1 Reply by sam1am

(125 replies, posted in DriverPack Mass Storage)

I spent way to much time dealing with this and went out and got a new computer instead.

Installed XP on the new computer's SATA drive, no problem.

Installed Ubuntu on the trouble computer, no problem.

Everything is working now, and I can finally get some sleep.

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2 Reply by sam1am

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Burned through about 10 more CDs today with no luck.  If I can even get far enough I still get the BSOD.

I figured out a way to jimmy rig a floppy drive in there to try to load the drivers using the F6 method.  Drivers load okay, installation proceeds, recognizes the drive, and everything looks great.  Upon trying to copy the install files to the drive, I get a prompt to put the "Silicon IMage Sil 3x12 SATALink Driver Installation Disk into drive A:"  When I hit enter, it does not read from the disk or the CD rom, just sits there.  I confirmed with the manufacturer that I am using the correct drivers, XP install just doesn't seem to hold onto them, nor can it find them again.

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3 Reply by sam1am

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Thanks BigBrit for the ideas.

I have made 5 or 6 more install CDs from 3 different XP source CDs - each failing at a different part of the install.  Some would fail or complain of missing files in the text install, and some would complain of missing or corrupt files in the graphic install.

[s]I will pay someone $50 via paypal to deliver to me a working .iso that will allow me to install windows on my computer (I will supply my own key) EDIT: Resolved.  My specific hardware is supposedly the Silicon IMages 3512A and has rom version 4.3.43.  Contact me via IM.

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4 Reply by sam1am

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OverFlow - thanks - I had looked at a few tutorials, but the one in your sig was what I was looking for.  Problem is, a noob like me didn't know what "DP" or "HWID" meant - so finding the right instructions was confusing at first.

Anyway - I got everything figured out now.  I made my own install CD and just tried it out.  Now, during the install I get an error that says "The file aec6260.sys is corrupted" at which point the text install quits.

I have no spent the better part of a week trying to install Windows XP on this computer, and am about ready to call it quits.  You guys are seriously amazing and have done great work, but the very fact that such work is needed just to make Windows XP *INSTALL* on an average computer is the most absolutely #@$#@Ring ridiculous thing I think I have ever experienced.  Microsoft will NEVER get another penny from me and I will continue to encourage my friends to switch to linux or Mac.

Please forgive the anger (it's not directed at anyone here), but my business has screeched to a halt and I have not done a single minute of real work as I've been dealing with this single machine.  I need to do reports and run our accounting software (beginning of the month, and tax season to boot!).  It has turned into a huge fscking joke.

Unless anyone else has any ideas, my next move is to "install" several clip-fulls from my XD .40 subcompact into this machine.

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5 Reply by sam1am

(125 replies, posted in DriverPack Mass Storage)

Hi guys, new to driverpacks here, so please forgive the noobness...

First of all, great work on what you've done.  I found it impossible to install Windows on a machine that I have a SATA RAID array in and in which I CANNOT install a floppy drive to include the drivers.  I downloaded an XP iso that had the massstorage driverpack, and it went through the text install just fine! 

(note:  I am not pirating windows - I have a full legit version and just found it easier to download an iso with massstorage rather than trying to make one).

Anyway, the version I have is a few months old and I have received the STOP 0x0000007B BSOD upon booting after the text based install. 

So I understand I just need the newest massstorage pack, right?

Can someone point me to a guide on how to use these packs and create my own .iso - or even better just PM me a location where I can download everything put together with the latest version (again, I have a fully legit copy of windows already - I'm not asking to pirate)?

Thanks.

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