$OEM$/ $1/drivers/sata/i placed the txtsetup and vt8237 then/winxpfolder with my drivers (idont know if i should have placed the whole folder with all the drivers that were on the diskette) TXTSETUP.SIF (is that wrong i noticed you have txtsetup.oem) the following changes were made, [sourceDisksFiles] viasraid.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1 [sCSI.Load] VIARAID_VT3149_2003IA32 = viasraid.sys, 4 [sCSI] VIARAID_VT3149_2003IA32 = "VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller(Windows 2003 IA32)",VT8237 (could be a problem since i am seeing win 2003. this info i was told to get from the diskette oem file i took the wrong one) but on the cd this file is not there WINNT.SIF [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] UnattendMode=ProvideDefault OemPreinstall=Yes OemSkipEula=Yes NoWaitAfterTextMode=1 NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1 WaitForReboot="No" TargetPath=\WINDOWS DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore OemPnPDriversPath= "drivers\SATA\Winxp" ********** these i placed [GuiUnattended] OEMSkipWelcome = 1 [userData] ProductKey=VX4XG-8FFCQ-ect. FullName="My Name" ********** these i placed OrgName="Home User" ********** these i placed