Disk Read Error when installing XP

[lazystudent]

I have a computer which has a raid 0 with 2 hard drives

When i installed Vista on the computer it worked fine, saw the raid setup and allowed me to install quickly

But like most people i hated vista so i decided to install XP Pro instead, this involved me having to get a RAID & SATA driver floppy for it to recognise my hard drives

The Install goes fine, but when the computer restarts it always comes up with Disk Read Error

I have used 3 copy's of xp and none of them have worked always comes up with the same error, but when i installed Vista back on it works fine

[Polkadot]

Sounds like you might have a Vista specific driver. If worse comes to worse, just get used to Vista; it is faster, and more secure than XP.

[lazystudent]

But thats the easy way out, i would like to find out why xp wont install,

Is there a way to use nlite and copy the vista drivers over to the xp install iso

[ha14]

Well if you wish to stay with xp, do a driver scan, choose from the freewares or sharewares on th larket
http://www.radarsync.com/
http://www.liutilities.com/products/driverscanner/
http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/

You can also go to run then type cmd then type chkdsk (chkdsk c: /f )and reboot, this might help you.
http://www.libellules.ch/phpBB2/chkdsk-de-windows-xp-comment-l-utiliser-en-ligne-de-commande-t17861.html

[lazystudent]

Tried chkdsk /f, fixboot and fixmbr none of them worked

[ha14]

Take out your hard drive and add it to another pc having a windows xp, then find out if you can add/remove files.

[Rush]

Surprised it didnt BSOD. Go into your BIOS and set your HDD's to IDE mode, or load the raid driver through the f6 and floppy. Try that.