Installing Intel ACHI drivers for XP

drunkntigr · 29th February 2008, 10:10 PM

I love these instructions for installing ACHI in XP on a Lenovo N200 laptop:

# Start Windows and logon with administrative privileges.
# Double-click the driver package to extract it to your hard drive.
The default location is C:\DRIVERS\AHCI
# Copy all filles in the full path name where you extracted the package in step 2, to a Floppy disk. Then begin the Windows XP installation.
# At the beginning of the operating system installation, press F6 to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.
# When prompted, select 'S' to Specify Additional Device.
# When prompted, insert the diskette you created in step 1 and press Enter.
# At this point you should be presented with a selection, highlight "Intel(R) ICH8M SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH8M)" and press Enter.
# Press Enter again to continue. Leave the diskette in the system until the next reboot as the software will need to be copied from the diskette again when setup is copying files

How am I meant to copy files to a floppy disk when the laptop has no floppy disk drive?

Will a USB work?

Mau1wurf1977 · 29th February 2008, 11:14 PM

Yes you need a USB floppy disk.

You could also set the controller to IDE mode in BIOS. However not all machines have this settings.

Another way is to slipstream the drivers into a new copy of you Windows XP CD.

GOD · 6th March 2008, 1:35 AM

you don't even need to install it when your installing windows..
do it after windows is installed..
i never needed to do that when i had a N200..

29th February 2008, 10:10 PM	#1
drunkntigr Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: MELB Posts: 1,385	Installing Intel ACHI drivers for XP I love these instructions for installing ACHI in XP on a Lenovo N200 laptop: # Start Windows and logon with administrative privileges. # Double-click the driver package to extract it to your hard drive. The default location is C:\DRIVERS\AHCI # Copy all filles in the full path name where you extracted the package in step 2, to a Floppy disk. Then begin the Windows XP installation. # At the beginning of the operating system installation, press F6 to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. # When prompted, select 'S' to Specify Additional Device. # When prompted, insert the diskette you created in step 1 and press Enter. # At this point you should be presented with a selection, highlight "Intel(R) ICH8M SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH8M)" and press Enter. # Press Enter again to continue. Leave the diskette in the system until the next reboot as the software will need to be copied from the diskette again when setup is copying files How am I meant to copy files to a floppy disk when the laptop has no floppy disk drive? Will a USB work?

29th February 2008, 11:14 PM	#2
Mau1wurf1977 Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Country WA Posts: 12,949	Yes you need a USB floppy disk. You could also set the controller to IDE mode in BIOS. However not all machines have this settings. Another way is to slipstream the drivers into a new copy of you Windows XP CD. __________________ Ultimate GOG.com DOSBox Tutorial, Roland vs Yamaha General MIDI DOS Games Music Comparison

6th March 2008, 1:35 AM	#3
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