Toshiba Satellite 2455-S305 - HELP!

[a06lp]

Ok, I read through the how-to's, and i really think i understand this stuff, but when it came time to make my own, im confused.

What I'm trying to do is create an Unattended Win XP SP2 CD with all my laptop's drivers on it (so if i use the CD on my laptop, the drivers are used; but if i use the cd on someone else's comp, those drivers are skipped since winxp has better matches).

I have a Toshiba Satellite 2455-S305 laptop, and out of all the drivers on the site, i really only need to install 9 of them. But those 9 driver files I want are all self-extracting install files (unzips, then installs), so I dont get to see which drivers are installed where. there is no option to change the "install to" directory (so i can install into a temp and look around), rather they all install into their proper place in windows somewhere.

Now I know I COULD auto-run these files as applications, but then no matter what computer i install this CD onto, they will get my drivers, and I dont want the drivers to install UNLESS it is on my machine...

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If you want to check the files for yourself, they are on the toshiba website (http://pcsupport.toshiba.com/) and then you have to go: Downloads (on top); Portables -> Satellite -> 2455-S305

The 9 Files I want are:

Audio Driver (zm10sndx).exe

Display Driver (s245vidx).exe

DVD Driver & Utility (tm1dvdramx).exe

Infared Driver (s245firx).exe

LAN Driver (s245ethx).exe

Modem Driver (s113mdmx).exe

SD Card Driver (s245sdcardx).exe

Sound Driver (s245sndx).exe

Touchpad Driver (s245tpadx).exe

[jaclaz]

Well,

you can UNZIP them (if they are self extracting ZIP) with WINZIP

or UNRAR them (if they are self extracting RAR) with WINRAR

Don't be fooled by the .EXE extension, self extracting archives are just .ZIP or :RAR files with a mini-decompressor at the beginning, all wrapped together in a single file.

jaclaz

[a06lp]

i think you misunderstand me.

i know how to open them. what i am saying is that after self-extraction, the installer runs and installs them to various places on the hard drive, and i have no way of knowing which drivers (*.inf ???) to copy to the XPCD i'm making.

[alextrek]

What jaclaz meens, is that after you open the files (extract with...) with WinZip or WinRAR you have the chance to save the contents anywhere you like for further manipulation.

Regards,

Alextrek

[a06lp]

i tried that, but i cant find any .inf files.

[a06lp]

ok, forget that last post, i found a .inf file (smwdmCH4.inf), but there are lots of other files in there too. do i need anything besides that inf file?

if not, whats the point of all those other files?

also, some zip's have no inf file (like the DVD-RAM) - what do i do for that?

and also, some have multiple inf's - (like my built-in SD card reader), do i copy all of them?

sorry for being such a noob...

[jaclaz]

Hmmm,

I doubt that Toshiba wrote an install application and then needs to ZIP the file, could you post a list of the files you get once you UNZIP the exes?

Example:
LAN Driver (s245ethx).exe > 
1>Setup.exe
2>1stfile.xx1
3>2ndfile.xx2
4>......

Maybe we can identify which setup tools has been used and help you further.

jaclaz

[a06lp]

Hmmm,

I doubt that Toshiba wrote an install application and then needs to ZIP the file, could you post a list of the files you get once you UNZIP the exes?

Example:
LAN Driver (s245ethx).exe > 
1>Setup.exe
2>1stfile.xx1
3>2ndfile.xx2
4>......

Maybe we can identify which setup tools has been used and help you further.

jaclaz

i can't even begin to list them, there are TONS!

ex: Display Driver (s245vidx) [btw, it's nVidia]

- 22 .DLL

- 16 .HLP

- 2 .CAB

- 5 .EXE (only one is "setup.exe", others are like "dmcpl.exe" or "nwiz.exe")

- 1 .inx

- 1 .iss

- 1 .sys

- 1 .cat

- 1 .tvp

- 1 .inf (NVTS.INF)

I only copied the "NVTS.INF" file into my C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Drivers folder for this one.

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For this one, I listed everything:

ex2: SD Card Driver (s245sdcardx)

- devpathXP.reg

- DrvUpdt.exe

- SD.exe

- SDDEVMGR.dll

- SDTOPCIA.dll

- TOSSDPCI.INF

- TosSdPCI.sys

- TSDHD.INF

- TSDHD.sys

- TSDHDEXL.sys

- tsdpci2k.cat

I only copied the "TOSSDPCI.INF" and "TSDHD.INF" to my C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Drivers folder.

Basically, what are all these other files for? Do I need them? Or will the .inf files I'm copying be good enough?

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Side note:

I installed a Dell TrueMobile 1300 MiniPCI Card into my laptop. This came with a CD, and I'd like to add the drivers for that as well. I did a "find files or folders" on the cd for "*.inf", and came up with:

- autorun.inf (in D:\)

- DELLOMCI.INF (in D:\Omcixlt)

- bcmwl5.inf (in D:\Setup)

- bcmwl5.inf (in D:\Setup\I8500)

which files would I copy for this hardware? or do I need to run the install for this too?

* I had an idea as I was writing this, and went into Device Manager, and looked in Dell TureMobile..., and saw the driver pointed to "c:\windows\system32\drivers\BCMWL5.sys". What does that mean in terms of copying drivers to my XP installation?