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Appendix A NLITE and AHCI Installation Guide
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Appendix A
Appendix A - NLITE and AHCI Installation Guide
nLite
nLite is an application program that allows you to customize your XP installation disc by
integrating the RAID/AHCI drivers into the disc. By using nLite, the F6 function key usually
required during installation is no longer needed.
Note:
The installation steps below are based on nLite version 1.4.9. Installation procedures
may slightly vary if you’re using another version of the program.
1. Download the program from nLite’s offical website.
http://www.nliteos.com/download.html
2. Install nLite.
Important:
Due to it’s coding with Visual.Net, you may need to first install .NET Framework
prior to installing nLite.
3. Download relevant RAID/AHCI driver files from Intel’s website. The drivers you choose will
depend on the operating system and chipset used by your computer.
The downloaded driver files
should include iaahci.cat,
iaAHCI.inf, iastor.cat, iaStor.
inf, IaStor.sys, license.txt and
TXTSETUP.OEM.
4. Insert the XP installation disc
into an optical drive.
5. Launch nLite. The Welcome
screen will appear. Click
Next.
6. Click Next to temporarily
save the Windows installa-
tion files to the designated
default folder.
If you want to save them in
another folder, click Browse,
select the folder and then click
Next.