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Get the actual nLite version from here and install it (.NET Framework 2.0 or equivalent is needed).If you want to create a bootable OS CD, which will detect your RAID and be successfully installed onto it, you should do the following: (for hasty users, who want a quick result) Suitable SATA_IDE subfolders contain a TXTSETUP.OEM file.

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Only the new generation of nForce S-ATA drivers named 'NVGTS' do support the AHCI features and can be integrated as textmode driver. If the NVIDIA nForce S-ATA Controllers are set to 'AHCI mode' (instead of 'IDE mode') within the BIOS, users have to load/integrate the suitable SATA_IDE subfolder as TEXTMODE driver. The actual nForce chipsets (MCP65 and up) do support the enhanced features (NCQ etc.) of the new S-ATA standard AHCI.

nForce AHCI systems (S-ATA Controllers set to AHCI mode):.

Users with an old 'LEGACY mode' nForce RAID system, who want to integrate the SATARAID subfolder, additionally have to integrate the SATA_IDE subfolder as PnP driver to prevent a BSOD at the end of the OS installation. NForce Users with enabled RAID settings within the BIOS need to load/integrate the LEGACY (for NF2-4 chipsets) or the SATARAID subfolder of the suitable nForce chipset driverpack as TEXTMODE driver.

nForce RAID systems (SataRAID or PataRAID):.

Users with such system don't have to load/integrate any nForce IDE drivers.

non-RAID/AHCI nForce systems (RAID/AHCI not supported or disabled):.

You can get NVIDIA nForce chipset deskop computers and laptops with the following variations: Who needs to load/integrate which nForce IDE driver subfolder? without restriction of any kind during the use of nLite

support of not digitally signed textmode drivers fully automatic method (without creating new directories or editing SIF or OEM files) The replacement of the correct nForce Controllers and drivers by the 'wrong' MS IDE ones will be prevented by the built-in suppression of the MS IDE drivers during the hardware detection part of the OS installation. All actual versions of nLite (Since v1.0 Final) have incorporated a special method, which guarantees the successful OS installation onto any nForce RAID or AHCI system (if the user observes some rules layed down below). The safest and easiest way to get the problematic nForce textmode drivers properly installed is to integrate them by using a tool like nLite. They only succeeded after having created special folders and edited some SIF and/or OEM files.

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Until 2005 the correct installation of the nForce S-ATA/P-ATA Controllers and drivers needed addtional manual work of the user. Nevertheless the developers of the driver integration method had to solve the above specified problem (see point 3). Only this way the user can be sure to succeed with the installation of the OS onto an nForce RAID or AHCI system. The better alternative is the integration of the needed textmode drivers into a bootable OS CD.

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Even if the user loads the correct nForce drivers and the RAID is detected by Windows Setup, the OS installation may end with a BSOD and endless reboot loops.

The F6/floppy method doesn't work at all with some 'LEGACY mode' nForce RAID systems.

Bad floppy disks are the main reason for corrupted driver files.

Floppy disks are the worst data storage media regarding the file integrity.

A floppy drive is needed, but not available at many actual desktop computers and notebooks.

The traditional method to provide the needed drivers by F6/floppy has some severe disadvantages: Unless the suitable nForce Sata/PataRAID or AHCI drivers are separately presented by the user, the OS installation fails, because the OS Setup doesn't find the related RAID/AHCI drives and their partitions. None of the Pre-Vista Windows Operating Systems do support the S-ATA Controller features RAID ('Redundant Array of Independent Disks') and AHCI ('Advanced Host Controller Interface').

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changed: all download links (all files now hosted at a quick ftp server).updated: modded 32/64bit 'nForce LEGACY Remix Packs' (now v9.0a resp.updated: modded 32/64bit 'Special MCP65-67 nForce Driverpacks for XP' (actual: v9.0).updated: modded 32/64bit 'Non-AHCI nForce Performance Packs for XP' (now v9.0).updated: modded 32/64bit 'Actual nForce Driverpacks for XP' (now v9.0).So this first post will always be up-to-date! If I get any new information, which might be important or useful, I will edit it into this post! All you need to know is laid down in this first post. There is no reason to waste time and to read them. This thread has got a big volume with a lot of sites and hundreds of replies. Important information for all users, who are here for the first time All users with a NVIDIA nForce RAID or AHCI system:

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