installing XP on RAID 0

[jrm5084]

Hello guys, I've set up a raid of 2 SATA Raptor drives on the VIA controller on my ASUS K8V Motherboard. I've set up Raid 0 on the two drives in the built in Raid utility. When Windows setup loads, i hit "F6" to load third party RAID Drivers. I got the drivers off the ASUS Website, however whenever windows setup directs me to insert the Driver disk into Drive A:, i hit enter and it does not read anything off the disk. I've called ASUS a couple times, they've told me that im doing everything correctly, and that it is most likely a bad floppy drive, which may be true because i don't remember the last time i've used it. Anyhow, my question is: Is there any other way to load the RAID drivers into windows setup besides a floppy disk? What if i were to just hook up one of the Hard drives and not raid them, would i still need drivers for windows setup to detect them. I would imagine there would have to be some other way, because if not than anyone without a floppy drive or working floppy drive for that matter would be out of luck. Thank you in advanced

 

[amdskip]

Borrow a floppy drive from another computer or a friend. You are trying to make too much work for yourself.

 

[RebateMonger]

Replace the floppy drive with a new $10 one from Newegg.com. Or buy a USB floppy drive. Those will apparently work with the F6 command on most BIOSes.