Why aren't my drivers installing?

[wraith0078]

Okay, I followed the instructions for adding the drivers via winnt.sif. The files themselves are in the $OEM$\$1\drivers\ folder under various subfolders with the 00*_*** naming convention. The folders are listed in the OemPNPDriversPath.

Once Windows is installed however, the drivers for the devices aren't installed. But, if I right click on the device and have it update the driver and just search the HDD for them it finds them.

The devices in question are as follows:

nForce 4 chipset (separated into separate folders for audio, IDE, ethernet, etc...)

nVidia Forceware drivers

Netgear WG311 802.11g card

So what am I doing wrong? Any ideas?

[IcemanND]

post your winnt.sif file, be sure to remove the license number first.

[wraith0078]

post your winnt.sif file, be sure to remove the license number first.

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=Yes

OemPnPDriversPath="DRIVERS01_SATA; DRIVERS02_RAID; DRIVERS03_graphics; DRIVERS03_IDE; DRIVERS04_wireless; DRIVERS05_audio; DRIVERS06_ethernet"

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=""

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=20

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductID=

FullName=""

OrgName=""

ComputerName=*

[setupMgr]

ComputerName0=Wraith

ComputerName1=Wraith0078

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=Drunken

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[GuiRunOnce]

%systemdrive%\install\start.cmd

[IcemanND]

try this:

OemPnPDriversPath="DRIVERS1\SATA;DRIVERS2\RAID;DRIVERS3\graphics;DRIVERS3\IDE;DRIVERS4\wireless;DRIVERS5\audio;DRIVERS6\ethernet"

Edited May 14, 2007 by IcemanND
_ didn't get changed to \

[p4ntb0y]

I have had this same problem do you happen to have have ^.pnf and infcache.1 files where these drivers are?

I found a great tool that can be run at sysprep or build time and will scan a directory fo your choice this then apends the information to the reg path HKLM\Software\microsft\windows\currentversion\devicepath thsi gets past the 4096 limint in winnt.sif or sysprep.inf.

Great tool flushes out old Driver Cache files using tools from sysinternals.

SysPrep Driver Scanner

I got most of the HP range working using this method about 10 different hardware versions

I do however have the same problem as yourself with the NC6400 laptop some drivers are in my image allready so I am not sure why this is not working I may have to call -pnp from sysprep or run it manually as metioned in a previous post.

I will PM you if I get to the bottom of it and will update my image to include all the drivers and do a test.

[voided]

Hi All,

I'm having the same problem here.. The drivers' path are updated in the registry but the drivers won't get installed automatically. I have to remove them from the Device Manager and do a rescan before all the correct drivers are installed.. So much for my unattended installation...