Thanks. smile

and yes that HWIDs is for the current laptop setting Im using that I can't format. ^ ^ I just tried to show it so maybe you can check which part is the problem and needs an update. smile Btw, is there a way to use HWID to my current project that i haven't applied?

I have very limited sources atm, and I'm in the middle of nowhere, here in my grandparents. I only have a spare of 2 cdrs, 1 flash drive and usb slots and internet. ^ ^

Hi, just new here. smile I recently got a semi-old Toshiba Satellite M205-S4804 laptop from my aunt, It has very bad installation problems. So I want to format it but the laptop itself has very limited options that I can tweak, THE DVD-RAM that came with it has limited reading capabilities. It doesn't read CDs if its a backup of a software, usually its easy to format but the laptop don't read the xp on boot so I went to try that Install XP from USB - WinSetupFromUsb. ^ ^ It went well and was able to on USB until I got on the "select the drive or partition etc. you want to format" but the drives don't show only the boot USB flash drive. I asked about it and I was told that

"your hard disk is not shown because you don't have the appropriate SATA drivers. Quickest way is to integrate Bâshrat the Sneaky mass storage drivers pack in your XP source, or simply disable AHCI(SATA) in your BIOS.".

I tried that disable part on BIOS but there's no option of any kind about the drives at all. D: So I searched about that driverpacks then landed here. I also searched the toshiba site but most of their drivers are all for vista. ;/ BTW, this laptop don't have floppy drives as well. sad

I would just like to ask few questions:
- Anyone here with the same laptop, problem and tried installing XP Professional on it? Any links? smile

- Is it because of my dvd-ram is semi defective that It can't read or I just need a driver on it?

- Just in case I need to update what driver should I look for? Don't know if its chipset or under here.

- Is this the right thread to ask about this? ^ ^


Things I got while searching about this.
RVM Integrator
I have a copy of Microsoft XP Professional with SP3. Not sure if its integrated or slipstreamed. or is the same? hehe

Thanks.

*sorry for bad english, not my main language. ^ ^

EDIT:
HWIDs (I still don't know where to use this.)

=========== 
PCI Devices 
=========== 
PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8039&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_00\4&3B3A03B5&0&30F0: Generic CardBus Controller
PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_803A&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_00\4&3B3A03B5&0&31F0: Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_803B&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_00\4&3B3A03B5&0&32F0: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_803C&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_00\4&3B3A03B5&0&33F0: SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_4353&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_14\4&23F5EDAD&0&00E0: Generic Marvell Yukon Chipset based Ethernet Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2448&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_F3\3&B1BFB68&0&F0 : Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 2448
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2815&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&F8 : Intel(R) ICH8M LPC Interface Controller - 2815
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&FA : Intel(R) ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2830&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&E8 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2830
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2831&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&E9 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2831
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2832&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&EA : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2832
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2834&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&D0 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2834
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2835&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&D1 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2835
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2836&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&EF : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 2836
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283A&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&D7 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 283A
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283E&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&FB : Intel(R) ICH8 Family SMBus Controller - 283E
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283F&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&E0 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 283F
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2841&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&E1 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 2 - 2841
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2843&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&E2 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 3 - 2843
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2845&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&E3 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 4 - 2845
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2847&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&E4 : Intel(R) ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 5 - 2847
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_284B&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&D8 : Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&F9 : Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A00&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&00 : Mobile Intel(R) PM965/GM965/GL960/GS965 Express Processor to DRAM Controller - 2A00
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&10 : Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A03&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&11 : Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4222&SUBSYS_10408086&REV_02\4&29E2C51B&0&00E1: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
27 matching device(s) found.
 
=========== 
USB Devices 
=========== 
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&1573A463&0                                   : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&1E2E0898&0                                   : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&20909DAF&0                                   : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&22C52917&0                                   : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&27469C94&0                                   : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB20\4&13E04B0A&0                                 : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB20\4&3655FF15&0                                 : USB Root Hub
USB\VID_04F2&PID_B008\SN0001                                : USB Composite Device
USB\VID_04F2&PID_B008&MI_00\6&298DA7B3&0&0000               : USB Video Device
USB\VID_15CA&PID_00C3\5&C908596&0&2                         : USB Human Interface Device
USB\VID_3538&PID_0054\000000000001CC                        : USB Mass Storage Device
USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_GENERIC&PROD_USB_FLASH_DISK&REV_0.00\000000000001CC&0: Generic USB Flash Disk USB Device
12 matching device(s) found.
 
============= 
Input Devices 
============= 
HID\VID_15CA&PID_00C3\6&18684EE4&0&0000                     : HID-compliant mouse
1 matching device(s) found.
 
============ 
ACPI Devices 
============ 
ACPI\ACPI0003\2&DABA3FF&0                                   : Microsoft AC Adapter
ACPI\FIXEDBUTTON\2&DABA3FF&0                                : ACPI Fixed Feature Button
ACPI\GENUINEINTEL_-_X86_FAMILY_6_MODEL_15\_0                : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T5450  @ 1.66GHz
ACPI\GENUINEINTEL_-_X86_FAMILY_6_MODEL_15\_1                : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T5450  @ 1.66GHz
ACPI\INT0800\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : Intel(R) 82802 Firmware Hub Device
ACPI\PNP0000\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : Programmable interrupt controller
ACPI\PNP0100\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : System timer
ACPI\PNP0103\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : High precision event timer
ACPI\PNP0200\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : Direct memory access controller
ACPI\PNP0303\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
ACPI\PNP0A08\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : PCI bus
ACPI\PNP0B00\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : System CMOS/real time clock
ACPI\PNP0C02\1                                              : Motherboard resources
ACPI\PNP0C02\2                                              : Motherboard resources
ACPI\PNP0C04\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : Numeric data processor
ACPI\PNP0C09\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Embedded Controller
ACPI\PNP0C0A\1                                              : Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
ACPI\PNP0C0B\0                                              : ACPI Fan
ACPI\PNP0C0C\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : ACPI Power Button
ACPI\PNP0C0D\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : ACPI Lid
ACPI\SYN190B\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : PS/2 Compatible Mouse
ACPI\THERMALZONE\TZ00                                       : ACPI Thermal Zone
ACPI\THERMALZONE\TZ01                                       : ACPI Thermal Zone
ACPI\TOS1901\2&DABA3FF&0
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_10EC&DEV_0268&SUBSYS_1179FF16&REV_1000\4&1C9E01A1&0&0001: Realtek High Definition Audio
HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_11C1&DEV_1040&SUBSYS_11790001&REV_1002\4&1C9E01A1&0&0101: TOSHIBA Software Modem
2 matching device(s) found.
 
============ 
RAID Devices 
============ 
PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_803B&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_00\4&3B3A03B5&0&32F0
    Name: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
    Hardware ID's:
        PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_803B&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_00
        PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_803B&SUBSYS_FF101179
        PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_803B&CC_018000
        PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_803B&CC_0180
    Compatible ID's:
        PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_803B&REV_00
        PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_803B
        PCI\VEN_104C&CC_018000
        PCI\VEN_104C&CC_0180
        PCI\VEN_104C
        PCI\CC_018000
        PCI\CC_0180
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&FA
    Name: Intel(R) ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller
    Hardware ID's:
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&SUBSYS_FF101179
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_010601
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_0106
    Compatible ID's:
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&REV_03
        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_FF101179&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&F9
    Name: Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850
    Hardware ID's:
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&SUBSYS_FF101179
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&CC_01018A
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&CC_0101
    Compatible ID's:
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850&REV_03
        PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2850
        PCI\VEN_8086&CC_01018A
        PCI\VEN_8086&CC_0101
        PCI\VEN_8086
        PCI\CC_01018A
        PCI\CC_0101
3 matching device(s) found.