Regarding the previous topic which has been closed half-cooked. The problem mentioned there is _not_ solved, actually nothing at all has changed. components WinXP, nlited with SP2; afterwards integrated driverpack base v6.03.4 and driverpack mass storage v6.03.1 among other packs problem a fatal bluescreen (0x0000007B) while installing windows and abort of the whole installation due to wrong hdd controler drivers what happens - during text mode setup all files are copied without problems onto HDD - question what partition to use for the installation appears, you can make a selection - start-up files get copied properly - PC reboots in order to enter graphic mode setup - setup is halted just a couple of seconds after reboot due to a fatal error when trying to access the hdd --> wrong RAID driver is loaded! what is annoying in case you choose to re-format the target partition all data is lost and you will not be able to boot again since there is no OS anymore the error occurs after first re-boot only, no copy errors at an earlier stage why wrong driver? The only chance to predict those fatal problems is when you are asked what partition to use for windows. There it says "rhpt" instead of the correct "hpt" for the loaded RAID driver. Funny enough copying files workes at that stage. solution For a temporary solution I refer to the link mentioned at this message's beginning - go to post #5 there.