The nLited XP SP3 has now been through DriverPacks BASE Mass+Chip w/Method 2 and *no* KTD or QSC and it DID install OK from a USB pen drive as a 3rd XP system on the drive and the HDD controllers show up as ICH8 in the target system's device manager.

Just FYI the three XP installations *do* appear to co-exist OK even though the earliest I saved *does crash* with 0x7B and when you choose it (from boot.ini) it does offer Safe Mode etc. as it knows the last start failed for THAT XP.
I only mention it as it seemed like a useful approach (leave file system intact during very early prompt by XP install text mode) so that it relatively easy to compare and re-test - obviously *not* for anything other than test builds.

I had assumed that the media (CD / USB) was not required with *Method 1* during the 3rd (GUI) stage but just *maybe* I did take the USB stick out rather than having it launch Grub4DOS etc. to then drop into booting the HDD.
Obviously I had misread the features / description of Method 1 or at least misinterpreted them.

Many thanks for your assistance - I had expected that there would be other people with ideas or input but obviously they leave this section to yourself to moderate / respond. Maybe I should have raised it in the MSS section instead. Again thanks - OldB.

mr_smartepants wrote:

Oddly, the dell website has the older version of the driver here:
As expected, there is no difference between that driver and the one we have in \D\M\I3\ (other than we have the newer version).
To see your system configuration, put your "service tag" info into this page:

Try rebuilding your XP source.  Nothing fancy, just a vanilla XP source and DriverPacks BASE with DriverPack Chipset & dpms.  Use Method-2 and be sure to enable textmode.  Disable QSC and KTD options.
Report back if successful.

Thanks for the links and I have done as requested - I also chose to keep the current file system so I have a dual-boot one of which fails... The HWID output is:

===========
PCI Devices
===========
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0592&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_12\4&28D6DE3B&0&4BF0: Base System Device
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0822&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_22\4&28D6DE3B&0&49F0: SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0832&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_05\4&28D6DE3B&0&48F0: OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0843&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_12\4&28D6DE3B&0&4AF0: Base System Device
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0852&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_12\4&28D6DE3B&0&4CF0: Base System Device
PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_4354&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_12\4&541B6E0&0&00E0: Ethernet Controller
PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4315&SUBSYS_000B1028&REV_01\4&AB208E&0&00E1: Network Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2448&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_F2\3&61AAA01&0&F0 : Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 2448
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2815&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&F8 : Intel(R) ICH8M LPC Interface Controller - 2815
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2828&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&FA : Intel(R) ICH8M 3 port Serial ATA Storage Controller - 2828
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2830&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&E8 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2830
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2831&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&E9 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2831
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2832&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&EA : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2832
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2834&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&D0 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2834
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2835&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&D1 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2835
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2836&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&EF : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 2836
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283A&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&D7 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 283A
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283E&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&FB : Intel(R) ICH8 Family SMBus Controller - 283E
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283F&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&E0 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 283F
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2841&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&E1 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 2 - 2841
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2847&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&E4 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 5 - 2847
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_284B&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&D8 : Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&F9 : Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A00&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_0C\3&61AAA01&0&00 : Mobile Intel(R) PM965/GM965/GL960/GS965 Express Processor to DRAM Controller - 2A00
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_0C\3&61AAA01&0&10 : Video Controller (VGA Compatible)
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A03&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_0C\3&61AAA01&0&11 : Video Controller
26 matching device(s) found.

===========
USB Devices
===========
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&1AC45A8&0                                    : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&2FF58AFB&0                                   : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&38AFEF30&0                                   : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&60EB717&0                                    : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&CC4B5FC&0                                    : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB20\4&1FC6B18A&0                                 : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB20\4&6A19B8E&0                                  : USB Root Hub
USB\VID_0325&PID_AC02\AA04012700134083                      : USB Mass Storage Device
USB\VID_0A5C&PID_4500\5&8AEBF70&0&2                         : Generic USB Hub
USB\VID_0A5C&PID_4502\6&5E3E8F0&0&2                         : USB Human Interface Device
USB\VID_0A5C&PID_4503\6&5E3E8F0&0&3                         : USB Human Interface Device
USB\VID_18A5&PID_0302\00001006207303                        : USB Mass Storage Device
USB\VID_413C&PID_8126\6&5E3E8F0&0&1                         : BCM2045
USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_OCZ&PROD_ATV&REV_1100\AA04012700134083&0   : OCZ ATV USB Device
USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_VERBATIM&PROD_STORE_N_GO&REV_0.00\00001006207303&0: Verbatim STORE N GO USB Device
15 matching device(s) found.

=============
Input Devices
=============
HID\VID_0A5C&PID_4502\7&218C7798&0&0000                     : HID Keyboard Device
HID\VID_0A5C&PID_4503&COL01\7&101EB523&0&0000               : HID-compliant mouse
HID\VID_0A5C&PID_4503&COL02\7&101EB523&0&0001               : HID-compliant consumer control device
3 matching device(s) found.

============
ACPI Devices
============
ACPI\ACPI0003\2&DABA3FF&0                                   : Microsoft AC Adapter
ACPI\GENUINEINTEL_-_X86_FAMILY_6_MODEL_15\_0                : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  T3200  @ 2.00GHz
ACPI\GENUINEINTEL_-_X86_FAMILY_6_MODEL_15\_1                : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  T3200  @ 2.00GHz
ACPI\PNP0000\4&2F94427B&0                                   : Programmable interrupt controller
ACPI\PNP0100\4&2F94427B&0                                   : System timer
ACPI\PNP0103\4&2F94427B&0                                   : High Precision Event Timer
ACPI\PNP0200\4&2F94427B&0                                   : Direct memory access controller
ACPI\PNP0303\4&2F94427B&0                                   : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
ACPI\PNP0800\4&2F94427B&0                                   : System speaker
ACPI\PNP0A03\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : PCI bus
ACPI\PNP0B00\4&2F94427B&0                                   : System CMOS/real time clock
ACPI\PNP0C01\1                                              : System board
ACPI\PNP0C01\2                                              : System board
ACPI\PNP0C01\3                                              : System board
ACPI\PNP0C01\4                                              : System board
ACPI\PNP0C02\4&2F94427B&0                                   : Motherboard resources
ACPI\PNP0C04\4&2F94427B&0                                   : Numeric data processor
ACPI\PNP0C0A\1                                              : Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
ACPI\PNP0C0C\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : ACPI Power Button
ACPI\PNP0C0D\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : ACPI Lid
ACPI\PNP0C0E\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : ACPI Sleep Button
ACPI\PNP0C14\0                                              : Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI
ACPI\PNP0F13\4&2F94427B&0                                   : PS/2 Compatible Mouse
ACPI\THERMALZONE\THM_                                       : ACPI Thermal Zone
ACPI_HAL\PNP0C08\0                                          : Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000                                          : ACPI Multiprocessor PC
26 matching device(s) found.

============
 HDA Audio
============
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1095&DEV_1392&SUBSYS_1028022F&REV_1000\4&21C1B09&0&0101: Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7616&SUBSYS_1028022F&REV_1004\4&21C1B09&0&0201: Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus
HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_14F1&DEV_2C06&SUBSYS_14F1000F&REV_1000\4&21C1B09&0&0002: Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus
3 matching device(s) found.

============
RAID Devices
============
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2828&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&FA
    Name: Intel(R) ICH8M 3 port Serial ATA Storage Controller - 2828
    Hardware ID's:
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2828&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2828&SUBSYS_022F1028
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2828&CC_01018F
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2828&CC_0101
    Compatible ID's:
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2828&REV_02
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2828
        PCI\VEN_8086&CC_01018F
        PCI\VEN_8086&CC_0101
        PCI\VEN_8086
        PCI\CC_01018F
        PCI\CC_0101
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&F9
    Name: Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850
    Hardware ID's:
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&SUBSYS_022F1028
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&CC_01018A
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&CC_0101
    Compatible ID's:
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&REV_02
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850
        PCI\VEN_8086&CC_01018A
        PCI\VEN_8086&CC_0101
        PCI\VEN_8086
        PCI\CC_01018A
        PCI\CC_0101
2 matching device(s) found.

Can I assume that this output isn't really just looking at HW IDs but at what drivers are assigned to them - hence you needed the tool to run in the *target* installed XP system rather than the PE that I *could* boot?

Obviously my aim is *non* vanilla SP3 so I am now trying my nLited SP3 with Method 2, Chip+MSS, Disabled QSC+KTD, presumably leaving the file system intact (i.e. Multi-Boot) isn't a problem during testing what does and doesn't work?

Any thoughts on why the original build worked on an Acer tower (ICH7 chipset) and yet not on a Dell Laptop welcome from anyone - even guesses as it might inspire a "line of enquiry"...

Just one other Q - I can't remember if I did this *but* - when using method 1 - does the source CD (in my case USB) *need* to be kept in the drive as the 3rd stage of install (GUI? after PE after Text)? There is just a *chance* that I took the USB stick out so that it didn't "interfere" with the GUI Boot - what symptoms would you expect or entries in (which/where) log files etc.? I *doubt* that I made this mistake as I tried the build twice at least and would have to have made the same mistake 2-3 times.

Thanks for the assistance so far - my instincts are that this latest build will be OK (hope!) but it would be nice to understand what went wrong but I don't expect anyone to delve into the KTD or QSC aspects of this if they aren't that useful - they just appeared to offer some benefits when I looked at their features... OldB

Just in case anyone else sees this and wants to reply or use what has been said so far...

I now *have* used exactly the same USB stick on a "spare" PC that needed a new XP and that *did work with SATA" in fact the ICH7 chipset is very visible in device manager on an Acer - 3-4 year old (2007-9ish). It went through all 3 stages without a hitch - I even saw a brief splash of KTP post-op work. So maybe this post should be moved to the MSS section of this forum if the moderator agrees.

Can anyone point me at a site or even just a good set of words/phrases for a Google search so that I can find out what this Dell has "under the hood" in terms of Chipset etc. just in case that can give me a clue?

Any chance that the CPU DP would have helped just in case that stopped drivers being discovered? Although when I think - the install worked in IDE/ATA mode even if very few drivers were found so maybe not - thoughts anyone? OldB.

mr_smartepants wrote:

It would be best to disable the KTD option.  It causes more problems than it solves.
Are you sure that HWID list is from your Dell 1525?  It looks as if zero drivers were installed!  Normally for a Dell notebook I would expect to see some ACPI\DLL**** devices.

The drive controller in the above HWID list is supported by dpms \D\M\I3\, an old driver that we haven't had problems with for years.

I will disable the KTD option when I do a re-build but I need to make sure that you have the right info' to be working upon because the total process is approx. 3 hours - half of which is the "burn to Flash USB drive".

Because the tool you provide is looking at *hardware* IDs I assumed that I could run it in an XP PE environment (a descendant of BartPE I think) which will obviously have no specific drivers and certainly none from DriverPack.

Obviously because the latest XP ("made" when in Sata) doesn't boot the Dell in Sata mode (0x7B) I cannot run your tool as it is currently set-up and I just briefly tried to switch the BIOS to ATA (IDE) mode even though stage 1 and 2 (Text and PE?) were done with it set to SATA and it fails 0x7B even though ATAPI is loaded just before IASTOR3.

What I *can* do is to restore the Ghost image that I made when everything was done in ATA mode and run your tool in that (SP3 + nL + DP etc.) XP environment and re-post its output. Just FYI when I looked in Device Manager on that XP system there were lots of unknown devices that I would have *hoped* that your Chipset pack would have resolved - is that a clue to the problem? I also remember from "read before posting" that you wanted setupapi.log or a similar name - I assumed that my choice of Method caused it not to be created - hence I attached a list of the files in C:\.

My guess is that there will be something in what I have typed above which gives you a clue as to what mistake(S?) I have made - and even if not - you may have another question or two as a result... Thanks for all your help... OldB

mr_smartepants wrote:

Can you post the HWIDs from this target system?

I'm curious why you would specify the KTD location to the target system "D" drive.  When you partitioned the drive did you create both a C & D partitions?

; <path>, to specify a custom KTD cache location, if not specified: default (%SystemRoot%\DriverPacks)
KTDlocation     = "d:\nlite\dp\KTD"

We normally discourage KTD usage because it sometimes causes problems and is not really useful to begin with.

Thanks for the rapid reply... HW IDs below...
I always keep Data as separate as possible from Windows - it isn't always easy but I try.
I will however confess that I wasn't sure whether it was the *Target* XP system or the creator - either way I knew there would be a 'D' drive and I wasn't sure exactly what the contents would be and therefore how 'tied' to the target it should be or indeed if it would be an aid to refreshing a (corrupt?) XP system sometime later.
Thanks again for the help - enclosed as code as you request - neat/fast standalone utility you have there:

===========
PCI Devices
===========
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0592&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_12\4&28D6DE3B&0&4BF0: Base System Device
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0822&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_22\4&28D6DE3B&0&49F0: PCI Device
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0832&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_05\4&28D6DE3B&0&48F0: IEEE 1394 Controller
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0843&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_12\4&28D6DE3B&0&4AF0: Base System Device
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0852&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_12\4&28D6DE3B&0&4CF0: Base System Device
PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_4354&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_12\4&541B6E0&0&00E0: Ethernet Controller
PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4315&SUBSYS_000B1028&REV_01\4&AB208E&0&00E1: Network Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2448&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_F2\3&61AAA01&0&F0 : PCI to PCI Bridge
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2815&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&F8 : PCI to ISA Bridge
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&FA : PCI Device
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2830&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&E8 : Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2831&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&E9 : Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2832&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&EA : Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2834&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&D0 : Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2835&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&D1 : Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2836&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&EF : Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283A&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&D7 : Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283E&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&FB : SM Bus Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283F&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&E0 : PCI to PCI Bridge
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2841&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&E1 : PCI to PCI Bridge
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2847&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&E4 : PCI to PCI Bridge
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_284B&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&D8 : PCI Device
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&F9 : IDE Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A00&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_0C\3&61AAA01&0&00 : PCI HOST Bridge
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_0C\3&61AAA01&0&10 : Video Controller (VGA Compatible)
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A03&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_0C\3&61AAA01&0&11 : Video Controller
26 matching device(s) found.

===========
USB Devices
===========
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&1AC45A8&0
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&2FF58AFB&0
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&38AFEF30&0
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&60EB717&0
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&CC4B5FC&0
USB\ROOT_HUB20\4&1FC6B18A&0
USB\ROOT_HUB20\4&6A19B8E&0
USB\VID_0A5C&PID_4500\5&8AEBF70&0&2                         : BCM2045B2
USB\VID_0A5C&PID_4502\6&5E3E8F0&0&2                         : USB Device
USB\VID_0A5C&PID_4503\6&5E3E8F0&0&3                         : USB Device
USB\VID_18A5&PID_0302\00001006207303                        : STORE N GO
USB\VID_413C&PID_8126\6&5E3E8F0&0&1                         : BCM2045
USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_VERBATIM&PROD_STORE_N_GO&REV_0.00\00001006207303&0: Verbatim STORE N GO USB Device
13 matching device(s) found.

=============
Input Devices
=============
HID\VID_0A5C&PID_4502\7&218C7798&0&0000
HID\VID_0A5C&PID_4503&COL01\7&101EB523&0&0000
HID\VID_0A5C&PID_4503&COL02\7&101EB523&0&0001
3 matching device(s) found.

============
ACPI Devices
============
ACPI\ACPI0003\2&DABA3FF&0
ACPI\GENUINEINTEL_-_X86_FAMILY_6_MODEL_15\_0
ACPI\GENUINEINTEL_-_X86_FAMILY_6_MODEL_15\_1
ACPI\PNP0000\4&2F94427B&0
ACPI\PNP0100\4&2F94427B&0
ACPI\PNP0103\4&2F94427B&0
ACPI\PNP0200\4&2F94427B&0
ACPI\PNP0303\4&2F94427B&0
ACPI\PNP0800\4&2F94427B&0
ACPI\PNP0A03\2&DABA3FF&0
ACPI\PNP0B00\4&2F94427B&0
ACPI\PNP0C01\1
ACPI\PNP0C01\2
ACPI\PNP0C01\3
ACPI\PNP0C01\4
ACPI\PNP0C02\4&2F94427B&0
ACPI\PNP0C04\4&2F94427B&0
ACPI\PNP0C0A\1
ACPI\PNP0C0C\2&DABA3FF&0
ACPI\PNP0C0D\2&DABA3FF&0
ACPI\PNP0C0E\2&DABA3FF&0
ACPI\PNP0C14\0
ACPI\PNP0F13\4&2F94427B&0
ACPI\THERMALZONE\THM_
ACPI_HAL\PNP0C08\0
ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000
26 matching device(s) found.

============
 HDA Audio
============
No matching devices found.

============
RAID Devices
============
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&FA
    Name: PCI Device
    Hardware ID's:
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&SUBSYS_022F1028
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_010601
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_0106
    Compatible ID's:
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&REV_02
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829
        PCI\VEN_8086&CC_010601
        PCI\VEN_8086&CC_0106
        PCI\VEN_8086
        PCI\CC_010601
        PCI\CC_0106
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&F9
    Name: IDE Controller
    Hardware ID's:
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&SUBSYS_022F1028&REV_02
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&SUBSYS_022F1028
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&CC_01018A
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&CC_0101
    Compatible ID's:
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&REV_02
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850
        PCI\VEN_8086&CC_01018A
        PCI\VEN_8086&CC_0101
        PCI\VEN_8086
        PCI\CC_01018A
        PCI\CC_0101
2 matching device(s) found.

I suspect that I have made a "schoolboy error" as it was my first attempt - apologies to the veterans - I assume that is a complementary phrase in your respective nationalities.

Started with XP SP3, nLite'd with XAble's July MS fixes but *no* drivers as per (many) directives...

I then used DPs_BASE1006 w/Mass+Chip1206 - log inc..

I *then* used the tool at http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/120444- … -with-gui/ to transfer the folder onto a bootable USB memory stick.

When I use the stick in a Dell Inspiron 1525 set to IDE-mode then it all works but when I try it with the BIOS set to Sata-mode the install fails as it tries to do the "final" boot.
The success with IDE-mode makes me *think* that I have got most of the basics right but obviously not.
The symptom of the failure is BSoD 0x7B after mup.sys and the HDD drivers listed before were iastor3 and atapide? The iastor3.sys is certain - I didn't make a note of the ide one. You suggest the following is attached ini + log :

[General]
; preferred language
prefLang        = "English"
; yes/no, enable or disable the wizard-style buttons, if not specified: yes
wizardButtons   = "yes"
; yes/no, enable or disable the GUI, if not specified: yes
GUI             = "yes"


[Settings]
; disc/bartpe/multibootDisc
instPlatform    = "disc"
; trailing backslash is allowed, but not necessary
location        = "D:\nLite\xp3ProOEMnL6X"
; none/all/select, if select, specify them below, if not specified: all
DriverPacks     = "select"
; 1/2, method to install the DriverPacks, if not specified: 2
DPsMethod       = "1"
; GUIRunOnce/RunOnceEx/custom, if not specified: GUIRunOnce
finisherMethod  = "GUIRunOnce"


; this section is optional!
[OptionalSettings]
; none/all/select/paths/patterns, enable or disable Keep The Drivers (KTD) , if not specified: none
KTD             = "all"
; <path>, to specify a custom KTD cache location, if not specified: default (%SystemRoot%\DriverPacks)
KTDlocation     = "d:\nlite\dp\KTD"
; yes/no, enable or disable QuickStream Cache (QSC), if not specified: yes
QSC             = "yes"


; you should only add this section if you've set [Settings]\DriverPacks to "select"
[SelectDriverPacks]
DP_Chipset      = "yes"
DP_MassStorage  = "yes"
DP_MassStorage_texmode = "yes"
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> DriverPacks BASE 10.06 initialized.
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> Host environment: WIN_XP Service Pack 3 X86 on a X86 CPU.
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> Created temporary working directory.
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> Imported proxy settings from Internet Explorer.
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> Start scanning for DriverPacks for the wnt5_x86-32 platform.
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> 	Could not detect any (official) DriverPacks.
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> 	Could not detect any 3rd party DriverPacks for wnt5_x86-32.
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> 	Finished scanning.
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> Could not find settings file"D:\nLite\DP\DPs_BASE.ini".
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> [General]\prefLang not specified: default (English) was set.
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> [General]\wizdButtons not specified: default (yes) was set.
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> [General]\GUI not specified: default (yes) was set.
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> [Settings]\DPsMethod not specified: default (2) was set.
2012-08-13 19:43:36 : <INIT> [Settings]\finisherMethod not specified: default (GUIRunOnce) was set.
2012-08-13 19:43:37 : <INIT> [OptionalSettings]\KTD not specified: default (false) was set.
2012-08-13 19:43:37 : <INIT> [OptionalSettings]\QSC not specified: default (yes) was set.
2012-08-13 19:43:37 : <INIT> [OptionalSettingsOther]\ATI_cpl not specified: default (None) was set.
2012-08-13 19:43:37 : <INIT> [OptionalSettingsOther]\Nvidia_cpl not specified: default (None) was set.
2012-08-13 19:43:37 : <INIT> QuickStream Cache directory not found!
2012-08-13 19:43:37 : <GUI>  Initialized GUI.
2012-08-13 19:43:37 : <GUI>  Created a list of all available language files.
2012-08-13 19:43:39 : <GUI>  Set the last used language, English, as the GUI language.
2012-08-13 19:43:56 : <GUI>  Refreshed UpdateChecker with success.
2012-08-13 19:44:25 : <GUI>  Start scanning for DriverPacks for the wnt5_x86-32 platform.
2012-08-13 19:44:25 : <GUI>  	Detected DriverPack Chipset 1206!
2012-08-13 19:44:25 : <GUI>  	Detected DriverPack Mass Storage 1206!
2012-08-13 19:44:25 : <GUI>  	Could not detect any 3rd party DriverPacks for wnt5_x86-32.
2012-08-13 19:44:25 : <GUI>  	Finished scanning.
2012-08-13 19:44:26 : <GUI>  Refreshed UpdateChecker with success.
2012-08-13 19:45:15 : <GUI>  Changed Windows installation files OR export (depending on the installation platform) location to D:\nLite\xp3ProOEMnL6X.
2012-08-13 19:45:15 : <GUI>  Windows XP Professional -  OEM SP3 detected.
2012-08-13 19:45:15 : <GUI>  wnt5_x86-32_disc is the selected installation platform .
2012-08-13 19:49:52 : <GUI>  Exported settings to D:\nLite\DP\xp3ProOEMnL6X.ini.
2012-08-13 19:50:27 : <GUI>  Saved settings!
2012-08-13 19:50:27 : <GUI>  Closed GUI.
2012-08-13 19:50:28 : <SEL>  Selected module: mod_slip_wxp_x86-32_disc_m1.
2012-08-13 19:50:36 : <PREP> Removed all attributes from \I386.
2012-08-13 19:50:36 : <PREP> No previous DriverPacks installation found, Prep stage will be skipped
2012-08-13 19:50:37 : <SLIP> Created QSC directory.
2012-08-13 19:52:09 : <SLIP> Extracted DriverPack MassStorage to a temporary working directory.
2012-08-13 19:52:09 : <SLIP> D:\nLite\DP\tmp\DPMtmp\DriverPack_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32.ini
2012-08-13 19:52:14 : <SLIP> Processing Mass Storage files now. This may take a minute.
2012-08-13 19:55:02 : <SLIP> Created QuickStream Cache for DriverPack MassStorage text mode drivers.
2012-08-13 19:55:06 : <SLIP> Slipstreamed DP MassStorage text mode drivers using QuickStream Cache.
2012-08-13 19:55:06 : <SLIP> txtsetup.sif Backed-up Successfully
2012-08-13 19:55:06 : <SLIP> dosnet.inf Backed-up Successfully
2012-08-13 19:56:12 : <SLIP> Removed entries from \I386\txtsetup.sif that will be updated.
2012-08-13 19:56:30 : <SLIP> Removed entries from \I386\dosnet.inf that will be updated.
2012-08-13 20:04:57 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\dosnet.inf and \I386\txtsetup.sif to support DP MassStorage text mode drivers.
2012-08-13 20:05:28 : <SLIP> Extracted DriverPack Chipset.
2012-08-13 20:06:35 : <SLIP> Extracted DriverPack Mass Storage.
2012-08-13 20:06:36 : <SLIP> Started CAB compressing DriverPack Chipset (estimated 0.4 minutes).
2012-08-13 20:09:01 : <SLIP> Finished CAB compressing DriverPack Chipset.
2012-08-13 20:09:10 : <SLIP> Started CAB compressing DriverPack Mass Storage (estimated 1.3 minutes).
2012-08-13 20:17:05 : <SLIP> Finished CAB compressing DriverPack Mass Storage.
2012-08-13 20:17:45 : <SLIP> Slipstreamed DriverPack Chipset using the QuickStream Cache.
2012-08-13 20:18:12 : <SLIP> Slipstreamed DriverPack Mass Storage using the QuickStream Cache.
2012-08-13 20:18:20 : <SLIP> Extracted bin\DPsFnshr.7z to D:\nLite\xp3ProOEMnL6X\$OEM$\$1.
2012-08-13 20:18:20 : <SLIP> Will not slipstream patches, Service Pack 3 was detected.
2012-08-13 20:18:20 : <SLIP> Will not slipstream KB888111 because no Sound DriverPack is being slipstreamed
2012-08-13 20:18:20 : <SLIP> Will not slipstream KB883667 because no Graphics DriverPack is being slipstreamed
2012-08-13 20:18:20 : <SLIP> WINNT.SIF Backed-up Successfully
2012-08-13 20:18:21 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\winnt.sif to support method 1.
2012-08-13 20:18:22 : <SLIP> Created OemPnpDriversPath entry. The length is 1004, which does not exceed the 4096 characters limit.
2012-08-13 20:18:22 : <SLIP> Added OemPnpDriversPath entry to \I386\winnt.sif.
2012-08-13 20:18:22 : <SLIP> Updated DPsFnshr.ini to enable KTD for all DriverPacks.
2012-08-13 20:18:22 : <SLIP> Updated DPsFnshr.ini to support the custom KTD cache location you've chosen.
2012-08-13 20:18:22 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\winnt.sif's GUIRunOnce section.
2012-08-13 20:18:25 : <SLIP> DP_Install_Tool was copied successfully
2012-08-13 20:18:25 : <SLIP> Slipstream finished in 27 minutes and 57 seconds.

The above was *not* in a subfolder (/Logfile?) as indicated in your "new topic" guide which made me check DP_Base versions - the *code* i.e. .exe had a version of 3.3.4 which confused me but I assume 1006 in the downloaded file name of DPs_BASE_1006.
What follows is DPsFnshr:

[Settings]
; DO NOT SET THIS MANUALLY, LET THE DriverPacks BASE DO IT FOR YOU! (may NOT contain any spaced, if it does, all exceptions must be adapted to be compatible!)
DPsRoot = "%SystemDrive%"
; DO NOT SET THIS MANUALLY, LET THE DriverPacks BASE DO IT FOR YOU!
KTD = "paths:D"
; system variables supported (see remarks for a list) one location cannot be used as
; KTDlocation: the root directory specified in[Settings]\DPsRoot
KTDlocation     = "d:\nlite\dp\KTD"
; system variables supported (see remarks for a list)
logLocation = "%SystemRoot%"
; enables/disables debug mode (enabled by default)
debug = "true"

and *just* in case these odd files give you a clue - here is a list of what else was in C:\  of the target:

 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 349A-F0CD

 Directory of c:\

2012-08-14  11:32                 0 AUTOEXEC.BAT
2012-08-14  11:32                 0 CONFIG.SYS
2012-08-14  12:17    <DIR>          D
2012-08-13  20:18            55,808 devcon.exe
2012-08-14  12:25    <DIR>          Documents and Settings
2012-08-13  20:19           335,029 DPsFnshr.exe
2012-08-13  20:20               623 DPsFnshr.ini
2012-08-13  20:45             3,284 DP_Install_Tool.cmd
2012-08-13  20:57             1,071 DriverPack_Chipset_wnt5_x86-32.ini
2012-08-13  20:57           133,196 DriverPack_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32.ini
2012-08-13  20:19           291,573 DSPdsblr.exe
2012-08-13  20:18            20,992 makePNF.exe
2012-08-13  20:08           137,728 mute.exe
2012-08-13  20:18           281,723 pmtimer.exe
2012-08-14  11:31    <DIR>          Program Files
2012-08-14  11:34    <DIR>          WINDOWS
              12 File(s)      1,261,027 bytes
               4 Dir(s)  67,568,467,968 bytes free