[plug] [OT] ITE 8212 XP Preinstallation disk (GA-8KNXP)

[Finno]

Hi Adam,

Don't know if you got this sorted but it looks to me as if this exe
file is actually an rar archive. If you hex dump it you will notice an
RAR header.

Try renaming the extension and un-RARing it.

Cheers,

Andy

--- Adam Davin <byteme-its at westnet.com.au> wrote:

> Hello All, 
> 
> Sorry for the off topic post. 
> 
> I have been asked to reinstall an XP machine with onboard raid. The
> problem is that the client does not have the original disks. 
> 
> The motherboard is a Gigabyte Ga8knxp rev2 with onboard PATA/SATA
> raid.
> I need the XP Preinstallation disk for the ITE 8212 PATA raid chip so
> that I can reinstall XP. 
> 
> I have been to the Gigabyte website and it seems the .exe file there
> is
> corrupted. I am in the middle of my third email to gigabyte trying to
> sort this out and thought maybe someone here might be able to help
> (could be quicker here!). 
> 
> This is the motherboard support link, for those interested.
>
http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/Driver/Driver_GA-8KNXP%20(Rev%202.x).htm
> 
> And this is a link to the file that I am after. It comes up with
> "program too big to fit in memory" or "... is not a valid win32
> application"..
>
http://asia.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/FileList/Driver/driver_raid_intel_ich5r_2.0_disksetup.exe
> 
> I have tried downloading the file to several machines (and from the 4
> different locations)with the same result...
> 
> Oh for a linux box...
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Adam Davin
> Byteme IT Services
> Mob: 0422 893 898
> Email: byteme-its at westnet.com.au
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