Windows XP Media Center Install-Gone Bad!

[geraldd]

After solving some minor gliches I got my SATA RAID 0 up and running. After I finished loading Windows I began loading the drivers from the ASUS MB CD. When I tried to do this the only response was to get "RPC server is unavailable" .

I went to the MS Website and it said that Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. It says that when you change the name during the Windows XP Out of Box Experience this can happen. I did that. I thought, OK I will re-install windows and not change the name this time. NO LUCK! Same thing again. So I tried it one more time, this time I got a hardware error. My optical drives are not showing up! Thank goodness that the Floppy does.

Now my question, I want to Format the Hardrives and start over clean--A Nuke and Pave?--. How do I do this with only a floppy drive?

My system is: Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe MB, AMD 3000 XP, Corsair Valuselect 1 Gig (1GB Stick), ATI All-In-Wonder 800XT, 2eaNEC 3540 DVD-RW, Sony Floppy, 2 ea WD Caviar 80 GB SATA HDD's, Antec Case, and XCLIO 450 Watt PSU

[Corky]

You can make an XP boot disk at:

www.bootdisk.com/