They only support a replacement of the entire system so if they are used they blow away existing Data and replace it with the Image that they contain.
If you have a M$ Branded Install Disc you can do a repair Install but it has to be a M$ Branded & Supplied Install Disc. What you are attempting to work with is a Image created from a Slipstreamed Recovery Disc.
What you need to do here is to use a M$ Branded Install Disc and when the first blue screen appears you press the [b]F6 Key[/b] and when prompted you need to insert a Floppy with the PCI Controller Driver copied to the Root of a Floppy Disc.
But before you even attempt this what is actually happening here? Do you see the Normal BIOS or Splash Screen than the PCI Controllers Card BIOS Screen showing you what is attached? The PCI Cards BIOS should show after the Computers BIOS appears and it should list the Attached Drives. If this isn't appearing there is most likely a Hardware Conflict occurring but you may need to switch off the Splash Screen in BIOS and see what is actually happening as the BIOS of the PCI Card may appear as Text on the screen after the POST Procedure closes. If this is what is happening here you will not see the SATA Controller Cards BIOS as the Splash Screen of the Computers BIOS will be covering it up.
You need to make sure that the hardware is working correctly before you attempt to do any more. If you are being asked to enter data for the SATA Controller Card to continue and the drives are present on it even if you do not see them if you are asked to setup a RAID Array you need to install the RAID Drivers before Windows Loads. But if the SATA Controller Card isn't correctly identifying the HDD's attached it is a Hardware problem with most likely a Conflict between the Chip Sets of the M'Board and PCI Card. This will be most likely to happen with Non Intel Chip Sets so if you have a NVidia or SIS Chip Set on the M'Board it may be reacting to the Chip Set of the SATA Controller Card and causing a problem. Or it may just be that the SATA Controller Card needs to have the required Drivers installed before Windows starts to load.
Without knowing what the actual hardware is it's very hard to say what is happening here.
Also Recovery Disc's are only any good for the Original Hardware if this is changed in any way they can be useless as a way to rebuild the Software after a failure. If that is the case you need to start off with a M$ Branded and Supplied Install Disc which generally means you need to buy another License for your Hardware. One of the major disadvantages of buying off the shelf as you don't get Install Media just Recovery Media which is cheaper for the System Makers to supply. It's even better if you have to supply the Blank Media as the costs to the system maker is negligible for Recovery Media.
If you have access to a M$ Branded Install Disc it needs to be the Same Version of Windows to use your Product Key so if you have a XP Pro Volume License Product installed you need a XP Pro Volume License Install Disc. If you have a XP Home of XP Media Center version of Windows installed you need to use a XP Home Disc to install XP and use your Product Key or you need to use a XP Media Center Install Disc so you can use your Product Key and have it work.
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