i want to build a Windows 2000 install-cd with integrated updates and AHCI-drivers. My testing-system is a real C2D-board with ICH9, no VM. Setup always ended with error-message “The file xxxxx.sys is corrupted” (xxxx depends on driver(s) integrated, with intel-drivers it is “iastor.sys”).
I boot from usb-stick. I tried several sticks and tools (Rufus, WinSetupfromUSB), install works without drivers but updates integrated in IDE-mode. So in my opinion the problem isn’t USB-related.
Update: I opened the completed image, it seems the iastor.sys is missing in DRIVER.CAB (find in folder i386), is that right?
This error message usually indicates, that the user (or someone else) has integrated a driver with a wrong architecture (32bit/64bit). A 32bit OS needs 32bit drivers, whereas a 64bit OS only will accept 64bit drivers. Since a 64bit variant of Windows 2000 doesn’t exist, you should check the architecture of all integrated drivers.
What does this mean? Which specific driver(s) did you integrate?
I also tried to integrate other AHCI drivers from AMD, nForce, VIA,…only for testing, but i got the same message: “amd_sata.sys/nvgts.sys/viamraid.sys (for example) is corrupted”… So i guess something is wrong with .sys-files or integration with nLite isn’t correct. I did a similar task few years ago with Windows XP and had no problems with driver integration.
That would be more surprising for me than the assumption, that your used source CD contains Windows XP x64 instead of Windows 2000. To save time you should look into the content of your source CD.
It is a Windows 2000 Professional - i used it two times for installation (IDE-Mode) and i can differ between XP and 2k Setup is also showing the well-known bluescreen with “Windows 2000 Setup”.
Okay, i tried 3 different images and got always the same failure with corrupted iastor.sys.
Can please someone do the same process and confirm that it works/not works? I have absolutely no idea whats going wrong. Either the driver-files are not W2k-compatible or nLite is processing wrong.
This indicates, that none of the previously loaded/integrated Intel AHCI drivers are usable with Windows 2000. Tip: Try a much older Intel AHCI driver, e.g. the attached one.
Hello eveyone, i’m new to this forum. I’m trying to install Windows 2000 Professional, on a HP laptop. I’ve installed XP just fine with “Fernando’s mod+signed drivers” but with 2K it gives me the “iastor” file corrupted.
Hope someone can help me!
Regards
Setup is also showing the well-known bluescreen with “Windows 2000 Setup”.
