I had bought my laptop in February 2008, it CAME with Vista. It took me awhile to get rid of it and install XP again. I had found a program to make a copy of the OS CD but to include the appropriate drivers and stuff to install XP. Before I found nLite, I got an error screen saying that the setup couldn't find any hard drive disks (becuase of RAID).

I bought a new 500GB HDD at FUTURE Shop last night and since I came HOME, i have been trying to install XP on the new HDD. I downloaded nLite again and collected some drivers from the drivers and system32\drivers folders but it dosen't work. I still get that screen.
I can't use the CD that I used before (to install XP the first time) becuase the CD is cracked so a lot of files won't copy over. I've tried.

Do I need to include the inf file for the RAID driver, if so where is it located in XP Home? Or do I need to download it and include it when making an ISO file with nLite? Also, how do I tell which RAID driver/controller I use on my laptop. I went to My Computer>Properties>Hardware Manager and looked but it doesn't really say RAID. It says:

IDE ATA/ATAPI controller:
Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850
Primary IDE Channel
Secondary IDE Channel

I've tried to disable the RAID in the BIOS but there is no option for it. My BIOS is phoenix TrustedCore(tm)

The 200GB HDD that is in my laptop is SATA, oh course.

Is there anyway to disable the BIOS so i can install Windows XP normally?!

It is now 1:24 AM and I am extremely tired.The RAID/SATA driver needs to be loaded during the XP install...
Very early on in the setup you will see "Press F6 to install RAID/SATA drivers...
They are on the Driver CD that shipped with the laptop...or at the laptop manuf. site...I've found the RAID driver and it worked, I'm installing Windows XP on my new 500GB HDD but theres a problem installing, it'll looking for ASMS it it can't seem to find it on the CD. I put in my old CD, the original OS CD too but it can't seem to find it.You are going to have to borrow a legit XP CD to do this properly...
Some nLite CD's just aren't built properly.
It needs to match the version of your liscense key to work properly.

P.S. Remember to install the Service Packs as well and run Windows UPDATE...I did this from a legit XP OS CD.You STATED it was a copy of an XP CD...It is now fixed.