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problems with windows xp raid

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im having a really weird problem with a raid setup on my system. i installed windows xp on to it and did the whole f6 to install OEM drivers, everything is working fine and it completes the install. i go to reboot the system and i change my bios back to load off the HDD instead of the cdrom. and it tells me that [windows directory]\windows\hal.dll is either missing or corrupted. im thinking well crap i have to reinstall it. so i reinstall windows a second time and same thing after its done installing. so for the third time i leave it alone and let it boot. it acutally booted i was happy, then after i installed my drivers for most of my hardware i reset my system. since i got it to boot from the HDD i dont need to keep windows in my cdrom. so i take it out and the same error pops up [windows directory]\windows\hal.dll is either missing or corrupted. now im really pissed off, after i let a little steam out i restart my system and pop the cd back in expecting to do a 4th install of windows. heres the really weird part. i didnt press the boot from cd fast enough and it went to a black screen and started to boot into windows. to make this short... for some reason i NEED the windows xp disk in my CDrom for it to boot.

has anyone run across this ever? and if so do you have a cure so i dont have to keep windows xp in my drive?
 
don't switch the boot order around or remove the disc during windows install reboots, let it completely finish before you even go back into the bios or take the disc out. Once you get into windows, upgrade to SP3. Just leave the disc in until you have SP3 and all updates. Ignore it when it says 'press any key to boot from cd' .. Also, make sure you're using your motherboards 'recommended' raid driver, not just the most recent.
 
I don't know what MB you have ,but this thing going into the bios is passe . You should be able to hit one of your f keys to get into your bootup manager, without going into the bios, thats why the f key was put into place.
 
yea no matter what i do it seems i just need to keep the cd in the drive. ive done boot from disk and still pops up with that cannot find hal.dll error.
 
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