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    xp via raid driver installation insanity

    thanks for the comments and welcome..... I'm fairly sure drivers are the correct ones....I'm definately using the floppy disk that came with the motherboard. I made sure by downloading the latest drivers from VIA and creating a new disk. Another reason why I think they are the correct drivers...
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    xp via raid driver installation insanity

    thanks for the comments....unfortunately the raid drivers are needed. If I don't hit F6 during install then the hard disk isn't visible to set up at all. Further, its not an Intel controller unfortunately. My other PC is based on an old bad axe motherboard and that does install xp ok without...
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    xp via raid driver installation insanity

    Oh, its just setup as a standalone drive. No striping etc....thanks for the thought
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    xp via raid driver installation insanity

    Hi, Apologies if this is not the correct category- I'm new here.... Here's my drama: I'm fixing a mate's PC after his hard drive crashed. Should just be a simple XP installation as I've done countless times before. But no. As we all know, when not using a slipstreamed custom XP...