Trouble booting from SATA drive

[neonnlarry]

Has anyone had trouble booting from a SATA drive with their nLite'd CD? I am trying to install XP on a Gateway laptop w/Home Vista 64. I have intergrated both Intel and nVidia drivers (laptop ICH8M, desktop nVidia 680i MB's). I cannot get the laptop to even recognize the nLite CD let alone boot from it and testing on the desktop it will not boot from the SATA drive but it will boot from the IDE drive. Any help would be appreciated.

nLited CD WinXP SP1 w/SP3, hotfixes, above drivers, WMP11 + hotfixes.

Last session .ini attached.

Last_Session__2009.04.19_08.10.43_.ini

[Guest]

I'm not all that familiar with SATA (im still on IDE drives) but don't you need to integrate text mode drivers (F6) for XP to even recognize SATA drives? Your lastsession.ini has the [Drivers] section empty.

If your laptop cant read the CD but your desktop can then it's obviously an issue with your CD-Rom or it's picky with the media. My brother has the same problem.

Edited April 20, 2009 by -X-

[johnhc]

Thanks for your Last Session, neonnlarry. Yes, many people here have had trouble installing TO a SATA drive - search will show. There are threads above from Fernando 1 discussing such. Your Last Session shows several problems. You have integrated no SP and you cannot integrate IE8 in XP (MS choice - please see several IE8 posts here - search). You have included no drivers, much less text mode drivers. DO NOT use F6, as suggested by -X-, unless you disable OEM Preinstall (General Tab in Unattended - see help - ? in circle). You don't need F6 anyway if you include text mode drivers. Please make sure to always start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folders, do all your work in one nLite session and integrate only one SP. Please report when you have a solution, so others can benefit. Enjoy, John.

[Guest]

I didn't tell him to use the F6 method. I said to integrate them. I just referred to them as F6 drivers.

you need to integrate text mode drivers (F6)

[neonnlarry]

Opps, my bad I used the last session .ini with the time stamp without looking through it first.

I did a search but most everything I came up with had to do with installing to a SATA hard drive not getting a SATA DVD drive to recognize an nLited CD to begin with.

I believe the installed drivers are from Fernando 1.

Here is the actual last session.

Last_Session.ini

Edited April 20, 2009 by neonnlarry

[johnhc]

neonnlarry, as I said before IE8 will not integrate and you need to remove it. If you do install IE8, then you will not need the IE7 updates. It also looks like you have IE7 updates but did not install IE7. It looks like you are trying to install applications via the Hot Fix section and this also will not work. I assume Install_Messenger.exe, and several others, is an application. There is a sub forum above the nLite one for AddOns and also RyanVM forum that discusses installing applications via the Hot Fix section. I suggest to get you going, that you remove ALL the items under Hot Fix and see if you can get a running system - essentially with only drivers. Please let us know the outcome. Enjoy, John.

EDIT: I agree with g-force, below, that the .NET updates probably will not integrate. The install will not also. Forgot to say. John,

Edited April 20, 2009 by johnhc

[g-force]

These won`t work, they aren`t integratable Hotfixes:

F:\My Programs\Archive Programs\XP Install Setup Files, Programs\XP SP3 Hotfixes as of 04022009\Other\gdidettool.exe
F:\My Programs\Archive Programs\XP Install Setup Files, Programs\XP SP3 Hotfixes as of 04022009\Other\HMTCDWizard_enu.exe
F:\My Programs\Archive Programs\XP Install Setup Files, Programs\XP SP3 Hotfixes as of 04022009\Other\Install_Messenger.exe
F:\My Programs\Archive Programs\XP Install Setup Files, Programs\XP SP3 Hotfixes as of 04022009\Other\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe
F:\My Programs\Archive Programs\XP Install Setup Files, Programs\XP SP3 Hotfixes as of 04022009\Other\Windows-KB909520-v1.000-x86-ENU.exe
F:\My Programs\Archive Programs\XP Install Setup Files, Programs\XP SP3 Hotfixes as of 04022009\Other\WindowsSearch-KB940157-XP-x86-enu.exe
F:\My Programs\Archive Programs\XP Install Setup Files, Programs\XP SP3 Hotfixes as of 04022009\Other\WindowsXP-KB955839-x86-ENU.exe
F:\My Programs\Archive Programs\XP Install Setup Files, Programs\XP SP3 Hotfixes as of 04022009\Other\WindowsXP-KB960715-x86-ENU.exe
F:\My Programs\Archive Programs\XP Install Setup Files, Programs\XP SP3 Hotfixes as of 04022009\.NET Framework 1.1\NDP1.1sp1-KB928366-X86.exe
F:\My Programs\Archive Programs\XP Install Setup Files, Programs\XP SP3 Hotfixes as of 04022009\.NET Framework 1.1\dotnetfx.exe
F:\My Programs\Archive Programs\XP Install Setup Files, Programs\XP SP3 Hotfixes as of 04022009\.NET Framework 1.1\NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe
F:\My Programs\Downloads\Win XP Setup files\IE8-WindowsXP-x86-ENU.exe

I think pathes are too long, too.

You try to install on 2 different PCs (1 Laptop, 1 Desktop), aren`t you?

Laptop has only SATA-Drive - no drive is recognized?

Desktop has 2 Drives - IDE is recognized, SATA isn`t?

[neonnlarry]

You try to install on 2 different PCs (1 Laptop, 1 Desktop), aren`t you?

,yes sort of. I'm trying to setup laptop for dual boot Vista\XP so I can run some legacy programs. Desktop was just for testing SATA vs IDE DVD drive as it has both, already has XP installed and SATA drivers.

Well I just nLited another CD (XP SP1 + SP3 + drivers) .ini attached. Still no luck. It will boot off IDE DVD drive but not SATA DVD drive on desktop, will not boot from SATA DVD drive on laptop (which is only DVD on that computer).

Last_Session.ini

Edited April 20, 2009 by neonnlarry

[g-force]

1. You still integrate all these unintegratable Hotfixes...

2. You integrate Hotfixes in wrong order (IE7 after it`s hotfixes)

3. You still have these too long pathnames

[neonnlarry]

I don't know how the hotfixes got there must have been left over from the previous nLite session somehow even though I unselected hotfixes.

But those come to bare later in the setup, so it still begs the question of why it will not boot on a SATA but will on an IDE DVD drive.

[johnhc]

neonnlarry, it begs NO question! After you remove ALL the items in the Hot Fix section, please let us know the outcome and we will look further if necessary. Also, make sure to always start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folders, do all your work in one nLite session and integrate only one SP. Please report when you have a solution, so others can benefit. Enjoy, John.

EDIT: When you include bad stuff in the Hot Fix section, I would expect you to receive many, many error messages. You should get NO error messages from nLite. If you do, it is time to stop and determine the cause. John.

Edited April 21, 2009 by johnhc

[neonnlarry]

These won`t work, they aren`t integratable Hotfixes:

Well I finally got rid of the hotfixes. I had to go into nLite and delete all previous .ini files. Apparently nLite accumulates these intergrations even when deselected.

I think pathes are too long, too.

You try to install on 2 different PCs (1 Laptop, 1 Desktop), aren`t you?
Laptop has only SATA-Drive - no drive is recognized?
Desktop has 2 Drives - IDE is recognized, SATA isn`t?

I shortened the paths.

Laptop has only SATA hard drive and only SATA DVD drive. I can't get to drive not recognized as the DVD will not recognize the boot CD.

Desktop has only SATA hard drives and has both IDE & SATA DVD drives. IDE DVD drive will recognize the boot CD the SATA DVD drive will not (and this is on a computer with all the XP SATA drivers already installed).

New CD, fresh copy, one session, one SP-SP3, drivers, nothing else. Still the same problem. Won't boot from either SATA DVD drive.

Last_Session.ini

[johnhc]

neonnlarry, I may have been beating the wrong horse. Your horse (Hot Fix section) needed it but I got sideways and assumed (falsely) that your SATA HDD could not be found. Can you boot the original CD on your SATA optical drive? I know some have had problems here booting from a SATA optical drive - try a search here. Adding drivers via nLite does not help, of course, since you can't even get it to boot. How are you writing the CD? Are you using the burner built into nLite? What kind of boot sector are you using? If you are not using nLite's built-in burner, give it a try with the default boot sector.

You should never need to delete all Presets. There is a Blank and Init one at the top you can always start with. I hope you have not deleted them - if so retrieve them from your Recycle Bin. You can also uncheck "Load 'Last Session' on startup". If you see anything in your various tasks, then you are not running with a fresh source.

Sorry I misunderstood your problem. Enjoy, John.

[g-force]

Laptop has only SATA hard drive and only SATA DVD drive. I can't get to drive not recognized as the DVD will not recognize the boot CD.

Ah, now I got the point - you`re booting from SATA-DVD, too.

Well, that`s a problem I`m working on in my own forum as well. (german)

Sorry, no conclusion right now.

[neonnlarry]

johnhc

No I can't get the original Genuine XP Pro SP1 to recognize either.