Friday, October 7, 2016
How To Integrate SATA Drivers Into Win XP Bootable CD Setup – Slipstreaming XP Guide Using Nlite
How To Integrate SATA Drivers Into Win XP Bootable CD Setup – Slipstreaming XP Guide Using Nlite
Most of the latest hard disk drives (sata) are not recognized by Windows XP during installation. The problem is that Windows XP does not support the latest SATA-AHCI or SATA-RAID hardware. The solution for this problem is to integrate sata drivers in Windows XP setup so that the hard disk is recognized by Windows XP setup during installation. That is what called Slipstreaming. The method of integrating installation files in Windows XP setup.
Slipstreaming SATA Drivers Using Nlite
If you dont have Floppy Disk Drive specially on your notebook/laptop and your Windows XP setup is not detecting hard disk drives. You can still install Win Xp but you need to read the Slipstreaming SATA driver into WinXp boot cd using nLite so that your hard disk is recognized by the windows xp setupRequirements
- nLite(download here), this will be used for slipstreaming(integrate) SATA drivers into WinXp setup.
- Extracted SATA drivers(if you are using Intel chipset Intel 82801GR/GH, 631xESB/632xESB, 82801GHM, ICH8R/ICH9R, 82801HEM SATA RAID Controller, get the drivers from your manufacturer website or let me know your system model no)
Step By Step Guide
- Copy the contents of your Windows XP CD to a new folder and name it WinXp.
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- Download the intel SATA drivers.The correct file name is something like Floppy Configuration Utility.
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- If you have downloaded already extracted drivers than skip to Step 10.
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- Extract the downloaded SATA driver file. You will get green icon f6flpy32?.
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- Extract the green file f6flpy32? again and you will get this time a file with .IMA extension.
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- Now you need to browse the folder f6flpy32? using WinImage (download here) and select the .IMA extension file.
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- You will see all the SATA driver files. Extract them to any folder(I name it SATA driver on my desktop) by selecting all of the files and choose Extract.
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- Select Extract all files into the same folder.
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- If you open up the SATA driver folder it will look like this.
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- Now run nLite->choose Next.
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- Now, locate the Windows folder(for me, its WinXp).
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- Next again and you will come to Presets. Ignore this by choosing Next again.
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- In Task Selection, choose Drivers and Bootable ISO by high-lighting them.
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- Select Insert->Single driver.
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- Browse to the SATA driver folder(the one you extracted using WinImage) and select either one of the .INF file, I choose iaahci.inf.
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- A screen like below will pop-up, make sure its Textmode driver and select all of them by holding CTRL+A key and choose OK.
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- Choose Next and you will be prompted.
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- Choose Yes to start the process.
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- Let it finish and choose Next.
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- Finally, you can create your project as ISO image or burn it directly to CD-R under Mode. I choose Direct Burn. You can put anything for Label but not too long. Choose Burn and you will be prompted again.
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- Choose Yes to burn it to CD-R. Wait for it to finish and choose Next
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- Choose Finish to exit nLite.
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- Now boot your computer using the cd you just burned using nLite.
- Install Windows XP
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