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Okay, i know im guilty of n00b impatience but your posts were 12 minutes apart, at least wait a few hours

The question is, why would the use of Pyron's method result in window's not booting a second time? something else must have gone wrong i guess, because the actual integration of drivers and everything went fine.

okay, i tried Method2 (Pyron's method) with the MassStor pack. I was successful but was unable to boot into windows after an initial first session of windows. I installed windows, and i was able to boot into it once, but not a second time. the scrolling bar would go for like 5 times (way more than should be expected on a raptor) and then freeze, and i would have to do a reset. any reasons for this? known issues? etc.. like i said before, im using the Si3114r

UPDATE: I used the MassStorage drivers pack, and was able to get it to work so that i could format the drive. however, the installation of windows failed after the installation files were loaded onto the hard drive (at which point the computer reboots) after that point i got a BSOD that told me windows had halted to prevent corruption with some 0x00000etc error. so i booted using my IDE drive. is it possible to do the install from within windows using my oringinal CD? at this point i have the drive, it is formatted, so will I be able to put the original WinXP cd (or one that is just a basic slipstream) onto this hard drive from within windows, without worrying about the f6/ RAID and SATA drivers?

Okay, im getting close, i can feel it! i added the Sil 3114r controller into the following folder C:\XPCD\ $OEM$\$1\Drivers\001\Si3114r, added it to the TXTSETUP.sif in the right places, but it says that it cant find Si3114r.sys, which is in the folder! See following Pic: what is wrong with this? why cant it find my file? and also: is this correct? thanks for the help!

yes, yes i know... im sorry i followed the unattended.msfn.org guide, down to the letter, this is whats so frustrating! i've followed 3 guides and so far none of them have worked. this last one i tried, the one linked here was easy to follow, but then i had to use GreenMachine's method of integrating the drivers, and i have no clue what went wrong, but something did. can i post screenshots here? maybe someone can give me a hand and point out what isnt right

I need to do an unattended install in order to use my sata drive. i do not have a working floppy controller, so even if i use a new drive th f6 thing wont work! thus, i must use the unattended install. i have tried Pure Krome's method, but it did not work. i am also looking at raskren's method, but unfortunately, i am uncertain as to whether i am supposed to create the folders i am lacking or whether they should be there. I would also like to slipstream my install to SP2 and would like to make sure that the method i am using will not be adversely affected by the upgrade. I AM A N00B! i have never done this stuff before! please help me so that i dont have to get a new motherboard or sell my new raptor!