Windows Xp Video Driver Problem - 4 Colors Only

[hesdeadjim]

hi everyone. total newbie here.

i read the guides and used the search function for the last 2 days and i can't seem to find a solution to my problem.

i start up nlite and place my windows cd into the drive.

i set it up to slipstream sp3 and make an iso file.

everything appears to work fine, except when i do an fresh install on my other system, the video resolution is set to 4 colors and there don't appear to be any video drivers installed.

anybody have any ideas?

thanks..

[jaclaz]

everything appears to work fine, except when i do an fresh install on my other system, the video resolution is set to 4 colors and there don't appear to be any video drivers installed.

Maybe knowing EXACT videocard on "the one" and on "the other" system may help.

anybody have any ideas?

YES.

http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/questions-with-yes-or-no-answers.html

What you are probably missing is the appropriate video driver for the video card you have in "the other" system.

A good idea would be to re-do after having integrated either the specific video driver or the BTS (Graphics ) driverpacks:

http://driverpacks.net/

that would support most hardware at the expense of a bigger size of the build.

jaclaz

[hesdeadjim]

thanks for the quick reply.

i already made another file with the proper video driver included in the slipstream and it worked out just fine.

i am more concerned with the why.

if i am using my original install disk to create the iso, why would it matter what video card the host computer had?

that's the confusing part for me.

also, all the other generic hardware drivers installed just fine without having to include them specifically.

[Ponch]

How original is your original disk (what's written on it)? Could you install it with better result on that other machine as is? Please attach (not paste) your Last Session.ini as requested in bold red letters above this page if you want more potential explanations on your (now solved) problem.

[hesdeadjim]

i was hoping not to get into a long and drawn out story but that seems to be what's necessary.

i have 6 computers in my room here. i have a legally purchased windows xp professional disc for each system. because of the work that i do with these systems, (data recovery, software testing, etc.), i usually reinstall the os on each system multiple times a year and sometimes multiple times a month. the original discs no longer exist because they just didn't last that long before errors started to pop up. these discs are the third backups. that being said, when i do a reinstall with any of those discs on any of my systems, they all install fine and everything on these particular systems have a generic windows driver that works with it and is automatically installed during the reinstall. when the reinstall is complete, i would normally install xp-sp3 and then proceed to the windows update site for the remainder of the updates that came after sp3 was released. needless to say, a slipstreamed disc would make my life a great deal easier.

when i ran nLite, these are the steps i went through:

01. place the windows xp install disc into the cd rom drive.

02. start nLite

03. browse and point to the cd rom drive and make a directory for the finished files to go to.

04. click next twice and then select service pack and bootable iso.

05. click next and select the sp3 file.

06. click ok, click next, click make iso.

07. click save and wait, click newt and click finish.

08. burn iso to a new cd.

09. use to install on other system.

now when i do this, all the other generic drivers for the system install just fine, but no video driver installs and the the system defaults to 4 bit video. when i added the video driver to the slipstream, everything worked out fine.

so my question is, why doesn't the video driver copy over with everything else?

and also, as per "the finders" post above, why would it matter what i have on the host system if the files are being taken from the original disc?

Edited March 17, 2011 by hesdeadjim

[hesdeadjim]

am i the only one who's drivers don't transfer over?

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Using Win7 and Vista as the "host" system has been known to cause unusual issues...

[Kelsenellenelvian]

What is the vid card of the target system?

[hesdeadjim]

Using Win7 and Vista as the "host" system has been known to cause unusual issues...

thanks, that makes sense. the host computer has windows xp on it, but the source in the install cd. i think that i am misunderstanding how nlite works. i had figured that if the source files were on the cd, then the program would disregard whatever is on the host system. after all, you are making the iso based on the source files, not the host files. when i integrated the proper drivers with nlite, everything worked perfectly. i was just curious about the files not being copied over to the iso file without me having to manually insert them in the drivers section. i'm gonna make an iso quick and attach the last session files anyway.

thanks for the response.

[hesdeadjim]

What is the vid card of the target system?

no video card on the target system, just the built in video on the motherboard. Intel 82845GV controller chip.

[hesdeadjim]

ok here is the last session. all i did with this run was to integrate sp3 and make an iso.

Last Session.ini