topic Re: VAIO FE31M VS XP X64 in PCs & Accessories

VAIO FE31M VS XP X64

TLoC — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:58:30 GMT

hi there,

does anyone tried to install XP X64 on this model of notebook ?

i've tried 3 times and it crashes on initial setup...

any opinion ??

Re: VAIO FE31M VS XP X64

Blencogo — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:01:58 GMT

Hi TLoC and welcome to Club Vaio.

What error messages do you get?

Are you loading the additional SATA drivers?

Re: VAIO FE31M VS XP X64

TLoC — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:35:37 GMT

Hi TLoC and welcome to Club Vaio.

What error messages do you get?

Are you loading the additional SATA drivers?

hi and tks for the welcome

didn't receive any error message... just stay in the "setup is starting windows" screen forever...just after loading the initial files.

additional SATA drivers ?! but in the other OS, it seems no need...

Re: VAIO FE31M VS XP X64

Blencogo — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:49:31 GMT

Ah - that is probably the cause.

Your Vaio has a SATA hard drive controller. These controllers do not have native drivers in the released version of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, so you need to copy your existing SATA drivers or download another copy. When you have the driver, you'll need to copy the driver files to a floppy disk, and use the F6 option to install the drivers during initial setup or the installer cannot recognise the hard drive.

Re: VAIO FE31M VS XP X64

TLoC — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:48:03 GMT

Ah - that is probably the cause.

Your Vaio has a SATA hard drive controller. These controllers do not have native drivers in the released version of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, so you need to copy your existing SATA drivers or download another copy. When you have the driver, you'll need to copy the driver files to a floppy disk, and use the F6 option to install the drivers during initial setup or the installer cannot recognise the hard drive.

hmmmm.. nice advice..

i'm gonna try this weekend.. in case of no floppy disk, the F6 works on cd-rom ??

tks a lot

Re: VAIO FE31M VS XP X64

Blencogo — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:18:08 GMT

Hi TLoC.

You can't load the SATA drivers from the CD-ROM.

You must either make a floppy disc with the drivers on or make a customised XP installation disc which includes the drivers.

To make the customised disc download nLite from here (free) and follow the guides on the site to make a bootable embedded CD.

Re: VAIO FE31M VS XP X64

TLoC — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:32:54 GMT

Hi TLoC.

You can't load the SATA drivers from the CD-ROM.

You must either make a floppy disc with the drivers on or make a customised XP installation disc which includes the drivers.

To make the customised disc download nLite from here (free) and follow the guides on the site to make a bootable embedded CD.

hi there,

yesterday i tried to input the SATA drivers in a CD-ROM, press F6 and when it ask for a floppy, inserted the cd-rom but without any positive results..

the OS says that there is no floppy detected and there is no way to browse the files 😞

how do i copy more sata drivers to run automatically on cd-rom?

gonna check this tool.. tks

Re: VAIO FE31M VS XP X64

TLoC — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:44:43 GMT

Hi TLoC.

You can't load the SATA drivers from the CD-ROM.

You must either make a floppy disc with the drivers on or make a customised XP installation disc which includes the drivers.

To make the customised disc download nLite from here (free) and follow the guides on the site to make a bootable embedded CD.

 


hi there,

yesterday i tried to input the SATA drivers in a CD-ROM, press F6 and when it ask for a floppy, inserted the cd-rom but without any positive results..

the OS says that there is no floppy detected and there is no way to browse the files 😞

how do i copy more sata drivers to run automatically on cd-rom? 

gonna check this tool.. tks

i check now the sata folder on drivers that came with FE31M and i see this text...

"; This INF file installs the Silicon Image Serial ATA non-Raid driver
; for the SiI 3132 controller on systems running Windows 2000/XP
; and Windows Server 2003."

isn't there differences about this and about "You only will succeed with the integration of the nForce SataRaid drivers, if you have" that we may find on nlite homepage ?!

tks and sorry ´bout my english

Re: VAIO FE31M VS XP X64

TLoC — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:00:26 GMT

Hi TLoC.

You can't load the SATA drivers from the CD-ROM.

You must either make a floppy disc with the drivers on or make a customised XP installation disc which includes the drivers.

To make the customised disc download nLite from here (free) and follow the guides on the site to make a bootable embedded CD.

 


hi there,

yesterday i tried to input the SATA drivers in a CD-ROM, press F6 and when it ask for a floppy, inserted the cd-rom but without any positive results..

the OS says that there is no floppy detected and there is no way to browse the files 😞

how do i copy more sata drivers to run automatically on cd-rom? 

gonna check this tool.. tks 


i check now the sata folder on drivers that came with FE31M and i see this text...

"; This INF file installs the Silicon Image Serial ATA non-Raid driver
; for the SiI 3132 controller on systems running Windows 2000/XP
; and Windows Server 2003."

isn't there differences about this and about "You only will succeed with the integration of the nForce SataRaid drivers, if you have" that we may find on nlite homepage ?!     


tks and sorry ´bout my english

another step...

nlite asks for a *.ini that i don't have on SATA folder drivers...

Re: VAIO FE31M VS XP X64

Blencogo — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:17:57 GMT

Sorry TLoC, I have only tried it with Intel SATA/RAID drivers.

I also found THIS ACCESORY a good investment for £15.99.

Re: VAIO FE31M VS XP X64

TLoC — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:23:27 GMT

Sorry TLoC, I have only tried it with Intel SATA/RAID drivers.

I also found THIS ACCESORY a good investment for £15.99.

i tried again using nLite and voilá...

in the first time, i didn't understand what *ini should i import, now i understand that it is only if i want.

great software, now it's a question of wait...gonna try once again reboot the machine with the new CD

Re: VAIO FE31M VS XP X64

Blencogo — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:33:58 GMT

nLite is good for free isn't it !!!!

Good Luck

Re: VAIO FE31M VS XP X64

TLoC — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:14:44 GMT

nLite is good for free isn't it !!!!

Good Luck

damn it...

after download the drivers for X64 from silicone homepage..put him with the bootable iso on nlite.... on instalattion, he return to me the error that he wasn't for X64..

i think i'm gonna quit and install only the X86 version