Nforce3 raid sata raid driver

 
Hi everyone...
I have a k7n2  Delta 2 board and have installed everything...but noticed the Sata Raid driver floppy that came with it has become corrupted (probably by me)
Anyway...does anyone know where I can download any Nforce3 sata raid drives from the web (that are reliable)
I am running windows XP Pro
PS. can anyone also tell me is their a certain way to install them and if it would matter which version number to install (sorry just a bit of a computer newbie)
thanks in advance

menace, why did you start a new post when this topic had your answers? i removed your other topic
as sharp says, copy the contents of the IDE folder to a floppy (leaving out the Raidtool sub-folder). note that if you are only using a single SATA drive, you do not need this floppy to install windows, it is only if you are installing onto a RAID array

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