Without the driver, the installer crashes to BSOD with error B7.
The driver is needed to make your HDD or SSD drive work. Newer motherboards do not have Legacy IDE mode and your disk controller is only in AHCI mode. Without a modified acpi.sys you won't get your motherboard working correctly, and you will see BSODs with an A5 or 0A error during installation.ĥ) Make sure you have the right SATA AHCI driver. Individual files are packed via the makecab command 'file name'.Ĥ) Choose correct ACPI driver (power management, frequencies, modes).
As a Russian version you can use build of project nCore of or its newer version from DecemWindows XP Pro SP3 VLK Rus LWOS v3 build 20.12 - WLWSVOL_RU_2012.ISO - Yandex.Disk or WLWSVOL_RU_2012.ISO - Yandex.Disk.Ģ) Download nLite software - it allows you to easily repackage the distribution and add (integrate your drivers) into an existing distributionģ) Download GS CABer - you can pack files into cab-archive in whole folders. All sorts of crap assemblies from schoolchildren with modified wallpaper, disabled services and messed up interface is better not to use.
Memo for those who want to install Windows XP:ġ) You have to choose a good Windows XP distribution which you want to use as a 'base'.