In the modern world of SATA enabled machines reinstalling xp can be hell… This guide will help you integrate sata drivers onto your xp cd.

Note: You will need to have a SP1 enabled cd before you are able to integrate sp3.

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any lost files, damaged hardware, or any other damage resulting from the use of this tutorial; back up any important files just in case. Use of this guide is at your own discretion.

1. Get the required items:

• Windows XP CDRequires a SP 1 or newer cd
• Drivers you may want to integrate (extract them)

2. Download the tools:

• nLite 1.4.9.1

3. Install the tools:

• Install nLite in any folder of your choicer

4. Intigrate the Service Pack:

1. Download Windows XP Service Pack 3
2. Insert XP CD
3. Open nLite
4. Press Next button
5. Click Browse… button and browse to your CD drive
6. Click OK
7. Click OK
8. Browse to your preferred destination for the project (this is where it stores the files it works with)
   If the folder does not exist press the Make New Folder button and name it whatever you want
9. Let the file copy finish
10. Click Next button
11. Click Next button
12. Select Service Pack button and press Next button
13. Click Insert button and browse to the Service Pack 3 update you downloaded
14. Click the Next button
15. Click Insert button and insert all updates
16. Click the Next button
17. Click Yes Button
18. Wait for the process to finish (This is gonna take a while)
19. Click Next and click Finish and quit nlite

5. Add SATA drivers:

1. Re-open nLite
2. Click Next button
3. Click Next button
4. Click Next button
5. Select Last Session and click Load and wait for it to say Loaded: Last Session
6. Click Next button
7. Deactivate Service Pack by clicking on it
8. Activate Drivers button
9. Click Next button
10. Insert your SATA (raid) drivers you want to integrate and click Next
11. Click Next
12. Enter disc name in the Label field and click Make ISO button
13. Browse to where you want to save the iso file and name it and press Save
14. Test in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to see if your created ISO works
    (its easy to use)
15. If it didn’t work retry from the start
16. If it works burn it to CD/DVD

Tags: guide, modern, SATA, sp2, SP3, WIndows, XP

Here are my news picks for the week…

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite debuts in the App Store
Windows 7 Release Candidate Drops May 5
Chrysler’s Peapod EV lets iPod double as ignition key
Cheap Blu-ray players will hit U.S. store shelves
Dilbert Takes on Cellphone Rebates In Epic Battle With Rebaterus [Comic]
This is not how you’re suppose to wardrive
2009 is an Android year declares Google’s Schmidt
Do You Have a Google Profile?
Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles
SMS messages could be used to hijack a phone
MySpace Fires Employee After Data Breach
The Palm Pre is already in mass production
Kadoink Seized By Creditors
New Get a Mac ads after “Laptop Hunters”

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Lobby Groups Launch Full Assault For Canadian DMCA
Ubuntu 9.04 release candidate arrives
Windows Mobile 6.5 takes personalization to the next level with themes and Titanium plugins
What’s up, bot? Google tries new Captcha method
Celebrities Take Over Twitter
Apple Comments on Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter Ads
Apple Is Approaching a Defining Moment
Windows 7 RC coming May 5 for public consumption, out now for MSDN / TechNet subscribers
How many paper cups do you trash in a day?
Apple tops PC customer satisfaction survey
Piracy causes nightmares for Stardock’s Demigod
BBC explains DRM restrictions on HD broadcasts
Let your friends crash on these CTRL-ALT-DEL Pillows
Windows Mobile 6.5 coming soon?

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Windows enthusiast Cullen creates “Cophenhagen” user experience concept video
The Pirate Bay verdict: guilty, with jail time
A warning against premature adoption of cloud computing
Job cuts to happen at Sony Ericsson
Hilco / Gordon Brothers acquires Polaroid brand, assets and dignity
iPhone beta OS cracks before release
Microsoft Family Safety Filter Blocks Google
LEGO Boombox looks sweet, still can’t make your kid’s music sound good
Simplify Media- Legally Share Your Music Library with Up To 30 Friends
A Few New Functions Spotted in iPhone 3.0 Beta [Unconfirmed]
Vonage now charges 29% in fees (at least for me)
4 Reasons Apple Should Deliver the iPhone to Verizon
Microsoft targets Barmy Army with Silverlight
Windows Mobile 6.5 to officially “launch” on May 11
If You Become a Yahoo Engineer, You Too Can Have 7 Monitors on Your Desk [Yahoo]
Verizon’s subsidized HP Mini 1000 leaks out
Report: Hulu planning iPhone app
Stone Neo 101 drops into the netbook pond, doesn’t cause a ripple
Tweetie for Mac looks fantastic!
Nintendo sells 435,000 units in the US in first week
AT&T iPhone Exclusivity Expires in 2010, AT&T Asking for Extension?
Samsung, Dell bring SSD encryption solutions
Photo Sharing feature in Live Messenger: Kill it dead

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

This DSi Can Take Itself Apart, Thank You Very Much [Teardowns
4400 Radioshacks Now Accepting Old Gadget Trade-Ins [Retail]
“Apple Tax” Report Backfires On Microsoft
ZuneHD specs leaked, supposedly confirmed by Microsoft
Sun begs IBM to come back and talk
German iTunes Store adds movie purchases, rentals
Mac OS X 10.5.7 update appears to be nearing release
Apple patent shows front-facing camera: Hello, video calls
Genius sues Activision and 7 Studios over Scratch game delay
Iomega opens sub-£2k box of storage tricks
Pirate Bay server becomes museum artefact
Apple, your Mighty Mouse sucks. Please fix it.
Ning hits 1 million social networks
Apple Researching Movement-Aware Interfaces for iPhones
WSJ’s Free iPhone App Is Already Better than the NYT App [Apps]
The Gadgeteer’s ZuneHD Rumor Mill Roundup
DivX 7 video software released for Mac
Apple growth turns negative as worldwide PC shipments plunge
Lose Your Amazon Account and Your Kindle Dies
They’re gone! After outcry, Time Warner uncaps the tubes
Apple and AT&T: Should the Exclusive Deal End?
Are Skype’s founders going to buy back the company from eBay?
SlingPlayer banned from App Store?
Google: We’d love to supply ads for Twitter
It begins: Palm Pre trickles out to accessory manufacturers
Light Up with Windows 7 Libraries
Apple: A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want
YouTube launching premium section with movies, TV shows
Apple market share drops slightly in the past year
Chrome update offers tab micromanagement options
Verizon Sues Dastardly Californian Fiber-Optic Cable Slicers [Crime]

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Virgin Media switches to Gmail
Apple Offering 8 GB RAM Kits for 2.93 GHz and 2.66 GHz 15″ MacBook Pros
Nirvanix Adds $5M to Keep Data in the Cloud
US company steps in with three new displays for mini-DP Macs (Updated x2)
eBay to spin off Skype in 2010
Eee PC hacked into a digital picture frame
DIGG: (Yet) Another DiggBar Update
OWC Releases Plug & Play Desktop Hardware Raid Solution
Google finally lets Blogger users earn money with AdSense ads
Reports: Mac OS 10.5.7 release imminent
ZuneHD details “confirmed”
CNN acquires leading Twitter account
Microsoft to allow on-campus pub after all
eBay buying stake in Gmarket; Yahoo selling its

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

OTA feature updates for Windows Mobile in the works
OQO could be hurting
app4mac Intros Jump, Projector Productivity Apps
Twitter is at least a dress rehearsal
Google official announces Android OS 1.5
Apple isn’t making your next iPhone, these guys are
Microsoft ends mainstream XP, Office 2003 support
Better Place experiments with WPF & Windows XP for in-car electronic console
Next-gen iPhone shows 15+ parts supply vendors
Reporter drives the Chevy Volt (almost)
Libraries Under the Hood
Ubuntu 9.04 due April 23, includes native ARM port
10 Of The Most Annoying Vista Irritations Solved
Coming Soon, Yet Another Re-Org at Yahoo
Vista Post-SP2 Is the Safest OS On the Planet
iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 is out
Google search referer changes
Apple posts third iPhone OS 3.0 beta with minor API changes

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Bluetooth 3.0 specs revealed April 21, 480Mbps
Want to Sync Files Between Computers and Platforms? Check Out Dropbox!
Microsoft: have it your way on IE 8
iPhone Jailbreaking Still Going Strong
YouTube bypasses Korean law by ‘blocking’ uploads and comments
Kwiry- Another Web Service Shutters Its Virtual Doors
Palm’s “Touchstone” induction charger to cost $70?
HP MediaSmart now streams to iPhone, iPod
Burn ISO Images Natively in Windows 7
Sony to sell PSP game without UMD copy?
German Wikileaks Suspension Not Related To Police Raid

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After seeing the comment thread for http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/ located at http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/07/29/windows-mojave—vista-ad-compaign I wrote the comment below:

I have used vista ever since the CTP. I had the RTM build before it hit stores/oems and i have been giving it a fair chance ever

since. Sure UAC has gotten better with SP1 (which i had the day it went RTM) but does it really help with security?? The users are

gonna blindly click yes and still get infections… all it does is make it look like they are trying and that the fact users get

infected is their own fault.

As it stands I keep restore images for XP SP3 and Vista SP1 on a 2nd internal drive and jump between os’s every so often. Don’t

try to pull the old hardware BS on me… I’ve seen pretty well identical machines being sold with vista on them (only they didn’t

have the Nvidia Geforce 6200 card or 2gb ram i added). In theory according to Microsoft i got a “Windows Vista Premium Ready PC”

it met all the check marks and overall runs vista ok overall but they did lie to consumers about it being a new os.

The so called new os died with the true codename “longhorn” I’ve used one of those builds and it would have been nice if they had

brought that  to market instead of the server 2003 based os.

I probably will try Vista again once i have my Mac Pro… If it can’t run vista nothing can.

The only bsod’s I’ve had were due to a old webcam (i tried it for the fun of it ) and once my viaide.sys went bad and had to

use repair. Now the funny part is my old Intel Pocket PC Camera(CS630) works like a charm on vista. I’ve never had any issues with

my Sound Blaster Audigy2 value or my Geforce 6200.

Basicly… If you buy new machine give vista a chance unless you need xp. I’ll probably stick to xp on my machines since I like

the Luna Elements Black theme and its not ported to the vista msstyle engine yet and the fact that unless you need vista

features xp is better for VM use since it has lower system requirements.

I better stop typing before this becomes too long

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