This may belong on the "Other Software" forum, but I think it's actually more applicable to people searching the hard drive category for solutions.

If you have a recent XPS with Dell DataSafe Raid 1 configuration and the supplied Ghost 10 recovery CD, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR RECOVERY CD WILL BOOT before you actually need it!

I managed to corrupt my XP installation while transferring files from old computer, so I decided to restore from a backup only a few days old. However, upon booting from the Ghost 10 recovery CD, I received only BSOD (blue screen of death). I could find no updates on the Symantec or Dell sites.

A very helpful Dell customer service rep solved the problem - new RAID drivers were necessary during recovery CD boot. In my case, I needed the ICH8R Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver Ver 6.2.0.2002 (iastor.sys and other associated files) on a floppy disk. When booting the Ghost 10 recovery CD you have a VERY BRIEF opportunity on the screen to press F6 for additional drivers. Then everything went fine. Ghost seems to read extra drivers only from floppy, so I'm not sure what you do if you don't have one.

Please don't ask me to e-mail you the drivers I received (copyright issues) and they may not be correct for you anyway. I suspect that they are available from Intel's site if you need them.

Just FYI my disk contained the following:

iastor.sys
license.txt
readme.txt
txtsetup.oem
iaahci.cat
iastor.cat
iaahci.inf
iastor.inf