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I don't know you case fully. I'm not used to this approach anymore. I guess: Add all file from XHOM, XPRO folders and files from sub folders And all files below WinXP_Home_SP3 and WinXP_PRO_SP3 ASMS folders. And I386\$OEM$\ - \$OEM$\TEXTMODE, if you use this. Yes, simplified approach: the entire contents of all four XP related folders To clarify: This is not required, if relating files are within first 4GB of DVD media by chance.

Setupldr.bin reads first 4GB of DVD. Sort all XP textmode boot files too.

Sort file layout too: BootOrder.txt Oscdimg Command-Line Options

Post #104 jIf ISO image is not found after first reboot, then add hivesys.inf settings from Post #58 Can be a BIOS issue still. Do you use a secret hardware?

Remembers to a BIOS issue. Which hardware do you use? Which windows files do you use? Do you use a original or a edited version? Any parts removed? Do you use a file winnt.sif? Try double virtual floppy disk. title Setup Windows XP from ISO \n1: simple case, unfriendly BIOS \ntry this 2nd set dir=/images set myISO=%dir%/XP_RAM.ISO echo %myISO% set fdIMA=%dir%/XP_INST.ima cat --length=0 %myISO% > nul || find --set-root --devices=hf %myISO% map %myISO% (222) map --mem %fdIMA% (fd1) map --mem %fdIMA% (fd0) map --hook > nul #use original firadisk.inf #cat --number=1 --locatei="firaedit.inf" --replace="firadisk.inf" (fd1)/TXTSETUP.OEM > nul #chenall's ntboot cat --locate=###### --number=1 (fd1)/TXTSETUP.OEM > nul || call :error %fdIMA% file error.. set offset=%?% set fira.opt=cdrom,vmem=find:%myISO%; write --offset=%offset% (fd1)/TXTSETUP.OEM value=Parameters,StartOptions,REG_SZ,"%fira.opt%"\r\n; cat --skip=%offset% --locate=/ --replace=\\ (fd1)/TXTSETUP.OEM dd if=(fd1) of=(fd0) command (fd1)/grub4dos/shifthd.bat root (222) chainloader /I386/SETUPLDR.BIN

Yes, that's it. This is a historic manufacturer precaution. Ignore this part. Run the firmware flasher anyway. DVD firmware is updated at primary IDE anyway. Or goto BIOS. Read manual 2-5 Integrated Peripherals On-Chip SATA Mode to Combined PATA IDE Set to Ch.1 Master/Slave SATA Port 0/2 Set will be automatically set to Ch. 0 Master/Slave. Attach the SATA hard disk to SATA Port 0 or Port 2.

Not always. BIOS may map SATA to IDE, AHCI or RAID. 27DF: IDE controller 27C0: ICH7 at IDE emulation mode Open stroage controller at device manager. Goto details and read HarwareId and compatibleId. Don't you read *CC_0101 ? That's IDE emulation for SATA device. Read the manual. Don't you use a GA-EG31M-S2 http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Manual/motherboard_manual_ga-eg31m-s2_e.pdf There is no Jmicron controller. All SATA ports are connected to ICH7. That's BIOS remapped. You may trial and error this part. Or ignore this part. Don't worry about at two drives so far. There is one IDE port. But you can attach two IDE devicec at one cable. Hardware dosn't support AHCI. All SATA ports are mapped to IDE emulation. Classic hardware allows two IDE channels and four IDE drives. IRQ 14 Primary IDE channel IRQ 15 Secondary IDE channel This refers to DOS layout. At classic hardware you may add a additional PCI IDE controller. Your hardware support one IDE port and four SATA ports: that's six drives at all. BIOS allows to configure DOS behavour. Map four selectable drives to classic layout. Read four drives available at DOS. You don't use DOS. You use two devices so far: a IDE DVD drive and a SATA hard disk. The IDE DVD drive is connected to IDE Channel 0 and BIOS mapped to IRQ 14 Primary IDE channel The SATA hard disk is connected to virtual IDE Channel 3 and BIOS mapped to IRQ 15 Secondary IDE channel. This resembles a classic layout. There is no need to include any mass storage controller driver. Disalbe SATA at VirtualBox, use IDE at VirtualBox too. Yes, that's the obvious apporach.

VirtualBox dosn't match real hardware. Use a old iastor.sys 7.8 for fake VirtualBox hardware. iastor.sys 7.8 works fine at a real ICH7 Or use IDE mode at VirtualBox.

KB931760 hotfix refers to XP SP2,A XP SP3 works at such aligned partition here. Boot Vista/Win7 setup from the DVD, press shift F10, run diskpart to create the partition.

The MCP51 dosn't support AHCI. There is no AHCI driver relating this hardware. Drivers relate to Windows XP. Use legacy nForce 3/4/5 driver, if you install Windows XP. If yo use another OS, use another drivers.

That's a Nividia Chipset C51D+MCP51. The hardware dosn't support AHCI.

At early Windows boot loads drivers from hard disk to RAM: black text background. Last boot driver is usualy mup.sys. Drivers are not active so far. Next drivers are initialized: driver communicate with hardware: graphic background Given a false driver or broken hardware, you may get a BSOD. This relate to a driver before mup.sys Of course there are erros after mup.sys too. Can you read any driver name at BSOD? PxHelp20, DRVMCDB are non default drivers: seems to relate to Sonic's RecordNow!. A long shot: can you disable the touchpad in BIOS? can you disconned the DVD drive? Which USB hard disks do you use? Did you ever dismantle a USB hard disk? Idea: remove hard disk from laptop. Insert to USB chassis. Attach the USB laptop disk to Windows 7 netbook . Which data do you miss? Which applications did you used?

A driver before mup.sys causes this. Name the drivers before mup.sys. Real issue can be hardware or software. Which external hardware can you use? USB floppy, USB keyboard, USB mouse

Yes, that's correct as for a double backslash. I would use a Reg_Expand_SZ at a %SystemRoot% entry. The reading application has to support this too. However, does this relate to installing a theme? http://www.wincert.net/forum/topic/9658-themes-how-do-you-do-it/ That's another question. I don't know. Desk.cpl seems to install a theme. http://www.wincert.net/forum/topic/7377-trick-how-to-set-windows-theme-from-command-line/

I don't doubt %ResourceDir%. I doubt the type Reg_SZ. A XP themeui.dll sets HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\VisualStyleDirs","1",%REGEXSZ%,"%%ResourceDir%%\Themes"This setting exist at Windows 7 too. That's type Reg_Expand_SZ to %ResourceDir%. Can anybody clarify this? Which part uses %ResourceDir% ? Which part expand the string?

MBR or partiton boot code dosn't match BIOS layout. Try diskpart to prepare the USB drive. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/234.how-to-deploy-windows-7-from-a-usb-drive-en-us.aspx Or use a sticky tool.

It's not about theme. It's about a file name with a path. This goes to all folder file names. "InstallVisualStyle"="%ResourceDir%\\themes\\Aero\\Aero.msstyles" Seems to be a default bug: a RegSz dosn't expand a %ResourceDir% entry.

This example uses reg.exe to set a entry. Reg.exe is another application with own rules: single backslash is appropiate This is not a .reg file.

Can you name a example? A Reg_sz entry uses double backslashes at path. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Browser] "DisplayName"="@%systemroot%\\system32\\browser.dll,-100" A regular expression search string may use double backslashes to escape a single backslashhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490907.aspx

What about a plain text message and a attached ISO-standardized PDF/A ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A

Plain text is preferred.

Manufacturer dosn't support this approach. There is no general solution. Try one of the sticky solutions.

Did you add AMD AHCI drivers to Windows 7? Windows default driver msahci.sys does transfer S.M.A.R.T data. Driver ahcix86.sys 3.1.1540.127 dosn't transfer S.M.A.R.T data. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27817123 No idea about V3.2.1540.35

NT 6.x fast installer: install win7 directly to usb extenal drive http://reboot.pro/10126/page__p__88282#entry88282