Installing SATA Drivers without a Floppy Disk (Intel Only) v2.0 (Windows XP)

	Installing SATA Drivers without a Floppy Disk (Intel Only) v2.0

Installing SATA Drivers without a Floppy Disk (Intel Only) v2.0 (TTID #413)
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Author: TACKtech Team

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[NOTE: ARTICLE IN TESTING]
Drivers version 7.8.0.1012

When installing Windows XP on a system with hard drive controllers not natively supported one or more of the following may be encountered:

New PC doesn't have a floppy drive.
Floppy drive is not functioning properly.
Drivers for controller shipped on a CD.
You don't want to press the F6 key during your installation.

Please do not post these instructions on any other site. I put a lot of time into getting these to work properly. Link to this article instead using this URL:
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=413

These instructions will add support for the following:

Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA RAID Controller
Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller
Intel(R) 82801GHM SATA RAID Controller
Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller
Intel(R) 82801HEM SATA RAID Controller
Intel(R) 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) EP 80579 SATA AHCI Controller

Preparation
Note: Skip this section if you have slipstreamed your OS using TTID #295.
The following items are required: A copy of the original Windows CD/DVD or ISO. A copy of the Boot Files (Downloaded Below). A minimum of 1GB available hard disk space for CD's. A minimum of 5GB available hard disk space for DVD's.
Create a folder called OS on your hard drive (C: is used in this example). In this folder create two sub-folder called BOOT, and ROOT.
Copy the entire Windows XP SP2 CD (or extract the ISO) into folder ROOT.

Drivers (Part 1)
Note: This section is required.
1.) Download Drivers. (iastor-sata-drivers-2.zip ~201KB). 2.) Create the folder structure C:\OS\ROOT\$OEM$\$1\DRIVERS. 3.) Extract the file from iastor-sata-drivers-2.zip into the folder C:\OS\ROOT\$OEM$\$1\DRIVERS.

Drivers (Part 2)
Note: This section is required.
1.) Download Drivers. (iastor-sata-i386-2.zip ~331KB). 2.) Extract the file from iastor-sata-i386-2.zip into the folder C:\OS\ROOT\i386.

WINNT.SIF - Unattended Script

For more information on unattended scripts see Article TTID# 202.

I won't make you suffer through listening to me ramble on about SIF files.

Simply create a new text file named WINNT.SIF in i386 folder.
Should be C:\OS\ROOT\i386\WINNT.SIF

Paste the following into it:

Edit the follwing in the [UserData] section:

Enter the ProductKey in place of xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx.
Enter the ComputerName in place of WorkStation.
Enter the FullName in quotes.
Enter the OrgName in quotes.

Save WINNT.SIF.

TXTSETUP.SIF

Note: This section is required.

Open TXTSETUP.SIF using your favorite text editor.
Should be C:\OS\ROOT\i386\TXTSETUP.SIF

Paste the following into to [SourceDisksFiles] section:

Paste the following into to [HardwareIdsDatabase] section:

Paste the following into to [SCSI.Load] section:

Paste the following into to [FileFlags] section:

Paste the following into to [SCSI] section:

Save TXTSETUP.SIF.

DOSNET.INF
Note: This section is required.
Open DOSNET.INF using your favorite text editor. Should be C:\OS\ROOT\i386\DOSNET.INF Paste the following into the [FloppyFiles.1] section: d1,iastor.sys Paste the following into the [Files] section: d1,iastor.cat d1,iastor.inf d1,iastor.sys d1,iaahci.cat d1,iaahci.inf Save DOSNET.INF.

Creating the Bootable CD/DVD/ISO

Select one of the following options to continue.

Revision History:

03.31.2008 - Test Article for new version of the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver - Kevin

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Installing SATA Drivers without a Floppy Disk (Intel Only) v2.0 (TTID #413)