Integrated PnP drivers, but got a "could not copy" message

[Alpaca Portrait]

I'm not new to nLite but this most recent time I used it was my first time trying to integrate drivers and I've run into a problem. I tried integrating PnP drivers for my video card and onboard LAN. Everything appeared to work ok with nLite, no errors, but during the early stages of installing XP I got a "could not copy" message followed by the names of 4-5 ATI files and 2-3 files for the LAN.

I skipped those files and let the overall install complete. Upon first boot I got a "found new hardware" message for both pieces of hardware, but I had to direct the install routine to the specific folders on my HDD to find the files that weren't copied during initial setup. I install Windows to d:, and there is a d:\windows\nldrv\001\ and a \002 folder with the majority of the files needed for the video card & LAN, but missing the few that didn't get copied.

Just wondering what might have gone wrong. Thanks.

Edited June 18, 2009 by Alpaca Portrait

[johnhc]

Alpaca Portrait, have you checked the original driver folder for the files? Please post a link to where the drivers can be found and screen shots of several of the copy errors. If you can't get screen shots, please post the names of several of the file names. And finally, please attach (not paste) your Last Session.ini. 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.

[Alpaca Portrait]

Alpaca Portrait, have you checked the original driver folder for the files?

Yes. On a separate partition on my HDD I've always had a folder that holds all the drivers I need after a fresh XP install - LAN, audio, graphics, chipset, etc. That's where I directed nLite to (to each specific subfolder) when I tried to integrate the drivers. It found everything just fine. I can't post screen shots b/c the copy errors happen during the text mode part of the OS install. I always start with a fresh source when I nLite.

On second thought I'm not going to pursue a solution to this issue. Integrating the drivers isn't that big of a deal to me, and if newer versions of any of my drivers become available or if I changed my graphics card in the future the current nLite install would be useless anyway. I've decided that I prefer the way I've been doing it all along - that is, using nLite's other features to make my install the way I want it and then adding the hardware drivers after the OS install is complete.

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