Help with installing Windows with a RAID array

Hi!
I hope you can help me. When I try setting up Windows XP Home I can get as far as the press F6 section of the installation. I formatted a floppy disk and installed the Nvidia drivers just as it descibes in the manual. However, when i'm prompted to add the Nvidia RAID drivers I get the message "The file nvraid.sys could not be found." and if I try to install the Nvidia storage control drivers I get the message "nvatabus.sys could not be found. IF I use the nforce3 SATA RAID Driver floppy provided by MSI I actually get all the way through the formatting of the hard drive but when i'm promted to press enter to start loading the Nvidia drivers into Windows it stops and will not go any further.
I have checked the the BIOS settings and double checked the BIOS settings. At first, I tried installing with the hard drives installed in ports #1 and #2. I have tried connecting the two sata 120GB Maxtors to sata ports 3 and 4.
Under Integrated Peripherals, Enable RAID for SATA #3 and #4, disable port 1+2, and enable port 3+4 and vice versa for the previous setup.
I would then save changes and restart and at the nVidia RAID BIOS screen where it would usually say to press F10 to check the array setup.
I am frustrated and stumped. Please help me...Your help is much appreciated, thank you
System:
K8N Neo Platinum
Athlon 64 3400+
1024MB Corsair XMS ProLL PC3200
2 x 120GB Maxtor SATA hard drives
Lite-on 52x24x52
ASUS 9800 Pro
Antec 480 watt PSU

Maybe you have not put the files in the correct directories needed to install the files from the floppy, or maybe your floppy is just messed up Why not just use the floppy that is supplied to you by MSI? (Psst its in the box )

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