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Old 02-27-2007, 04:00 PM
John John
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Re: Installing third party driver without floppy drive

You can try this one: http://xpcreate.com/ but other than a CD Burner
and a tool to read/copy the boot image you don't really need "special"
tools to do this. Now you see the trouble that you could have avoided
by buying a $10 diskette drive or by scrounging/borrowing one from
another computer!

John

John wrote:

> Is there a utility to do this easily? I have tried nlite
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...ts/nLite.shtml but it did
> not work out.
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
>
> "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:eHgDreVWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
>>Yes. Put the drivers in a folder in the cd \i386\$OEM$\$1\drivers\
>>directory path and edit the .sif file.
>>
>>http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/36/
>>http://maximumpc.com/2005/01/how_to_slipstre.html
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>>John wrote:
>>
>>>From the slipstreaming article;
>>>
>>>"This article includes only those drivers that are typically installed
>>>during graphical user interface (GUI)-mode Setup or post-Setup by
>>>standard Plug and Play enumeration."
>>>
>>>Would it still work during win xp installation i.e. during non-GUI mode?
>>>
>>>"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
>>>news:eYorbTKWHHA.480@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>>>It's burning a Windows CD with additional drivers, service pack or
>>>>hotfixes incorporated into the CD.
>>>>
>>>>How to Add OEM Plug and Play Drivers to Windows XP
>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314479/
>>>>
>>>>A connected USB floppy disk drive does not work when you press F6 to
>>>>install mass storage drivers during the Windows XP installation process
>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916196
>>>>
>>>>Combining Windows XP with Service Pack 2 for reinstallation (Part 1:
>>>>Introduction)
>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894947/
>>>>
>>>>http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/
>>>>
>>>>John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>John wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Sorry for being naive. What is slipstreaming?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards
>>>>>
>>>>>"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
>>>>>news:%23BeZn6JWHHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl. ..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Temporarily fit a diskette drive to the computer or slipstream the
>>>>>>drivers onto the Windows XP CD. The setup program WILL NOT accept the
>>>>>>drivers from flash drives or other external storage devices, they MUST
>>>>>>be supplied on floppy diskette or slipstreamed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Limited OEM driver support is available with F6 during Windows XP and
>>>>>>Windows Server 2003 setup
>>>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314859
>>>>>>
>>>>>>John
>>>>>>
>>>>>>John wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I need to install win xp on a drive attached to a Q-Tec Serial ATA
>>>>>>>13434 card, which is the secondary drive in the pc. Problem is that
>>>>>>>the pc in question does not have a floppy drive like many other PCs
>>>>>>>these days. How is one to load the drivers for this card during win xp
>>>>>>>installation?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Regards
>>>>>
>>>>>

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Old 02-27-2007, 04:00 PM