Hello all, new user here who just discovered ntLite, as well as the older vLite and nLite.
I came to seek potential assistance with installing Windows 7 32-bit on a non-ACPI-compliant machine. According to someone's entry on Wikipedia:
I do indeed have Windows XP SP3 32-bit installed successfully in my setup, but upgrading my bios/hardware for ACPI for Windows 7, in my particular case, is not possible. But slipstreaming a fix for Windows 7 seems possible.
Hence, I discovered ntLite. I came here, because creating a new ISO after just disabling, under "Extra Services":
- "Microsoft ACPI Control Method Battery Driver";
- "Microsoft ACPI Driver";
- "Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI".
... did not change the outcome nor error message, and the installer, be it during boot with the install media, or from the setup that I can run from Windows XP, still detects and complains that my BIOS/hardware is not ACPI-compliant.
Should I disable anything else with ntLite?
Is disabling not good enough, and I need to change ACPI.sys?
How do I extract ACPI.sys from the install media so I can try to patch/hexedit it, and then add it back via ntLite?
Whoever reads/assists with this, thank you very much for going through the trouble to help.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that my setup is not a laptop and does not use batteries, so no need to be concerned over that.
I came to seek potential assistance with installing Windows 7 32-bit on a non-ACPI-compliant machine. According to someone's entry on Wikipedia:
ACPI could be disabled on Windows XP and earlier by pressing the F7 key to disable ACPI when Windows setup is starting. With the release of Windows Vista and later, it is no longer possible to do this. In addition, if you have a laptop where Windows cannot interpret its ACPI when trying to install, it will result in a "This BIOS is not ACPI-Compliant" 0x0A5 Blue Screen of Death. This problem could be circumvented by pressing F7 on XP and earlier, however, newer Windows such as Vista will require a patch to Windows ACPI.sys driver slipstreamed into the installation media to bypass the issue due to the lack of F7 option during setup.
I do indeed have Windows XP SP3 32-bit installed successfully in my setup, but upgrading my bios/hardware for ACPI for Windows 7, in my particular case, is not possible. But slipstreaming a fix for Windows 7 seems possible.
Hence, I discovered ntLite. I came here, because creating a new ISO after just disabling, under "Extra Services":
- "Microsoft ACPI Control Method Battery Driver";
- "Microsoft ACPI Driver";
- "Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI".
... did not change the outcome nor error message, and the installer, be it during boot with the install media, or from the setup that I can run from Windows XP, still detects and complains that my BIOS/hardware is not ACPI-compliant.
Should I disable anything else with ntLite?
Is disabling not good enough, and I need to change ACPI.sys?
How do I extract ACPI.sys from the install media so I can try to patch/hexedit it, and then add it back via ntLite?
Whoever reads/assists with this, thank you very much for going through the trouble to help.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that my setup is not a laptop and does not use batteries, so no need to be concerned over that.