Ok guys I searched and searched because like a dummy I erased vista to reinstall but put in a 32 bit instead of x64.... Long story short I formatted my raid0 drive and had no OS.
When I tried to put in the new OS (tried xp x64 and Vista x86 and x64) they all said the same thing. cd\dvd driver was missing. tried to load cd drivers but of course the cd drive couldnt be read and since a lot of new computers dont have floppy discs well I had a problem. It was 4 am and I dont use flash drives so that was not an option either.
What I did do was simple (after days of reading) I got my external USB hard drive and loaded my drivers on this and plugged it into the USB port AFTER the system booted to the Vista CD. I did it first a couple times but the external kept showing as my master. Once you get the master to show where it should you can plug the USB. The drivers needed are NOT the cd\dvd drivers at all but the RAID CONTROLLER and THE SATA ATA CONTROLLER drivers. There was 3 all together but I cant remember the 3rd. If you check the "hide irrellevent drivers" you just highlight all the rest and click next. then your hard drive will show in the list of "where would you like to install vista" For anyone who (like myself) dont know where to get the RAID drivers sheck the
chipset driver package for your computer. Mine was a gateway lx 6810-01 and it was in .exe so I used 7 zip to extract the .exe into a folder and moved it to the external HDD. you can use a flash drive if you have one. My folder was only 200 megs so it doesnt have to be big. I know this thread is old but I googled my problem and this thread came up and I read it multiple times. Someone else might do the same and I hope this helps. Anybody has anymore questions about THIS problem leave them here Ill try to help. I have worked on my friends and family's computers for 9 years now but AM NOT an expert in any way. Just good at figuring stuff out
Thanks to the experts who make these forums...