"cannot copy the file: nvraid.sys"

I would love to believe that Microsoft fixed the issue in Service Pack 2. I would buy the upgrade CD in a minute. Is there any Corroborating opinions on this from other forum surfers???? In reality I think you might have just been one of those that "squeeked" by with some luck. I will hold out some hope as I do not see any late postings of the same occurrances of the error screen mentioned. Any other knowlegde on this out there again would be greatly appreciated.

That is the free SP2 CD (which only has the patches on it) didn't help.

I was remiss in telling you that this has occurred dozens of times so my lesson learned is to get or make a new XP SP2 CD and work from that point forward.

bob

I do not know of a free one. However there are copies of XP Professional out there that do not seem "too far" out of the question. When you stated get a new CD and start from there, do you mean just the "normal" install processes - or is there more to it? I have seen numerous posts about "slipstreaming" or something where the drivers are added to the XP cd, not something I look forward to doing.

Again if there are any other froum surfers out there with success (or horror) stories, not to mention backing up the SP2 CD solution path - please speak out.

Just the SP2 CD. It does not contain the operating system but just Service Pack 2. It will not help the issue I encountered.

Bob

But you are saying that a Complete New XP CD with SP2 will solve the issue???? While not that expensive, I do not want to buy one only to find the same situation still exists.

Here it is again in case you missed it. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=AUTOSTREAMER

I'm not claiming it will fix your situation, my claim is that I've encountered this and what cured it for me. The difference is only subtle but notable.

Bob

Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4-f (NEW)
Processor: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ Dual Core (NEW)
Memory: (2) Corsair CMX512-2700C2
Drives: (2) Seagate 160GB 8MB SATA HD (NEW)
Video: ATI Radeon X1650 Pro 512Mb (NEW)
Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy 2ZS

I am trying to setup a Raid of my two Seagate Drives on a fresh setup of Windows XP Professional. I setup my motherboard Bios as instructed ? The only changes from the Optimized default were to change the Boot Sequence to CD/Floppy/Hard Drive, and to enable the SATA Raid. Upon restart the Bios did detect the Drives and prompted an ?F10? to create the Raid array, which went perfectly as described. Upon the next restart the Windows XP Pro CD was detected and the installation began. The first screen prompted for ?F6? to install the Raid Drivers - Per provided instructions the two Drivers were installed from the floppy created from the supplied ESI Motherboard CD without issue. The Windows installation continued, the Array was detected and I was then prompted to Format the array, which I did. The Format proceeded through completion and Windows installation re-continued loading various files to a point where I am again prompted for the very same Raid Drivers I installed from floppy earlier after hitting ?F6?. This time Windows states it cannot copy the files even though the same Floppy is still in the Drive, the exact screen message reads ?Cannot copy the file:nvraid.sys? (nvraid.sys being just one of the drivers loaded earlier, the same prompt appears for each of the drivers). Numerous attempts all end the same, cannot copy the file.

Work arounds attempted:
? I remove and install the Floppy numerous times.
? I bypass the installation of the Drivers, which does allow for the completion of the Windows file copy process but ends with a Blue Screen of Death eventually.
? The latest Drivers were obtained from the MSI website ? no success.
? Per Forum research, the drivers were attempted to be loaded twice, and after the prompt stating windows already had them they were loaded yet again ? no success.
? Also per forum research only the first Raid Driver was added without the Storage driver ? no success.

I have not attempted any ?Slipstreaming? of the drivers onto a Windows XP CD as this looks to be somewhat more complicated and in my opinion excessive, this has also been used with varying success in various forums.

I have since successfully loaded my copy of Windows XP Pro without Raid. All components are found to be working status-quo after that installation indicating no Hardware issue.

I have seen numerous discussions on this error searching the web for ?cannot copy the file:?, some of which date back years. I cannot believe that Microsoft and Nvidia have not worked together and solved this issue, or that the multitude of knowledge out there has not found a sustained work around for it. As stated there has been some varying but spurious successes using the aforementioned methods, but not for all who have attempted them including myself. These are expensive items whether they be the Operating System or internal components, I expected quality but I now have a system that does not perform as expected.