CLEAN INSTALL (VGN-AR21M) ALMOST DONE

djrayon — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:56:08 GMT

(sorry about my bad english or grammar or smthng )

Okey firstoff ... im very disapointed in Sony of their decision to make their laptop software dumb-user compactible. I would recomend make 2 versions of VAIO Recory Utility, Advanced version and simpel version so more educated users could install ONLY WINDOWS or smthng cuz i'm very specific how and where and what is installed on my system and how my hdd is partitioned.

Anyway. As i browsed through net(and this forum) i found couple of posts that described the same problem. I made a lot of changes to WinXP MCE installation but i need some help (from more advanced users or from Sony himself).

1. I have Windows MCE 2005 2cds and i made a copy of them on my hard drive
2. i wanted the whole thing to be my laptop specific and on 1 DVD (not 2 cds) so i changed the txtsetup.sif to locate the media center components from the same dvd.

before:

[SourceDisksNames.x86]
1  = %cdname%,%cdtagfilei%,,\i386
2 = "%cd2name%","%cd2tagfilei%",,\cmpnents\tabletpc\i386
3 = "%cd2name%","%cd2tagfilei%",,\cmpnents\mediactr\i386
4 = "%cd2name%","%cd2tagfilei%",,\cmpnents\netfx\i386
100 = %spcdname%,%spcdtagfilei%,,\i386,1
_1    = %bootname1%,"%boottagfile1%",,""
_2    = %bootname2%,"%boottagfile2%",,""
_3    = %bootname3%,"%boottagfile3%",,""
_4    = %bootname4%,"%boottagfile4%",,""

after:

[SourceDisksNames.x86]
1  = %cdname%,%cdtagfilei%,,\i386
2 = %cdname%,%cdtagfilei%,,\cmpnents\tabletpc\i386
3 = %cdname%,%cdtagfilei%,,\cmpnents\mediactr\i386
4 = %cdname%,%cdtagfilei%,,\cmpnents\netfx\i386
100 = %spcdname%,%spcdtagfilei%,,\i386,1
_1    = %bootname1%,"%boottagfile1%",,""
_2    = %bootname2%,"%boottagfile2%",,""
_3    = %bootname3%,"%boottagfile3%",,""
_4    = %bootname4%,"%boottagfile4%",,""

3. i dont have usb-disk device so i tryed to add "iastor.sys" to my mce installation so i made this changes to txtsetup.sif

[SourceDisksFiles]
iastor.sys   = 1,,,,,,_x,4,1

[HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C5&CC_0106 = "iaStor"

[SCSI.Load]
iastor = iastor.sys,4


[SCSI]
iastor  = "Intel(R) 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH7M/DH)"

4. i made a winnt.sif that had all my configuration and user data (serial and localization)

5. i copied the boot image from my original mce cd
6. i edited the winnt.sif and added 2 params one was ignore those policies and the other param was OemPNP drivers or smthng like that
7. i made some addon directories in my i386 directory C:\XPINSTALL\$oem$\$1\drivers\ and copied AHCI drivers to there with INF files and everything.

so to sum up.
i changed txtsetup to add my sata and to locate mce components
i made winnt.sif to automate my installation and to add sata OEMPNP drivers
i extracted the original boot info from my original MCE cd
i burned the whole thing thiw utlraiso (with boot)

EVERY THING WORKED FINE
NO ERRORS WHAT SO EVER! -> but

when the installation completes and the computer starts for the first time in blinks a blue screen for one second (less) and restarts. and this happens each time =).

i deleted the components from dvd and winnt and left only sata added to txtsetup but still after installation blue screen and restart.

so why im having this problem?
what else i have to change or what drivers i have to add to xp installation or was something wrong with my addition.

the error code should be 0x0000007b which is indicates that problem is with sata drivers

Re: CLEAN INSTALL (VGN-AR21M) ALMOST DONE

Noyezromain — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:49:13 GMT

Hello,

You seem very competent, and I would like to ask you some help as I got a big problem ( to me )... with my Vaio VGC Ra 104.

Indeed, I did a complete format beacause the vaio needed it :))

Consequently, I cannot install windows anymore because the Maxtor HDD 7y250mo is a SATA HDD and I need the drivers of the motherboard ptgd-vx ( asus but not listed on their website ) or the chipset intel i915p or sony, don't know anymore ... in order to aknowledge the HDD

It is very complicated to find those drivers, to install with floppy disk at F6 window of the installation, because sony hardware is very specific.

if you could help me...

sony vgc ra104
P4 3.6 ghz i915p
asus ? ptgd-vx
maxtor 7y250mo sata 250 go
graphic card x600xt

Thank you very much.

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