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    Raid Drivers for XP Reinstall

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by constantin3, May 9, 2008.

  1. constantin3

    constantin3 Newbie

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    Hi everyone,

    Hope someone can help me with my problem.

    Trying to install XP on my m1730 and having trouble. I've downloaded the Matrix Storage Manager drivers and used the mobile drivers and included them in a nliteos boot CD. I've tried pressing f6 to see if the drivers I included would load and have also tried letting the setup just run. I just can't get it to work at all.

    Are there some driver I'm missing or some method I'm not getting right?

    Can anyone give me a tried and tested way of installing XP on the 1730?

    Thanks in advance guys
     
    constantin3, May 9, 2008
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  2. Rhodan

    Rhodan NBR Expert of Nothing

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    I'm quite sure the only way to install drivers with F6 during the XP installation is to have then on a floopy drive.
     
    Rhodan, May 9, 2008
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  3. Zetto

    Zetto Notebook Deity

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    There's another way - u can integrate raid drivers onto windows installation CD - there are plenty of guides for that on the net, just google "unattended windows"
     
    Zetto, May 9, 2008
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  4. Rhodan

    Rhodan NBR Expert of Nothing

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    Great!

    Except he/she tried that and it's not working. I keep a cheap USB floopy drive around just for that since laptops rarely have floppy drives anymore.
     
    Rhodan, May 9, 2008
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  5. Zetto

    Zetto Notebook Deity

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    well, then OP obviously did something wrong since you don't need to do anything when using integrated drivers, they load automatically. OP, I suggest you join nlite forum and talk to creators/users of that program to see where you went wrong.
     
    Zetto, May 9, 2008
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