install raid controller driver with rundll32 from inf file
I recently bought a raid controller card and set up a 3 disk raid5 raid.
Before that, I made a clone image of my windows partition. Once the raid was set up I copied the image to my new raid drive.
Everything went well, except that now windows7 refuses to boot, throwing me an exception error in a quick flashy blue screen of death. Silly me I forgot about installing the raid drivers before doing the OS image. Well too late now.
Using the windows 7 installation disk I can boot into a recovery console (not before loading the raid drivers, so the install setup can access the installed OS) I believe it should be possible to install the raid controller driver from there, using rundll32.
Using the web I found solutions like
Code:
RUNDLL32.EXE SETUPAPI.DLL,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 path-to-inf\infname.inf"
but that and similar commands, give me an "installation failed" error.
Which I believe might be related to the use of the InstallHinfSection function and or defaultInstall, a section which my .inf file lacks.
The driver comes with the .inf file, a .cat file with the driver signatures and a .sys file.
here's the contents of the inf.
Code:
;
; 2310_00.INF
;
[Version]
signature="$Windows NT$"
Class=SCSIAdapter
ClassGUID={4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Provider=%HIGHPOINT%
CatalogFile= 2310_00.CAT
DriverVer=06/11/2009, 2.3.9.611
[DestinationDirs]
DefaultDestDir = 12 ; DIRID_DRIVERS
[ControlFlags]
; ExcludeFromSelect = *
[Manufacturer]
%HIGHPOINT%=HighPoint, NTamd64
[HighPoint.NTamd64]
%RR2310.DeviceDesc%=hptmvPCI,PCI\VEN_1103&DEV_2310
%RR2300.DeviceDesc%=hptmvPCI,PCI\VEN_1103&DEV_2300
%RR2310.DeviceDesc%=hptmvPCI,PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_7042
%SCSI\ProcessorHPT_____RCM_DEVICE______.DeviceDesc% = NODRV, SCSI\ProcessorHPT_____RCM_DEVICE______
[NODRV]
AddReg=NODRV_AddReg
[NODRV.Services]
AddService = , %SPSVCINST_ASSOCSERVICE% ; null service install
[hptmvPCI.NTamd64]
CopyFiles=@2310_00.sys
;[email protected]
Reboot
[hptmvPCI.NTamd64.Services]
AddService = 2310_00, %SPSVCINST_ASSOCSERVICE%, hptmvPCI_Service_Inst, Miniport_EventLog_Inst
;AddService = hptpro,,Hptpro_Service_Inst
[hptmvPCI_Service_Inst]
ServiceType = %SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER%
StartType = %SERVICE_BOOT_START%
ErrorControl = %SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL%
ServiceBinary = %12%\2310_00.sys
LoadOrderGroup = SCSI Miniport
AddReg = pnpsafe_pci_addreg
[Hptpro_Service_Inst]
ServiceType = 1
StartType = 0
ErrorControl = 1
;ServiceBinary = %12%\hptpro.sys
LoadOrderGroup = Filter
[pnpsafe_pci_addreg]
HKR, "Parameters\PnpInterface", "5", 0x00010001, 0x00000001
HKR, "Parameters\Device", "NumberOfRequests", 0x00010001, 0x3c
[Miniport_EventLog_Inst]
AddReg = Miniport_EventLog_AddReg
[Miniport_EventLog_AddReg]
HKR,,EventMessageFile,%REG_EXPAND_SZ%,"%%SystemRoot%%\System32\IoLogMsg.dll"
HKR,,TypesSupported,%REG_DWORD%,7
[SourceDisksNames]
1 = %InstallDisk%,,,,
[SourceDisksFiles]
;;2310_00.inf = 1,,
2310_00.sys = 1,,
[NODRV_AddReg]
;Dummy AddReg section
[strings]
HighPoint="HighPoint"
RR2310.DeviceDesc="RocketRAID 231x SATA Controller"
RR2300.DeviceDesc="RocketRAID 230x SATA Controller"
SCSI\ProcessorHPT_____RCM_DEVICE______.DeviceDesc = "HighPoint RCM Device"
InstallDisk = "RocketRAID 231x/230x SATA Controller Driver Diskette"
;*******************************************
;Handy macro substitutions (non-localizable)
SPSVCINST_ASSOCSERVICE = 0x00000002
SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER = 1
SERVICE_BOOT_START = 0
SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL = 1
REG_EXPAND_SZ = 0x00020000
REG_DWORD = 0x00010001
I tried in vain manually copying the .sys file to system32/drivers/ and editing the registry with an external editor but I don't understand all the registry strings the inf is trying to add.
Is it possible to successfully install the driver under these circumstances ? I'm open to try any method, I just want to avoid having to reinstall windows.
Thanks.
