is it possible

[phlip]

is it possible for me to install windows xp onto my sata drive without using a floppy? When ui try to do so it wont detect my sata drive...any ideas?

[youvegotjermz]

not as far as i know, since it only allows you to do it with floppy drive and not a cd or anything. your best bet is to just buy one (they are like 12 bucks or so) and download the appropriate software

[phlip]

doh! o well...thanks anyway

[youvegotjermz]

good luck!

[airoh69]

is it possible for me to install windows xp onto my sata drive without using a floppy? When ui try to do so it wont detect my sata drive...any ideas?


When you say windows you windows XP right??? It shouldn`t need any floppys for installing on sata drives. I have 2 scsi HD`s and windowsXP detects them by itself and they are on a different controller than the mobos.

[rapture]

XP only detects those because it shipped with a shed load of drivers for that very purpose. It doubt it shipped with any SATA drivers, I couldnt even get XP to install on my onboard RAID with an older one of my systems without 3rd party drivers.

[kryyst]

You need the floppy, as far as I know (and tried) it will only search the a: drive so even if you had a usb drive or a cd with it on it won't look to them and there is no way to tell it to search there.

[Your Amish Daddy]

If your using an Nforce3/4 soloution, XP will install to your SATA device, since it has the mini driver for the series(2600 Pro only, 2200/2400 don't have the Nforce Mini driver). If you're using the VIA sata soloution (I think theirs is made by samsung, or ICS) You'll need your SATA drivers on a floppy.

[airoh69]

On asus mobos you don`t need a floppy. Installed windows to more than 10 pc`s that have sata and none of them needed a floppy.

[citrixmeta]

u should be able to inject the drivers and create a custom install cd using this

http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

[jrdwiz]

What citrixmeta said!

+1

[Your Amish Daddy]

citrixmeta's motion has been carried!