I'd like to use the DISC method, but a lot of the PCs we are donated don't have DVD drives, only CD.  If I integrated all the drivers in the unattended installation I use, the image suddenly becomes waaaay too big for a CD.

Another thing I've noticed after a load of messing about and getting SAD to work, is that PC hang ALOT whilr trying to install AC97 drivers.  I've had it happen on about 5 different PCs now.  Maybe the driver I downloaded is corrupt or something...

Hmmm...  I did wonder if it was like a "success" thing.  Not really successful though sad  The video driver wasn't loaded but I found it manually by doing a search on the OEM folder.  Oh well.

Ah...  I found out what I was doing wrong.  Instead of copying the driverpacks.net folder onto a CD I just copied its contents.

Having said that, it looks like it runs through ok but stops with a "Sound Recorder" window saying saying another application is playing audio.

I'm lost now, I've never seen the way it's supposed to work, so I don't know what it looks like when it does!  If I close the "Sound Recorder" window by clicking "OK" to the prompt, that's it, nothing else happens...

Hi,

I work for a charity where we are donated old PCs, re-install Windows and then give them to disabled people.

In the past I've always manually hunted for drivers and while I don't have too much trouble, I stumbled across this site and thought the driverpacks sound like a GREAT idea.

Anyway, I downloaded all the driverpacks, ran base with SAD selected, and all seemed ok.

I put all the files in the driverpacks.net folder onto a CD and then ran DP_Install_Tool.cmd

A blue window flashed up then disappeared.  Hmmm.

Obviously I've done something wrong - but what?

Gray