I have the similar problem with having to install sata raid drivers for windows xp to install properly. I have an asus mobo, 250 gig sata drive, 3 ghz pentium. I made a drivedisk with a floppy in hopes it had all the drivers on it. I went to load it during the install of windows xp. I get a crazy error message. "File\raide\180\winxp\sisraid.sys caused and unexpected error (18) at line 108 in d:\xpclient\base\boot\setup\oemdisk. Where have I gone wrong. I'm at my whits end with the raid driver crap!! thanks