Hi SubKi||er,
Here is what I've done. First, I created the unattended install call winnt.sif. Then I copy the file into the I386 folder. Then I slipstream the SATA drivers.

Below are the results.

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=0
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
MsDosInitiated=No

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
EncryptedAdminPassword=No
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=215
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=*****-*****-*****-*****-*****
FullName="USER"
OrgName="HOME"
ComputerName=*

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=60
AreaCode=82

[GuiRunOnce]
Command0=%SystemRoot%\system32\dfrg.msc
command9="%SystemDrive%\DPsFnshr.exe"

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

Is The SATA Location Correct?

Hi SubKiller,

Just boungt a Fujitsu S2210 laptop that came with Vista Home Basic. I want to reformat & install Win XP. But where can I download the SATA driver ? It's using ATI RS480 chipset + SB400.

Appreciate you can help me.

Thanks.

Sorry about that, i can tell you how it works but i've not done it personally so you will have to try it out. As long as you made your own answer file and paste the DriverPack part into the winnt.sif, then it should work.

Go to http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst...integratedip-xp

Download the South Bridge Driver. After downloading run the file. When the setup starts, cancel the installation.

Go to your C:\ATI\SUPPORT\8-4_xp32-64_sb_61006, you will need to copy three folders into a diskette which is RAID, SATARAID, SRAID64a.

After you have done that, proceed with your setup, press F6, load the drivers from the diskette and continue on.

If you are going to ask me which to choose, choose AHCI/SATA drivers. Ignore any RAID ones if you're not running on RAID as well as 64bits one if you're not running 64bit XP.

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Those who needs nVidia chipsets drivers, download the normal Forceware driver for your motherboard. The steps are almost the same as above, find the folder that contains the SATA drivers of your chipset in your C:\ and copy to a diskette.

Will update the main post in a few hours after i'm free...

Thank you very much for the guide. Will try it out.

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Added on April 29, 2008, 10:06 amHi SubKiller,

Sorry to bother you again, Wat do u mean by When the setup starts, cancel the installation ? May I know which setup do you mean ?

Thx.

This post has been edited by HKHIEW88: Apr 29 2008, 10:06 AM

The ATi Catalyst 8.4 Setup that i ask you to download above.

erk.... i followed every steps in ur guide and it work well until i reached the burning part n i got confused. should i extract the file before i burn? or should i juz burn the WinRAR archive (.iso) file into a cd?

You open Nero, burn image file then select the iso as image.

Yes Cartman87, you should select burn saved project then select the ISO image, not make data disc. I learned from this mistake too. I have preintalled Vista Home Basic in Vostro 1400 now I am using XP Pro, thanks to sifu SubKiller. Anyway, I miss the awsome effect of Vista though. Ha...

hi all,
this is my first time ever posting...
will surely try your method, subkiller as i also facing the same problem with my new v3759TU (freedos)..

just post here your if you still have a problem..
but makesure you follow all the step that subkiller post ok..
hope you done downgred to the windows XP...

p/s : i allready help a lots people around me regarding problem to downgred windows...

i just bought a new V3759TU(freedos)..

i follow the step that has been stated but when i try the cd.. it show

"INF file txtsetup.sif is corrupt or missing, status 14"

Anyone can help..

Did DriverPack spit out any errors during the process?

I think you missed out some of the parts though...

Nope no errors..

hi subkiller,
got problem with your method.
i've done with running the driverpacks and hit the slipstream! button,
all run smoothly for 10 minutes and then done.
i ran the CDImage GUI beta 3 and located the ROOT DIR, but where can i seek the boot.img file?is it within the extraction folder for CDImage GUI itself?if it is,mine got none leh..
notice that after put tick on both "driverpack massstorage 1.07.02" box and "driverpack massstorage test mode", got next button.
got method 1 and method 2 thingy, ingore or what?my step for driverpacks are all correct right(hit slipstream! button as soon as put tick on both boxes)?

Hrm...did you try give it a second try and the problem still there?

Yes, slipstream after that and ignore all the others UNLESS you know what those are for.

Assuming that you did download the file from the link i provided, then yes...it is within the same directory.

hi subkiller,
thanks for the advice..
would like to add something thou, the link you provide doesn't directly go to CDImage GUI download page. its http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/15/
just thought it would help..

Yea, just realised. Guess they implemented an anti-leech or something.

Copy the link, open a new tab or window and open the URL that way. It should download the one intended.

i just select all then burn the iso into the DVD-R, it work for me...a xp sp3 DVD disc

hi subkiller, its me again.still having trouble thou..
all step that you told has been done. burn the cd everything, all run smoothly but still cant format my laptop. the blue screen wrote error pci.sys same at it used to before. what does this mean?should i slipstream something else apart from mass storage device?
why im still left behind unable to format into xp???huhuhu....

The dreaded pci.sys again...

I think your CD is working perfectly fine. There's a few computers having this problem with newer versions of the pci.sys in SP2. I did have that probem and never did found ways to solve that probem...

The only thing that would work on that hardware would be the original XP without service pack