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Good news! I was able to get past the error message and install XP. Bad news: I had to revert to RAID 1 (mirroring) configuration to do it. That's how the machine was originally set up. So I guess changing from RAID 1 to RAID 0 involves more than just going into the RAID BIOS, deleting the...

yeah i saw that. followed methods 1 and 2. Under method 3, it tells you to reinstall ntoskrnl.dll. i tried what they suggested from within the recovery console but couldn't get the recov console to see my cd-rom (f:) drive. know how i can deal with that? anyway, i skipped to method 4 (run chkdsk...

<You can not just copy the hal.dll> Just as well, I say. I doubt the issue is a corrupt file. <You did not specifically state...> These are PATA drives; do I need drivers for them? I have been in the RAID controller BIOS a few times but didn't notice an option to format there - interesting. If...

I am trying to perform a fresh install of XP Pro on a completely reformatted RAID 0 array ("striping") composed of two identical 160gb EIDE HD's. I have gone through the following steps a couple of times: (1) ran setup from the XP disc, loading the RAID files when prompted, (2) deleted the...

Interesting - and yes, VERY helpful. Thank you, rvnguy. I'll be back in a few weeks.

Thanks for the insights, both. Since I'm running out of storage space, I think I'll go out and buy a couple of larger HDDs (250 or 400 gb) redeploy one of the existing 80 gb drives as the boot drive and the other for extra storage. RVNGUY, if I remove the RAID card then won't I lose the ability...

A contributor to another forum wrote: "I think your problem might be running your boot disc off of a PCI card. I think this is why it is not recommended to run your OS from any PCI card disc controller as the data flow runs thru the PCI bus and shares bandwidth with anything you have on there...

Thanks to both. Certainly seems like updating my drivers would be worth my while. To answer KevinADC's question, I don't know. I have Symantec Anti-Virus set up to start automatically if that's what you mean, but don't know at what point it kicks in.

Hi - I just installed Win XP Pro on a freshly reformatted partition and am having a couple of unexpected problems: 1) it takes about half an hour to boot - the white-on-black horizontal progress bar that appears at the bottom of the screen before the Windows XP logo appears creeps along very...