Problems with AMD64 and RAID drives with Plextor ???

[DarkMagic]

gduns, I appreciate your message, and I second bryant's comments as well. Before you install Nero for testing purposes, read below...

OK then, I've done some poking around:

In MSconfig, I began by turning off only those Startup items and Services that had anything to do with CD/DVD, including the one Nero Startup item "NeroCheck". No change in error.

Then I simply turned all the Startup items off and all Non-Microsoft Services off and rebooted. Still no change in error.

Checked the Startup Folder in the Start menu, nothing there of any relevance.

Opened up Regedit and searched for "Startup" key items. Nothing suspicious that I can see (perhaps I should say, nothing that looks obvious to me ).

Finally, searched for Nero items in registry and found nothing unusual, but I could be missing something that I do not comprehend yet.

So the sum total so far is the following:

1) I've confirmed that the Adaptec ASPI drivers for XP are installed properly.

2) There does not appear to be any startup items that might "lock up" access to the drives that I can tell.

3) One side of my head is a little bloody from smacking it too agressively into the keyboard .

And that's what I can report at this time. If anyone has any other suggestions to try, I'm all ears.

Thanks for the help.

Regards,
Gene