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I trust this BSOD is of the Error 7B variety (inaccessible boot device)?

I have used nLite for years and would be happy to assist in your troubleshooting efforts.

In my experience, it's not WHAT you do that determines success or failure, it's THE ORDER YOU DO IT.

Feel free to share the Readers Digest version of your process here or email me directly. More eyes see better, farther, faster.

I usually do my nLite thing and do NOT integrate drivers, only using it to perform unattended setups and system tweaks and configuration changes. I NEVER use nLite to remove any drivers (just foreign keyboards and languages), only turn off certain services and change MS default settings, as well as slipstream update packs and (very rarely) add-ons.

I always use a fresh virgin install flat, never nLiting it more than once, then lastly integrate DriverPacks as needed. I return to nLite to generate the .ISO file that I test in VirtualBox and finally burn to optical media.

I hope I wasn't TOO brief in my description. I've walked this path many hundreds of times, so I'm sure to forget SOMETHING. I am working on a much more detailed treatment of how to use nLite and DriverPacks and will publish it (hopefully) very soon. I'll be certain to provide details here.

Best wishes on your project, and thanks for helping me "pay it forward."

MARK STRELECKI

alto -

One more thing:

You might slipstream SP3 into XP and then save that so you don't need to do it each time you run nLite. I've used nLite to do nothing else than slipstream service packs. You CAN do one thing at a time with it, too. <grin>

Do your nLite thing all the way up to making the ISO, quit, and do your DriverPacks thing, then return to nLite to make your ISO. That's how it works for me.

There is a lot more detailed directions out there if you will look for them (hint - GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND "nLite and DriverPacks").

You can do this. It's not hard.

Keep us advised as to your progress.

Best wishes from sunny and warm Atlanta.

MARK STRELECKI

I've found drivers for the SMBus to be included with the Intel chipset installation, downloaded from the Intel website.

Hey, I like to use and want to use DriverPacks for everything, but sometimes my "detective half" takes over and I just go huntin'.....

<grin>

Best wishes from a thawing Atlanta, GA.

download link not working as of 4PM ET 2-6-09.

Thank you for all your hard work!!!

MARK STRELECKI

Your method works OK if a REINSTALL (clean install) is needed, and it is a bit complicated.

Fred Langa documented a REPAIR procedure which can be used to update and refresh an XP install without loss of settings or user data:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/win … =189400897

I have used my customized XP install media to repair many sick and ailing systems that needed to be fully operational in the least amount of time, and it has always worked as Fred outlines it.

Just BE CAREFUL whenever you're doing this level of system re-engineering. Read twice, install once.

Thirds, a great article and thank you for your gracious efforts to enlighten us.

MARK STRELECKI

404 File Not Found - is there a different URL for this baby?

Thanks and greets from Atlanta GA. USA.

MARK STRELECKI

Holey Moley, Batdudes!

Since I recently acquired a fine Acer lappytop that came with Vista X64 installed, I would love to volunteer for this latest chapter in the Driver Packs development saga.

I am using both 32-bit and 64-bit Vistas in my experimentation to see which works better for this mobile Core2Duo machine. I like the X64 platform if for no other reason I can see all 4GB installed RAM.

I am gonna continue to hit the XP DP's hard with any releases you provide, so don't think I'm looking for "extra" work. <grin>

For the record, I'm a big user of Nuhi's nLite and vLite proggies, UBCD4Win, and of course, the world famous Bâshrat the Sneaky Driver Packs. Plus, I've been around the mulberry bush quite a few times since starting my programming and computing career in 1975. Were any of you folks even around in 1975??? <grin more>

OK, there it is. If you think I can help, I'll be there for you. It's the least I can do for such a great group of nerds who've helped me more than I can say.

Best holiday wishes from a VERY chilly (but sunny) Atlanta, GA. (It was 17 F this morning, wind chill 6 F)

Yes, Fragbert.

Yes!

CD/DVD transfers ARE slowed VERY much over HD transfers, and small files take MUCH longer to transfer from optical drives to hard drives. It has always been so.

Your idea of copying the (highly) compressed .7z files to HD for subsequent extraction is a REALLY GOOD IDEA.

Jeff, you are also right on to remind us that storage capacity is FAR greater than it ever was, so it makes sense to have a decompressed flat of driver files somewhere on the HD for easier/quicker access by the driver installation application.

I dunno why I just jumped right in here, but Fragbert has a really good idea that will decidedly improve the user experience and should not require y'all to do any kind of major re-architecting of the otherwise sterling Driver Packs executable.

Heck, I'm still wrestling with X64 challenges, both with XP and Vista, and all the headaches that come with downgrading a new system from Vista back to tried-and-true XP, whether X64 or X86. It's a shame you can get a great deal on a Core2Duo laptop ($599) and be stuck in the cold with only Vista X64 driver support from a MAJOR hardware vendor (hey sir, ya know what I mean? Rhymes with "hey sir".)

If it weren't for you guys, this IT Warrior Chief would be outta luck and stuck with the terribly slow and bloated OS they call "Vista".

Thanks for all your hard work. I'm hoping y'all can pull off a small miracle and give us all a truly wonderful holiday gift of your latest and greatest handiwork. You're my heroes, plain and simple.

Best wishes from balmy, rainy Atlanta, GA.

MARK STRELECKI

Mark Strelecki, Atlanta, GA. reporting as ordered, Sir! <grin>

OK, here's what I did.

I used DPs_BASE_81102RC and DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32_810H.7z and I was SUCCESSFUL in creating a UBCD4Win/BartPE plugin. I then used UBCD4Win (current version) to author a new ISO and it worked without complaint.

So, I guess this one does get to move to the DONE stack. And well done it was! Thank you again.

I noticed that when I made the plugin previously, I must have specified all DriverPacks because the Base folder in the plugin folder has a Driver Packs folder with ALL the .7z files in it. If they aren't being used, why are they being copied to the BartPE/UBCD4Win plugin location? And would it be better that IF we decide to make a BartPE plugin that ONLY the DriverPacks that are compatible show as available options on the page we select them from? And when I regenerate the plugin, I'm asked if I want to delete the BASE, but the existing DriverPacks are not deleted or the user asked if they should be deleted. Curious minds NEED to know these things.

So, when might other Driver Packs be made to work as BartPE/UBCD4Win plugins (if ever), and when will the next Base version and all the updated DriverPacks be released? And what about the Vista Generation - do you think there will be a BartPE/UBCD4Win that works on the Windows 6 platform, or will y'all just do the driver support thing for tools like Vlite (Vista version of nLite)?

(Those Southerners are NEVER satisfied, darnit.)

If there is anything else you need from this corner, just holler. I'm happy to help you advance your technology and make it work so I have a great tool in my own Bag of Tricks. (Actually I call it my Utility Belt, but that's just me.....)

Best wishes from sunny and warm Springtime in Atlanta, GA. USA.

MARK STRELECKI

If that means just putting the SAD disk into the drive automagically runs the driver installation application, then Heck, YES!

It's gonna be the default action to use a SAD resource, right?

Save us pros the clicks and the newbies the heartache of screwing something up. <grin>

Perhaps a wizard dialog appears saying CLICK NEXT TO INSTALL ALL DRIVERS or something simple and powerful like that.

A secondary screen in the wizard might prompt for the classes of drivers, copied from the list of Driver Packs, to be installed.

And some option for updating/improving already installed drivers if a newer/better one is in the DriverPacks.

Hey, it's just an idea, and I could be wrong, but that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

SAD is just such a freakin' HAPPY idea that I..... oh, nevermind.... I'm getting carried away, now....

Thank you for all the great work you're doing and giving it away for free. Driver Packs Rock.

MARK STRELECKI
Atlanta, GA.
"I Make It Go."