Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs

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8) Open the c:\xpcd\i386\txtsetup.sif file in Notepad.
9) Go to the end of the file. There will be several blank lines.
10) Move the cursor up a few lines. This is necessary because there is a hidden marker at the end
of the file.
11) Add the following lines. For the HardwareIdsDatabase, multiple device IDs can be added
here using any of the SATA Device IDs obtained from the section of this document titled “How
to Obtain SATA Device IDs”. Simply replace the [SATA Device IDs] with the Device ID you
received from the system. Only one is needed, but multiple IDs can be inserted for additional
support of multiple SATA Device Controllers.
[SourceDisksFiles]
iastor.sys= 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4
iaAHCI.cat=1,,,,,,,20,0,0
iaAHCI.inf=1,,,,,,,20,0,0
iaSTOR.cat=1,,,,,,,20,0,0
iaSTOR.inf=1,,,,,,,20,0,0
[HardwareIdsDatabase]
[SATA Device ID1] = "iaStor"
[SATA Device ID2] = "iaStor"
[SATA Device ID3] = "iaStor"
[SATA Device ID4] = "iaStor"
[SATA Device ID...] = "iaStor"
[SCSI.Load]
iaStor = iaStor.sys,4
[SCSI]
iaStor = "Intel(R) 82801 SATA RAID/AHCI Controller
(ICH5,6,7)"
12) Save the file and exit notepad.
13) Extract the files from c:\xpcd\support\tools\deploy.cab to c:\deploytools
14) Create a new winnt.sif:
a. Execute setupmgr.exe (extracted from deploy.cab in step 13).
b. Select “Create new answer file”
c. Select “Unattended Setup”
d. Select “Windows XP Pro”
e. Select “User Interaction desired”
f. Select “Set up from a CD”
g. Enter desired information under each of the following Settings sections
h. Save the file as c:\xpcd\i386\winnt.sif
15) Open the c:\xpcd\i386\winnt.sif in notepad
16) Under the section [Unattended], add the following lines:
OemPreinstall=yes
OemPnPDriversPath=drivers\sata
DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
17) Save winnt.sif and close notepad