Integrating driver in XP installation disc

[killerjacky]

Hi every body.

I just got my new notebook from Dell and wanna to down-grade the pre-installed Vista back to XP.

I tried to integrate some drviers download from Dell support page into XP disc with nlite.

1./ At the beginning, it give me a warning when loading the source disc something like: "cannot find msdos.xxx" (forgot the extension), which say it is some critical error, but it still running

2./ During that I faced many warning of "cannot find xxxxx.xxx" when integrating the drivers. Did I did something wrong with the drivers? I downloaded them, which they can run directly under windows, and then extracted them into the same folder, and I choose the "add multiple driver folder". I dont quite understand what exactly the "driver" i need, do I need the setup program or something with extension like ".int" ?

3./ Shoule I choose "PNP" or "text" for the drivers? what are the differences?

4./ After creating the image, I burn the disc with nlite using that image. The disc comes out cannot boot up my notebook, just appear something like "cannot find Nxxx". It appear in short time so i cant see clearly what "NXXX" is, then it boot from the HD with Vista.

Can any one tell me which part I did it wrongly? I am puzzled with it

Edited November 29, 2007 by killerjacky

[Ponch]

1) what XPdisk are you using to start nLite with ? Obviously something is missing right from the start so you cannot end up with a booting disk (see "4").

2) You usually need .inf files though I'm not sure for "text mode" drivers

3) You need the "text mode" driver for the XP install to recognize your disk before Windows is running.

4) see 1)

[killerjacky]

1) what XPdisk are you using to start nLite with ? Obviously something is missing right from the start so you cannot end up with a booting disk (see "4").

2) You usually need .inf files though I'm not sure for "text mode" drivers

3) You need the "text mode" driver for the XP install to recognize your disk before Windows is running.

4) see 1)

1/4: i'm not sure what was wrong. The source disc can boot normally, I have no idea what is missing.

3: so it means only text mode should be used? then what is the use of "pnp mode"?