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	Installing Windows XP Pro on HP NX9420

Solution We had a customer come in today with a HP NX9420 laptop and as normal I started to reinstall windows XP fresh on the system, but the problem i was faced with was the laptop was using SATA for the HDD, this was not a problem at first as I usually just create a driver disk for the controller and F6 to install then carry on with the setup.

BUT the HP website does supply the driver but it does not work with WinXP SP2! So after hours of messing around finding alternative drivers from the intel website etc.. I found the following info which I usually avoid as they are long winded and dont often work, as a last resort i decided to try it and it works really well..

**For making the image i used a program called Nlite which was a free download from http://www.nliteos.com/download.html

So if you have a HP NX9420 laptop and want to install an OEM copy of XP Pro on it here's something you can try if your having problems:

WHATS NEEDED:
1. Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Installation CD
2. Blank CD-R or CD-RW
3. SP32478.exe (For Intel ICH7M mass storage drivers. Drivers will vary by chipset.)
4. Floppy Disk

HOW TO:
1. Extract your Windows XP w/SP2 to your hard drive in a file folder Windows XP CD (C:\xpsetupcd).
2. Create a subfolder of C:\xpsetupcd called $OEM$. Then, create a subfolder of $OEM$ called $1 and a subfolder of $1 called drivers. The resulting path should be C:\xpsetupcd\$OEM$\$1\drivers. Then create subfolder called SATA and copy the drivers to this folder, to end up with C:\xpsetupcd\$OEM$\$1\drivers\SATA.
3. Download SP32478 For Intel AHCI Storage Controller drivers (ICH7M).
4. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to create an F6 storage driver installation floppy. .
5. Copy the files from the floppy disk to the folder you created (C:\xpsetupcd\$OEM$\$1\drivers\SATA)
6. Copy the IASTOR.SYS from the floppy disk to the i386 directory of your new windows installation (C:\xpsetupcd\i386).
7. Open the TXTSETUP.SIF located in your new Windows installation folder (C:\xpsetupcd \i386\txtsetup.sif)
Locate the following categories and input the corresponding text into that category. When you are done, save the file and close it.

[HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C5&CC_0106 = "iastor"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104 = "iastor"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&CC_0106 = "iastor"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2652&CC_0104 = "iastor"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2652&CC_0106 = "iastor"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2653&CC_0106 = "iastor"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24DF&CC_0104 = "iastor"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_25B0&CC_0104 = "iastor"

[SourceDisksFiles]
iastor.sys = 1,,,,,,_x,4,1

[SCSI.Load]
iastor = iastor.sys,4

[SCSI]
iaStor_ICH7DH = "Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)"
iaAHCI_ICH7R = "Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)"
iaAHCI_ICH7M = "Intel(R) 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH7M)"
iaStor_ICH6R = "Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH6R)"
iaAHCI_ICH6R = "Intel(R) 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH6R)"
iaAHCI_ICH6M = "Intel(R) 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH6M)"
iaStor_ICH5R = "Intel(R) 82801ER SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH5R)"
iaStor_ICH5RHR = "Intel(R) 6300ESB SATA RAID Controller"
iastor = "Intel(R) 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH7M)"

10. Create a file called WINNT.SIF in the i386 folder of our Windows setup files (C:\xpsetupcd\i386). This file can be used to create an unattended installation routine.

11. Copy the following lines into WINNT.SIF and save the file.

[Data]
AutoPartition=0
MsDosInitiated=”0”
UnattendedInstall=”Yes”
[Unattended]
UnattendMode=ProvideDefault
OemPreinstall=Yes
OemSkipEula=Yes
NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1
WaitForReboot=”No”
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
OemPnPDriversPath="drivers\SATA"
[GuiUnattended]
OEMSkipWelcome = 1
[UserData]
ProductKey=
FullName=”“
OrgName=””

12. You are now finished with creating the file for your image. Now use your CD burning utility to burn a Windows XP with SP2/SATA driver boot image, or use the files created to make RIS image for network installation.

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19 Nov 2008 10:24 PM