One of the major problems that has plagued Windows XP is itâs never had the facility to install itself onto some newer hardware without the need for extra steps. Although SATA, AHCI and RAID enabled storage controllers have been around for several years, the Windows XP install CD never gained the ability to install directly onto this hardware, and you need a floppy disk with the necessary drivers for XP to be able to recognize your hard drives during setup. If you donât use a driver floppy, you will get the dreaded âSetup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computerâ error.
Apr 12, 2008 windows XP SATA drive and SP3. Windows XP IT Pro. This is the boot up file to install SATA drive on XP motherboarddriverraidnvidiamcp55bootdiskxp motherboarddriverraidnvidiamcp55bootdiskxp64 I got mu pc to run fine after that but the patch is not there anymore. When repairing XP from the disk you loose the ability to get. The driver is installed and Windows ask for a reboot, BUT don't reboot yet. Instead, select the remaining SATA Controller in Device Manager and repeat #3 and #4. After the second driver install, Windows does not ask for a reboot. BUT now it is time for rebooting. Be ready to enter BIOS as soon as the computer starts. Nov 03, 2015 Windows XP Professional SP3 Nov 2013 + SATA Drivers I have updated the post file with Latest Updated Microsoft Windows XP which includes SATA Drivers. It is the official and original Windows XP Professional SP3 (Service Pack 3) (32-bit) ISO from Microsoft.
Download a floppy SATA/RAID driver, extract it to floppy disk and then when installing XP, you need to press F6 at the specified time to install the driver. However, most desktop computers and all laptops donât come with a floppy drive these days, and what makes it worse is you cannot use anything else such as a USB stick to put the drivers on, it MUST be a floppy drive. Although you can use an external USB floppy drive, it would be a waste to buy one just to use it for installing Windows XP. Recently we found a workaround that can enable you to install the SATA drivers from a USB flash drive after pressing F6, but this solution is known to be not 100% working on all computers.
In order to get around having to use a floppy drive, you can integrate the floppy SATA/RAID driver into the Windows XP CD yourself. This way, you can install Windows XP on a SATA hard drive without using a floppy drive at all because the driver is already present on the CD. Youâll need to have an XP CD or the source files contained on one stored on your hard drive, the floppy SATA/RAID driver which can be downloaded from the motherboard manufacturerâs website and a CD/DVD writer.
Here are 2 ways to integrate the SATA drivers into your Windows XP CD allowing installation without the need of a floppy drive.
1: Integrate SATA drivers using nLite
This first method uses the update and driver integrating tool nLite to add the drivers to the Windows XP CD. Just about everyone looking to customize their Windows XP install CD has heard of this tool.
1. Download and install nLite.
2. Download the SATA driver from the motherboard or laptop manufacturerâs website and extract it to a new folder. Alternatively, you might be able to download a newer driver from the SATA or RAID chipset manufacturer such as the drivers from the Intel website for their chipsets. Make sure to get a standalone floppy driver if available or a driver package that includes a floppy driver.
3. Run nLite and select the language to use. Next you need to specify where the Windows XP installation files are. If you already have a folder on you hard drive with the XP CD contents, point to that. If not, insert your XP CD and browse to your discâs drive letter, select a folder location for it to save to and then wait for it to copy. Click Next once done, and Next again to skip the Presets screen.
4. At Task Selection, click Drivers and Bootable ISO. Click Next.
5. Now click the Insert button at the bottom and select âMultiple driver folderâ, choose the folder where the extracted drivers are and click OK. If there are multiple choices, select the correct drivers to integrate. For example, do not select 64 bit drivers on a 32 bit Windows XP. Click OK when done selecting the drivers. Click Next.
6. If this next screen doesnât appear, you donât have the correct driver. The driver needs to be of a Textmode type and not a PNP type to be included in the XP setup. Make sure Textmode driver is the selected mode and to choose the exact type of hardware chipset in your system. If youâre not sure, check the documentation or the manufacturers website. For our hardware below we want the Intel ICH9R chipset. Select the drivers you require and click OK and then click Next, and finally OK to start the process.
7. Once the integration has completed, click Next to be taken to the ISO creation and burning screen. You can create a bootable ISO to burn to CD later on, or even burn to CD directly using Direct Burn option. To create and save an ISO simply click the Create Image mode option and then Make ISO. With the help of an ISO file, you could then install Windows XP from a USB flash drive.
The next integration method on page 2 is far easier to get working if you canât find the right floppy SATA/RAID driver because it makes a universal SATA Windows CD.
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Hi All, Thanks Ray, The extraction of âintel matrixâ was a little typical ( only intel tells/knows that ! ) It gave âwin allâ > âdriverâ & âdriver64â folders. There were 6-6 files in âdriverâ & âdriver64â. I chose âdriverâ for 32 bit drivers & considered 6 files as F6 drivers & it worked !
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trigger2 years ago
Thank you, still working Reply
(downloaded Intel ââSTOR_Win7_XP_11.2.0.1006â driver to my desktop, extracted it with 7 zip, and updated driver from device manager) and on restart changed BIOS from ata to ahci 2 minutes to fix something that Ive tried to fix for over a week !!! Try this before anything else 5 STAR ! thanks again
Hi, I have tried both options (followed to the letter) on my CF-30 Toughbook but am still getting the I01_INITIALIZATION_FAILED error. Any other ideas ? Thanks
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Bob Still4 years ago
Raymond, I see that this tutorial has been here for many years, and I am certain that your advice here has been used many more times than you will ever know. So few people take the time to say thanks. Reply
Iâm not one of those people though. This page was a MASSIVE help to me. I tried a few âfixesâ which came to nothing, then I got to here. Top quality tutorial, and it worked a treat. Thank you a million times! Bob
Thank you sir!! This is realy very usefull.Windows xp is the best operating system.
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DaveF4 years ago
NLite seems to be good. The problem is that I canât afford to pay out $45+ just so that I can use it for one installation. Reply
Thereâs got to be an ISO file with the SATA drivers already on it, but every one Iâve downloaded doesnât. Itâll be easier to buy a second hand laptop with XP64 already on it.
Where did you get the idea NLite will cost money, itâs always been completely free?
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Lee James3 years ago
Poster most likely confused NLite with Nuhiâs NTLite, targetted at Windows 7 and up, which had a price tag of $45 at one point (for the Home or Pro version).
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Thatâs probably right, but if the user follows the link on this page it takes them straight to the nLite website, no need to go anywhere near NTLite.
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Zach4 years ago
OMG THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!!!! Acidentally wiped hard drive, had windows vienna cd on usb, tryed to install,didnât work, remembered i had some linux distros too on the usb, booted them, saw this and LITERALLY chanting âIâm gonna fix it! Iâm gonna fix itâ Me Being Crowd âHeâs gonna fix it, heâs gonna fix it!â THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH, and Thank god for that windows iso and Virtualbox installed :)
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Thanks Dear,
I was looking for solution to slipstream the drivers. Reply
My laptop HDD is crashed and its not available in the market (2.5â³ 40Gb Ide) so I am planning to install Windows OS on Pen drive and I found Nlite solution very useful to add custom made driverâs in to Installation Disk. I will update(post) tomorrow, once I done it !! Thanks again.
Holmss6 years ago
Respect! Reply
Your info help me overcome my XP installation problem
this is a very useful tool. doing a xp install on an old pc and i needed some drivers, thanks for the tutorial
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sHaDOW6 years ago
Finally, itâs working!!! Reply
Yeah!! thanks!!
Super Guru!!!!
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Bhalchandra5 years ago
cool
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Dude-you are genius!!! Reply
Thank you so much for taking the time to help out others, and post screenshots and such I hope you get blessed in return for your kindness, you deserve it. Thanks again.
Faisal6 years ago
That was really helpfulâ¦. I almost spent half a day trying to sort it out, now it is working fine Thanks
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Iâve tried to find the drivers for my PC but i couldnât, then some guy sent me a link to some driver and i used your tutorial to integrate the drivers but windows couldnât find the hard drive.
I could solve my problems with DriverPackage thanks to your tutorial.
I believe this is the best way to do thisâ¦
Thanks man!
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Hera7 years ago
Dear, you saved my time and my money by reading your post. This trick was very easy and helpful to me Reply
Many thanks
Thank you so much for this great info. I was able to slipstream the drivers using Nlite and install XP Professional on my laptop. I have never done this before and it was really pretty easy and your instructions were excellent.
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bob8 years ago
Thank you for your helpful
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Your instructions to integrate raid drivers was easy and not hard to understand , thank you very much for all the information .
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Amit Johar9 years ago
This was a lifesaver. Saved me lot of headache and pain. It worked flawlessly and I was able to integrate the SATA raid drivers into the xp install CD. What a relief!!!! I am absolutely amazed at the nlite software. It is wonderful free utility. I was almost going to buy a pack of floppy disk and external floppy drive. Saved me money! Excellent demonstration. You should definitely be compensated for saving all of us further headache and pain. I would not mind donating.
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iâve been searching all days in the net for good tutorial Reply
and iâve found this. very easy to understand thanks
dd9 years ago
very good, thank dude.for your information :D
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shahed10 years ago
Thanks for your attention to this questions.
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Thank you for your instructions.
It helped having clear and concise directions. nLite is pretty simple but it is nice to know what to expect.
Was able to use this method to slipstream ICH10R RAID drivers into Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 using the driver files provided by Supermicro for my X8SAX.
I hope someone else in the same situation finds these directions. I really didnât want to install a floppy drive in my new server!
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DarkeKun10 years ago
Very easy to understand, and do, hehe, even i could do it, and that says alot :)
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great help for me, saved my day.
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mave10 years ago
love and gratitude raymondâ¦. long live
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Hello Everyone specially the moderator & the one who gave advise, A million thanks to you⦠i can now sleep the whole night today because i already fix my acer laptop, im already planning to go to technician but it amazingly find your postâ¦. thanks.
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Joe10 years ago
Hi.Everyone. Thanks a million. I am really happy. I dont know how to thank you. And by the way, good luck for you all. It really helps me much. Thank you again.
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I just want to say thanks, your tutorial help me out with the headache i had. Reply
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Rev10 years ago
Wow, perfect tutorial. Wasted hours to try with a floppy disk, driver would load with F6 in setup, but wouldnt after the XP setup started to copy the files to the hard drive. I integrated the SATA driver with help of your tutorial, voila, worked at the second try, the first try i forgot to REMOVE the floppy disk. Reply
Thanks for the help!
Excellent blog mate â Iâve just put it in my favorites.
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Goverthana11 years ago
Thanks Dude! Your Tutorial helped me cross the bridge.
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raymond of all the tutorials ive found yours are the first one that really worked, thank you very much!
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Sam11 years ago
This article helped me tremendously. I had so much difficulties trying to install XP on a Sony Laptop that was purchased with Vista Home Edition and had a SATA hard drive.
Once I integrated the necessary driver and created my own boot CD, everything was a breeze.
Great job.
Sam
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Simple, explicit, to the point and easy. Great work and thanks a lot.
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Dharam11 years ago
Thanks Raymond, this is one of the best and rare tutorial I found. Reply
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You are freaking awesome!!!! This worked perfectly!!! I canât believe how easy this was. Rockwell arena student download. ThANK YOU!!!!
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radu12 years ago
Great job, work 100% Reply
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Nice tutorial â works perfectly. Why couldnât Microsoft have just included these drivers on SP2 discs, or offered an ISO download with up-to-date drivers? Anyway, thanks â I still have some hair left thanks to this.
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Siegfried12 years ago
I spent two days and 3 CD that ended being a coaster. Reply
I found your guide and⦠Yeah it worked. Thanks men for your detailed info.
i canât still believe it! Reply
you are the genius! the best tutor in my life! thank you
aslam vakkayil12 years ago
oh my god it worked⦠Reply
its not that tough to do. your tutorial rocks man⦠thanks a lot god bless you
Great work Raymond, Reply
â¦â¦Thanksâ¦â¦ Itâs workingâ¦â¦â¦â¦
shai12 years ago
Thanks !
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Perfect⦠Thanks a lot for your article
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webcadre12 years ago
great tutorials ray!
thanks a lot!
your blog really helpfull!!!
rock on dude!
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Thanks Raymond, very helpfull!
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A common error encountered by Windows XP fans when attempting to downgrade their new laptop from Vista to XP is a STOP error, also called a BSOD (blue screen of death). This happens when the installer looks for a parallel ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) interface but finds a serial ATA interface instead.
'As of 2009, SATA has mostly replaced parallel ATA in all shipping consumer PCs.[1]
This means that in most cases, if you choose to run Windows XP on your new laptop, you must integrate your SATA controllerâs drivers into your Windows XP installation CD or else the installer will never see your hard drive. This integration process is called slipstreaming.
This guide will show you step by step how to successfully integrate the SATA controller drivers for any laptop with the Mobile Intel® ICH9M chipset into your Windows XP installation source. Although the process may be similar for other laptop chipsets , you should find out which chipset you have and locate the appropriate SATA controller drivers.
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