setup cannot copy the file: nvatabus.sys

[Floppy]

Originally posted as a reply to the "At wits end!!! " thread.

I have the same problem with my game PC setup:

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard (Upgraded to latest BIOS)
AMD X2 4200+ Processor w/ VapoChill LS assembly
G-Skill 2x512Mb DDR600 @ 2.5-4-4-8 1 Gigabyte in 2 sticks.
WD Raptor SATA 2x36GB in RAID-0 10000RPM 8MB cache
and Hitachi SATA 2x160GB in RAID-0 7200RPM HDD's
BFG 2x7800GTX OC in SLI PCI-Express Cards (256MB)
NEC_3500A 16x DVD-/+RW & Some DVD-ROM drive
Some Black Floppy Drive
Raidmax 868 Scorpio case
Windows XP Professional OEM w/ SP2

I had a Gigabyte GF 6800Ultra PCI-Express Card that would not be detected again by windows after I ran a 7000series nvidia demo on it that is called Luna, so I reinstalled windows only I got this "cant find file error message" wich I did not get the first time I setup Windows on the machine (dont know what I was doing diffrently that time) but I managed somehow to setup Windows by skipping few files, only to find out I had no TCP/IP drivers a.k.a. no net connection though my GF 6800Ultra was now detected.

Luckely I have another computer that works so I just played some single player games on the gaming rig, well until I upgraded my videocard to a 7800GTX SLI then I thought lets give the setup another try and well currently Im stuck in the same spot, except my problem is a little more complicated that yours since I have a not only SATA but a SATA-RAID setup and also my mobo has two RAID devices one is a nVidia and the other is a Silicon Image Sil3114 and the total of diskettes are 3, one for the nvidia with 2 requered drivers on one diskette but the SI SATALink and a SATARAID drivers are on seperate disketts since they have some files with the same names on them btw the disks are RAIDed on the SI since the nVidia is for SATA2 and yes I've tryed just using the SI diskettes and then only one and then only the other and no go.

The problem is that windows is somehow too stupidly made to actually go and look for the drivers on a floppy and not the WinXP CD-ROM on its own, or atleast have the option to select from where to search for the files, eighter I can not use the disketts in wich case the setup cant find the RAIDed Harddrive, or I can use the disketts in wich case the setup finds the harddrive makes a partition and formats is then starts copying but then gives me a "cant find file message" and finally I can at that point choose to skip the files it cant find in wich case the result will be a blue screen in 3 seconds or at best a buggy windows in 30 minutes.

I've been changing the BIOS setting the default value deleating the raid and then create a new one, trying another OS disk, making new disketts with the latest bootdrivers from the manufactors site, and still nothing... wonder if my setup is just too extream for this crap of an OS, next step will probably be testing some customized versions of the OS like TinyXP at worst I'll not have to wait as long to get that wonderful "file not found message" :P