xp installation problems on sata raid

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having some "issues" installing winxp pro on my new kit. now i have set up my raid array (2 disks in raid0) and booted from the windows CD. next after a few problems i can now load the nvidia raid drivers (Nvidia raid class driver and the nvidia nforce storage controller). now once you go to actually start an installation it coming uo with a message saying
"Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your system "

it then of course doesnt let you proceed with the setup.

i have updated the bios, "borrowed" a xp pro cd with service pack 2 included but no joy.

any help would be much appreciated.

Spec:

AMD X2 4800+ CPU
ASUS M2N32-SLI Wireless Edition Motherboard
2GB Corsair DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX
Hiper Modular 580 Watt PSU
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II Hard Drives
Sound Blaster Audigy 4
1 x Gainward Geforce 7900GTX 512mb DDR3

 

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they are not displayed on the post screen as i have already assigned them to a raid array. hope thats right anyway

 

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how have You loaded the sata drivers?

First thging I would do is use http://www.nliteos.com/ to try and include all you sata drivers into the windows cd. At the same time you might as well include all of *** mobo drivers and windows patchs.

i have created an f6 floppy with the nvidia raid drivers, which when loading them in windows gives me :

Nvidia raid class driver
Nvidia nforce storage controller

am i missing some sata drivers? i didnt find any sata specific drivers under the nvidia section although the mobo cd has silicon sata drivers, didnt want to combine the two vendors.

 

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yep all disks are connected to my nvidia sata bank and i load both sets od drivers.

had a bit of a break through yesterday late last night, once id loaded the drivers in the windows setup i was presented with the agree terms and conditions screen. i didnt install due to the lateless but will give it a go.

i take it everyone has this sort of trouble when setting up raid for the first time