Nevertheless the developers of the driver integration method had to solve the above specified problem (see point 3). Only this way the user can be sure to succeed with the installation of the OS onto an nForce RAID or AHCI system. The better alternative is the integration of the needed textmode drivers into a bootable OS CD.

Even if the user loads the correct nForce drivers and the RAID is detected by Windows Setup, the OS installation may end with a BSOD and endless reboot loops. The F6/floppy method doesn't work at all with some 'LEGACY mode' nForce RAID systems.Bad floppy disks are the main reason for corrupted driver files. Floppy disks are the worst data storage media regarding the file integrity.

A floppy drive is needed, but not available at many actual desktop computers and notebooks.The traditional method to provide the needed drivers by F6/floppy has some severe disadvantages: Unless the suitable nForce Sata/PataRAID or AHCI drivers are separately presented by the user, the OS installation fails, because the OS Setup doesn't find the related RAID/AHCI drives and their partitions. None of the Pre-Vista Windows Operating Systems do support the S-ATA Controller features RAID ('Redundant Array of Independent Disks') and AHCI ('Advanced Host Controller Interface'). changed: all download links (all files now hosted at a quick ftp server).updated: modded 32/64bit 'nForce LEGACY Remix Packs' (now v9.0a resp.updated: modded 32/64bit 'Special MCP65-67 nForce Driverpacks for XP' (actual: v9.0).updated: modded 32/64bit 'Non-AHCI nForce Performance Packs for XP' (now v9.0).updated: modded 32/64bit 'Actual nForce Driverpacks for XP' (now v9.0).So this first post will always be up-to-date! If I get any new information, which might be important or useful, I will edit it into this post! All you need to know is laid down in this first post. There is no reason to waste time and to read them. This thread has got a big volume with a lot of sites and hundreds of replies. Important information for all users, who are here for the first time All users with a NVIDIA nForce RAID or AHCI system:

Nvidia nforce drivers 11.1.0.43