Mass Storage") can be downloaded from >here<.

Nobody said that. Here is an extract of the nLite Licence Agreement you have accepted during the nLite installation: "1. nLite is freeware and can be freely used for any personal non-commercial purposes. 5. nLite is free for personal use only, you cannot use it for any company or business purposes at this time."

Sp0iLedBrAt: Thanks for your assistance, which helped login123 to solve his problem. I haven't seen his posts until now. @ login123: Welcome at MSFN Forum! It is fine, that you succeeded with the XP installation in AHCI mode using the special AMD AHCI driverpack I have customized for this purpose. Yes, the installation is very easy: Run the Device Manager, which will show the missing drivers by yellow marks. Then point to the INF files of the downloaded AMD chipset drivers. The hardware detection will find and install the appropriate drivers. Once all yellow marks are gone, everything will work fine.Regards Fernando

The 32bit Intel RST driver package 11.2.0.1006 contains only 1 driver named iaStor.sys. What I suggested was, that you may highlight both Intel 7-series SATA AHCI Controllers, if you don't know the exact Controller name of your mainboard. That is not the integration of 2 drivers, but the try to enable the support of 2 different Controllers by 1 single driver. If you have created 2 different CDs, each of them wiith the support of a differen Intel 7-Series Chipset SATA AHCI Controller, it is even better. That is why you have to restart the complete nLite procedure from scratch by copying the original untouched XP CD content, if the XP installation failed and you are going to create a new CD with integrated driver. Furthermore you should not load any ini file with a previous nLite session in this case. So you think, that you bought a pirate copy of a Windows XP CD? Doesn't it have a Microsoft hologram? There are many ways to purchase a legal original XP CD as Retail version showing the Microsoft hologram. Yes it is for work, Several legacy programs and we're stuck with XP until they pull the trigger on a company wide upgrade.The use of nLite is only allowed for private purposes, not for business.If it is your job to customize Operating Systems like Windows XP, you have to use another tool or method.

Why do you want to create a second disk? And which "both chipet drivers" do you mean? I always recommend to use the "one driver" integration method, because it is the safest one to get just the driver you want and nothing else.

If there is no WINNT.SIF file within the i386 directory, your XP CD may work for the driver integration task. If you don't know the exact name of the Intel SATA AHCI Controller (with or without C216), you may integrate them both. If you should know the Controller name you had integrated the last time (with the installation failure), you may take the other one now.

@ cozinbob2: If you are happy with the driverpacks instead of the nLite integration method, why do you post it into the nLite Forum? Users may think, that they can integrate the "Mass Storage driverpack" by using nLite and this is absolutely misleading. This thread has meanwhile more than 1.2 millions of visitors and if you compare this with the numbers of users, who posted about problems, the big majority of them obviously succeeded with the nlite integration method. Regards Fernando

@ lioninstreet: I suspect, that you have chosen the wrong SATA Controller while integrating or loading the Intel AHCI driver. Alternatively your BSOD problem may be caused by using an already modified XP CD as source. This is what I recommend to do: Look into your mainboard manual and check, if the SATA Controller of your mainboard belongs to the "Intel® 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family" or to the "Intel® 7 Series Chipset Family". Download >this< RST driverpack and unzip it. Restart the creation of an XP SP3 CD with integrated Intel AHCI driver from scratch by copying the content of a clean (untouched) XP CD onto a separate folder of your HDD. Let nLite integrate the RST driver v11.2.0.1006 as textmode driver. When you get the popup window with the list of all available SATA Controllers, just check the "Intel® 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller" or the "Intel® 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller" depending on the result of your previous check (point 1). Let nLite create the ISO file and burn the ISO file as bootable image. Set the SATA Controller of your system to "AHC mode". Install Windows XP by booting off the just created CD. Good luck! Fernando P.S.: No, the driver was not wrong, but maybe the chosen Controller. No, that is not true.