quinton69

yep, sorry - finger trouble from frustration!!! ;-) will check it out, but that is the one i am loading in as far as i know... tried using a usb floppy drive, which then allows me to load the drivers, but after grinding away to the end, just as it says "starting windows" it the goes blue screen and flashes up a stop code.. i'll see if i can grab it and we can follow on from there... aaaaarrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

total noob to this... trying to re-install xp on a flat alienware laptop, running into the F6 issue with no floppy drive available and got nlite to work fine etc, but i cannot figure out what basic files i need to get into the win xp sp 2 install iso?... the via website does not make it explicitly clear which drivers are the ones that are actually required, as opposed to all the other vraid tools etc.. the bios recognises both drives, i can tab into the raid controller and see both of them there too... yet when windows setup runs using the nltie iso i have tried to put the right driver into it gets to the end and shows 4 drives, all unknown?.. i am assuming this is a quick fix for finger trouble on my part, but any advice gratefully accepted!.. as an aside, i have been "forced" to use a brand new vista hp laptop by my work, and yet my 2 year old alienware running on XP kills it COMPLETELY in performance!.. PLEASE PLEASE help me get by blue beast back online!!!..