Are you trying to slipstream SATA/RAID drivers into your installation CD but the executable wants you to “Make A Floppy”?
Get with the program PC manufacturers. NOBODY uses a floppy anymore!
*Clicking on the images will produce a larger, clearer image*
Here is how I extracted my SATA/RAID drivers for the Gateway CX2610 Tablet PC when making a Windows XP Slipstream CD (or just reinstalling Windows without an OEM partition):
Download and install WINRAR from http://www.rarlab.com/ NOT winrar.com!
Download the drivers from your manufacturer’s website. For me this was Gateway Notebook Intel SATA Support Driver Version: 5.0.0.1032. These drivers come in an executable (.exe) file.
Right-click on the .exe and select “Extract To [file name here]”
Open the newly created folder. In my case I have en executable and a text file.
In Windows XP go to “TOOLS”, “FOLDER OPTIONS”, select the “VIEW” tab, and uncheck “HIDE EXTENSIONS FOR KNOWN FILE TYPES”. Click “ok” and go back to the folder.
Rename your .exe file (that you extracted) from .exe to .rar (which is a WinRAR file type). You should get a warning message about changing file extensions, click YES.
Right click on the newly renamed .rar file and do the same as before, “Extract To [file name here]“. As you can see in the picture I’ve done this and it created a folder. Inside of that folder I now have a .IMA file.
Go to the web and download and install Magic ISO at http://www.magiciso.com/download.htm
Once installed, open MagicISO and go to “FILE”, “OPEN” and navigate to the folder where the .IMA file has been extracted and open it with MagicISO.
Select all of the newly opened files, right click on them and select “EXTRACT” then extract the files to your folder of choice.
There ya have it! SATA/RAID drivers extracted from a “Make A Floppy” executable. Good luck with your slipstream or whatever you decide to do with your SATA/RAID drivers :->
~ by johndball on September 7, 2007.
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