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  • 03-06-2007 12:00pm
    #1
    tba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭


    I'm installing windows XP onto a machine that has SATA Hard drives and no floppy drive.

    So I hook up a usb floppy, and load the drivers for it that way, but for some reason it wont let me copy them across to the HD. It will read them and let me know they are the right ones but when installation time comes they refuse to budge. Anybody else have this problem?

    Things I have tried
    • Using different USB ports
    • Downloading the drivers again
    • using a different floppy

    Things I'm gonna try
    • Install onto an IDE HD then ghost to the SATA
    • temp fit a floppy drive to load the drivers.

    These are a bit fiddly though, is there something obvious and a bit easier that I could try before I waste my time on installing hardware.

    Any suggestions welcome thanks.


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  • #2
    ressem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,426 ✭✭✭ressem


    I'd say that fitting the temporary floppy drive is the least trouble.

    The other common approach is to build a slipstream CD.
    Last time I did this I used the nLite tool, but that depends on you having another working machine spare with about 2Gb of free space, XP CD and CD burner. No less awkward than the other methods that you've mentioned.
    http://www.nliteos.com/download.html


  • #3
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    The best solution is to slipstream the drivers into the installation source - i.e. use nLite to build your own XP install CD with the SATA drivers already on it. You can also use this to add service pack 2 as well.

    www.nliteos.com


  • #4
    tba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭tba


    I have an older PC so Ill give the nlite thing a go, I wasn't aware it allowed that.

    thanks.


  • #5
    mick.fr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭mick.fr


    Seems to be a great product, thanks for the link guys


  • #6
    tba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭tba


    That worked a treat, it still confuses me why the USB floppy refused to transfer, but such is the mysteries of the PC.


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  • #7
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Poor 'oul XP. If you have a relatively early copy, I would guess that it was having conflicts with itself in terms of USB and floppy drivers.

    Newer install disks with XP SP2 have some SCSI/SATA support added in.


  • #8
    mick.fr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭mick.fr


    Yeah usually USB floppy drives won't be recognised at Windows boot up.
    The device itself has to emulate a real floppy drive, which is rarely the case.
    Some USB keys have floppy drive emulation, which is a great feature sometimes.


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