thanks for the feedback.

So the trick is to clone from your IDE drive to the SATA II drive (in IDE mode).  Then, boot the new disk (SATA II disk in IDE mode), and open control panel.  In control panel choose to update that standard IDE driver, browse to the SATA II driver downloaded from ASROCK website (not sure if there is a newer one, but this is the one that I used ultimately). 

I actually let windows search that directory.  Be careful because you have to MANUALLY choose the JAHCI driver - windows will default to think the JRAID is the right driver (and from reading these threads, I know THAT would be bad!).

When you reboot the system, hit F2 to enter bios, and switch the SATA II controller from IDE mode to SATAII mode.  Save and Exit.  The system will boot windows now on your SATA II drive.  May require a second reboot here.  Now you're done.

So, this is not the 'driver pack' purpose, but I write this up to help others who may have found this place for the same reasons that I did.

John

now that you installed the driver, you can clone, and see what happens when you pull old drive and boot from new one.
good luck.
This entire discussion was "kinda" off topic, for it is not what the DriverPacks and base is normally used for.

I just installed it from control panel, and it worked -- so far so good, anyway...

So - they made it work, I just need to insert these - into a running installation - instead of a new install...

I cloned my failing IDE drive to another SATA drive using Acronis True Image.
Shutdown PC and disconnected all drives EXCEPT the SATA drive.
Reboot PC with WinXP CD, enter [r] for recovery console.
At prompt, type [fixboot], and [fixmbr]
Eject WinXP CD and reboot.
Presto!

I'm not sure how W2K would react to that, WinXP has generic drivers built-in.

I would really prefer to use the other method though - putting the drivers into the registry and INF file, but that process you wrote in the other linked thread is not real clear to me.

John

THanks again.

Hi BJ

do I know you from VDr?

I don't think so.  My family name is Dutch - grand mother said we're frieslanders - but I'm in USA / Atlanta.  What's VDr?

the newest tute ( a fairly recent collaboration by Erik, Martin and I)
http://users.pandora.be/jtdoom/basetute/Eng_tut6b.htm

a topic on how to put packs into a existing system
http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=960

I read an article on acronis or ghost, where a clone operation like you propose is performed.
I think you have to know about VOLid change tool (sysinternals, at Microsoft)
I'll try find back that article, it is quite interesting.

EDIT:
hmmm, if memory serves me well, it was another one, but it was pretty much like this article
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/co … image.html
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you will have to look at the driver that is actually needed for win2000 or win2003, and I hope that what Bâshrat the Sneaky says makes sense to you.

do I know you from VDr?

I don't see how you would slipstream into an existing installation - you are looking for a source.  Also, when I tried that last night with my win2k install disk, it did not seem to find the "mass storage" file that I downloaded, even though they were in the same directory - the check boxes were all grey.

So - can I install it by choosing driver-update in device manager and drilling down to the directory?

Remember - this is to ADD the device to an existing WIN2k Install.