I have a computer which has a raid 0 with 2 hard drives
When i installed Vista on the computer it worked fine, saw the raid setup and allowed me to install quickly
But like most people i hated vista so i decided to install XP Pro instead, this involved me having to get a RAID & SATA driver floppy for it to recognise my hard drives
The Install goes fine, but when the computer restarts it always comes up with Disk Read Error
I have used 3 copy's of xp and none of them have worked always comes up with the same error, but when i installed Vista back on it works fine
Best Answer
Try integrating the SATA/RAID drivers directly onto the XP installation disc with nLite. That way, you won't have to hit F6 to install the drivers from the floppy, but if for whatever reason Windows needs the drivers during the install (e.g. before the first reboot when it is copying the files), it has them.
I know many will be skeptical of this idea, but I highly recommend you give it a shot - it solved a similar problem of mine in the past.