915P Combo Windows XP setup problem

hello all,
hoping someone can help me with this. I'm trying to install xp at the moment on a 200gb maxtor hard drive connected to my MSI 915p combo FR by IDE. i know to hit f6 during setup and then press S to select the raid driver from the floppy but my computer didn't ship with the floppy disk, only a cd with drivers on. does anyone know where i can find the drivers i need (are they on the cd?) that i should have on a floppy or if there is another way around this? I keep getting a blue screen and the xp setup cannot continue past this point.
this short thread from another forum explains the problem i have in more detail.
http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=449498
any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated
thanks

Hi,
can you please try to explain what you are trying to do there in more detail?
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I'm trying to install xp
... does the Install-CD include at least Service Pack II? If not, please use an SP2 or SP3-Install CD. If you don't have one, use NLite or XP ISO BUILDER to make one. The integration is free, legal and easy to do.
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a 200gb maxtor hard drive connected to my MSI 915p combo FR by IDE
Okay. So we are looking at an IDE/PATA Drive, right? Not an S-ATA Drive, correct?
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i know to hit f6 during setup and then press S to select the raid driver from the floppy but my computer didn't ship with the floppy disk, only a cd with drivers on.
Actually, you don't need to do that. You are definately not using RAID anyway if you have just one Hard Drive. Make sure the hard drive is connected to the IDE Port hosted by the Intel ICH6 Chipset (the IDE Port that stands alone).

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Quote from: NovJoe on 21-March-05, 20:30:51
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