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Stop..
Listen..
XP sometimes has a problem with 3rd party raid controllers..needs the drivers during install..and it's a pia..so I need to know first..is the hard drive you are installing from or 2 on the raid controller?
If so, do not install on it orthem..move stuff around or better yet take them all out except the one you want win xp on and make the primary hard drive attached to the mb..slot 1..ok?
surf and get a copy of wipe.com, a hard drive wiping utility that will totally wipe out the hard drive you want to install to, including mbr. install it to a blank floppy
boot with a dos boot disc, put the wipe disc in and type wipe c:\, andswer yes when it asks are you sure..this will take a few so go get a cup of coffee
formatting is no good anymore..you need to wipe the damned thing cause of all the install tries, etc
after the disc is wiped out, format it with a win 98 boot disc into fat 32
start up the pc with the winxp bootable disc or go to microsoft and download the winxp startup disc set and, unless it's a bootleg version that is hosed, it should install fine.
get the raid drivers, install them then the raid controller if it's not already on the mb and then all your hard drives will pop up
any questions, my icq is 15741038
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