windows XP and ahci/sata driver

[NeveValkoinen]

didn't worked. at the very end of the process, an errore message appears: "Error! D-The Specified path, file name or both are too long."

what it means? i read on the web that this happen even to other people, always at the end of the process (it even took a couple of hours).

any suggestion?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Unfortunately, I don't know what you need to do about that.

I have only slipstreamed the Intel XP drivers--32 and 64 bit, and never had an issue.

Anyway, I prefer to use the USB FDD method.  Simple to do it that way.

See if you can borrow one from someone, or you can get them on eBay or someplace.

This is the exact model I use.  Of course you will need a blank 1.44 MB FD too.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-EA763AA-USB-1-44MB-External-Portable-Floppy-Disk-Drive-1930880-Used-Unte...

[NeveValkoinen]

ok, i'll see if i can get one, after i'll try again this the process .....i suppose i can try on other PCs, create the iso, and then install xp on mine, right? i just need to create the image, after all...

just to ask, how did you managed to create that XP zip file with the drivers i need? i suppose i should learn the process, if these one wouldnt work. (just if you can tell me)

[Paul_Tikkanen]

I guess you can try the slipstreaming procedure on another PC.

I think I did it on a PC running W7.  The process worked the first time around.

Then I did it with the 64 bit Intel drivers on a WXP 64 bit operating system.

I pulled those files from the XP driver page from the HP Probook 4545s, using 7-Zip to extract the files out of the sp##### exe file.

Then I just browsed into the driver folder 7-zip created, and found the XP 32 bit drivers in the Packages folder, zipped it up and attached it.

You would not need to zip up the files if you are going to use them yourself but we can't post driver folders here without zipping them.

[NeveValkoinen]

ah ok, my only doubt its for the drivers, if they are correct, i see they came from another Computer Desktop.

You learned that just by the ID hardware of my Sata i gave you?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

That is correct.

The HP Probook 4545s was the last PC that HP supported for XP.

I doubt you can use the amd sata drivers from your PC's support page as they would not be for XP, and I doubt they would work on XP.

Hardware is hardware.  The hardware ID's are like fingerprints.  Unique to the specific device.

So, as long as that hardware ID exists in the driver setup information file for the applicable operating system, the driver should work on the device regardless how old or new the PC is.

That goes for almost any device.

That is why it is essential to know the hardware ID for a device when looking for a driver.

[NeveValkoinen]

cool, i get it, thanks

(by the way, i've never used this forum, i don't know how it works, so if i am boring with my continuous questions and replies and i should quit asking, just tell me, i am a totally noob at this, both PC managing and Forums)

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

That is what we are here for, to answer questions...no matter one question or 100 follow on questions.

The goal here is to help you get done what you want to get done.

Not always can we do it with one answer.

It is a learning process and almost every time I answer questions, I learn something from the experience.

That helps me in the future if similar questions arise.

I certainly don't have all the answers, but I do try my best to share my experiences where I can.

We all started out as noob's.  Almost anything we do is a learning process.

[NeveValkoinen]

i appreciate it 🙂

Meanwhile i retried the process, from zero, deleted all the previous configurations, all the temp files, and make it again, just changing folder (previous files where on desktop, now i putted them directly in the first C: folder, maybe that was the problem).

The step i didnt complete earlier is the one in the pic on the bottom (taken from your pdf)

NOW: it presents two difference: in first place, it done the job, but it even took less time to complete....they were just some seconds, against previous 2 hours.

Now, i just want to ask, how much time it shoud took to make this process? Because if it should do it in more time, i suppose it didnt even started 😕 ....i hope it should take just some seconds as here

[Paul_Tikkanen]

From what I remember, the entire process didn't take long at all.

The longest part was copying the XP installation file to the hard drive, and that only took a few minutes.

The actual slipstreaming process of the driver folder took a few seconds like you wrote.