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XP Sata drivers without floppy?

Last post 07-18-2008, 10:49 AM by intelguy. 9 replies.
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  •  06-27-2008, 4:27 PM 347108

    XP Sata drivers without floppy?

    The only computer I have running has broken floppy controller. Is there any way to install XP on sata without floppy, as Gigabyte did not include a floppy with Sata drivers. I could do the way I have been and hook up a ide drive and transfer the os afterwards but I'm hoping Gigabyte has good reason not to include sata drivers on a floppy.

  •  06-27-2008, 4:45 PM 347111 in reply to 347108

    Re: XP Sata drivers without floppy?

    You can install with out a floppy you will need to download nLlite for it though here is a article on it.

    http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install-Windows-XP-On-SATA-Without-a-Floppy-F6-47807.shtml 

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  •  06-27-2008, 4:58 PM 347117 in reply to 347111

    Re: XP Sata drivers without floppy?

    Thanks Tracer but I tried that once and it didn't work
    for me. don wan go through the trouble again. I'm gonna
    try an old sata floppy from Intel D845PEBT2 board and
    if no go I can just hook up the power and data straps
    to an IDE, install and use ghost to transfer or even
    make a floppy once I'm in the operating system. But
    what gives Gigabyte don't include floppy for sata?

  •  06-27-2008, 5:09 PM 347121 in reply to 347117

    Re: XP Sata drivers without floppy?

    OK well that is the only other way I know how to do it.
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  •  07-04-2008, 12:27 PM 351109 in reply to 347121

    Re: XP Sata drivers without floppy?

    You can have a look at these two “How To”, which answers the question you have.

    Not very complex, have a try and good luck~~~~

    http://forums.hexus.net/operating-systems-applications/20748-windows-xp-installing-sata-_without_-floppy-disk.html

    Beside that, you can also purchase a latest windows xp CD; it should contain the sata drivers.

  •  07-05-2008, 10:37 AM 351503 in reply to 351109

    Re: XP Sata drivers without floppy?

    I agree that the latest XP CD with Sp3 should have the proper drivers. If you really need to install drivers you could hook up a usb floppy and install your drivers that way. There is also a way to add drivers to a Windows XP CD if you need to.

    Here is the link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314859/EN-US/

     

     

     

  •  07-05-2008, 10:47 AM 351507 in reply to 351503

    Re: XP Sata drivers without floppy?

    Great find whitelotus on the MS KB
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  •  07-06-2008, 5:40 AM 351864 in reply to 351503

    Re: XP Sata drivers without floppy?

    Thanks for all the replies

    what I was hoping was that the new boards fool Windows XP into believing the

    SATA drive is a IDE drive, which it is, but doesn't treat it any different. As it

    turned out that is the case. I had no problem loading XP on a SATA drive

    with a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L board. Maybe you all misunderstood my

    problem. I was anticipating needing a SATA floppy to install and my broken

    floppy driver on my old system couldn't make one.

  •  07-06-2008, 6:19 AM 351874 in reply to 351864

    Re: XP Sata drivers without floppy?

    to further clarify:

    I used the same CD. XP slipstreamed SP2, without SATA drivers, which

    would not install on a SATA drive in my old system, even though it had SATA

    capability, but would on a new GA-EP35-DS3L.

  •  07-18-2008, 10:49 AM 359379 in reply to 351874

    Re: XP Sata drivers without floppy?

    yes, you can install os on that mobo cos the SATA drivers on the mobo CD are for the Gigabyte SATA controller，But, most users will want the ICH9R SATA drivers which have to be downloaded either from the mobo or Intel websites. i  think all the mobo vendors should include sata drivers in their mobo cd. 
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