Windows Xp install missing iastor.sys

[skruer]

Hi

I have a laptop with a new hard drive. I have made 2 partions on it. One big
and one small (2gb). On the small partion I have put the windows XP install
files - copied from an original cd, which came with the laptop. On it I have
installed DOS 7.1, so that I can see the content of the disc.

I have NO CD-drive or floppy drive on it (fujitsu-siemens). The way I got
DOS on it, was via another laptop (Acer - which has CD-drive), where I
replaced the hard drive with the new one and then installed DOS 7.1.

The problem is when I try to install XP by doing d:\i386\winnt - the files
are copied and it restarts - all good. But when the install starts the next
time it says it can't find iastor.sys and the I can press any key to
restart...

I have look everywhere for an answer and this forum is my last option.

I know now, that the iastor.sys file is used for SATA drives, which I don't
have. The one in the FS-laptop is an 160gb ATA-100 drive 5400 rpm.

I have tried in BIOS to make sure, that the hard drive is found and IDE
connected.

Is there someway to bypass some of the installation files, or a fix or some
program I can use in DOS...

I have also tried different RAM to see if that would work, but still no...


Hope anyone can crack this.

Cheers
Christian

PS: my last idea is to find an old win98 installation and then install XP on
that if possible...

 

[Andrew E.]

iastor.sys is located on the xp install cd (retail),if one has the cd,it
can/could
be copied.

 

[skruer]

I have found it on my install cd, and it was copied to the i386 folder on the
small partion, but still it fails to find it.