windows XP and ahci/sata driver

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, but this file has the same hardware ID's but name the device differently...

[Manufacturer]
%AMD%   = AMD,NTAMD64.5.2

[AMD.NTAMD64.5.2]
%AMDSATA.DeviceDesc% = amd_sata_inst, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4391&CC_0106
%AMDSATA.DeviceDesc% = amd_sata_inst, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4394&CC_0106
%AMDSATA.DeviceDesc% = amd_sata_inst, PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7801&CC_0106
%AMDSATA.DeviceDesc% = amd_sata_inst, PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7804&CC_0106

AMDSATA.DeviceDesc = "AMD SATA Controller"

The file I originally gave you the controller is named...

NapaDesc= "AMD SATA AHCI Controller"

The controller name has to be an exact match for what is listed under the IDE ATA ATAPI controllers device manager category.

[mdklassen]

Sorry to "jump-in", but when I read:

After press F6, it let me search for drivers, but:

- with the 32-bit installer, it said "ahcix64.sys not found", while

- with the 64bit installer, it said "achix86.sys not found" ..

I expected that the 32-bit installer would be looking for the 'x86' file,

while the 64-bit installer would be looking for the 'x64' file.

It probably would not hurt to put BOTH sets of files onto the USB floppy-disk, and let Windows "find" whichever file it really wants to find.

I've never seen Windows produce a message like "Cannot continue, because I found one file in the current folder that should not be present". 

Only an Auditor, when examining a set of financial books, would report something like that, e.g., "unauthorized transfer of funds".

[NeveValkoinen]

Mdklassen, yes, that is what i expected too, it sounds strange for that reason. I'll try with both.

[NeveValkoinen]

Hi again....so, i've tried everything i could, with the only usb pen, and i'm now ready to the final try, buy a floppy usb driver.

There's something i need to know about the type, or even about the floppy the machine needs or... anything else? Just to make sure i wont waste money on wrong models.

Thanks.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Any USB powered FDD should work.

I got a used but tested and working HP model on eBay which was used on their old business notebooks.

It is a quality FDD.  I use it all the time for loading XP sata drivers.

HP EA763AA

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=hp+ea763aa&_sop=15

Maybe you can find one where the seller will ship to your country.

[NeveValkoinen]

Ok. I finally got an External Floppy Driver 🙂

I should put the drivers in a specific folder, or just copy it normally?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Just copy the file contents in the folder to the FDD, not the folder.

And I think you need to first format the FDD to FAT32 if you have not done so already.

[mdklassen]

> And I think you need to first format the FDD to FAT32 if you have not done so already.

Typo?  Did you mean '12' or '32' ?

Either the media is "unformatted", or it is already formatted as 'FAT12'.

If you do "format" it, the default will be 'FAT12'.

FAT12 (hardly used at all anymore) had a maximum volume size of 12mb.  It was used almost exclusively for floppy disks.

The floppy-disk only holds 1.4 MB -- much smaller than the 12 MB maximum. 

Windows 7 will not allow me to use anything other than FAT/FAT12:

$ chkdsk a:
The type of the file system is FAT.
Volume 64KB created 28/12/2017 11:48 AM
Volume Serial Number is EAD9-43A1
Windows is verifying files and folders...
File and folder verification is complete.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.

    1,441,792 bytes total disk space.
    1,441,792 bytes available on disk.

       65,536 bytes in each allocation unit.
           22 total allocation units on disk.
           22 allocation units available on disk.

So, only 22 files can be stored.

$ chkdsk a:
The type of the file system is FAT.
Volume 512BYTES created 28/12/2017 11:49 AM
Volume Serial Number is B2F7-769D
Windows is verifying files and folders...
File and folder verification is complete.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.

    1,457,664 bytes total disk space.
    1,457,664 bytes available on disk.

          512 bytes in each allocation unit.
        2,847 total allocation units on disk.
        2,847 allocation units available on disk.

Reformatting to the smallest sector size can store up to 2847 files.

Fun With FAT -- Sheldon and Amy's next web-series ??? 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

All I know is the FDD has to be formatted.

FAT, FAT12 whatever...

[NeveValkoinen]

The system just let me format in Fat, there's no Fat32, i've done it anyway...