Heres one link, of many
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/How...P-installation

"davlyn" <davlyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Frank and DL XP only supports 3 USB floppy drives they are hard to
> find
> The following USB floppy disk drives are included in the Txtsetup.sif file
> and are therefore supported for use during Windows XP installation:
> Plug and Play ID USB floppy disk drive model
> USB\VID_03EE&PID_6901 Mitsumi
> USB\VID_057B&PID_0000 Y-E Data; Sony part number 09K9835
> USB\VID_0644&PID_0000 TEAC; IBM option part number 27L4226, FRU 05K9283
>
> I have tried slipstreaming the driver in to XP but so far all I have are 6
> coasters. I must be doing something wrong. Anybody know the right way to
> do
> it??Thanks again
>
> "Frank" wrote:
>
>> "davlyn" <davlyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:41487A17-85EE-4EA2-85A0-BB2EEAE0AB01@microsoft.com...
>> >I have the same problem a new Dell XPS 720 with Vista Ultimate, after a
>> >week
>> > of trying I`ve give up. Partitioned the drive today and after burning
>> > the
>> > raid driver I required started to load my old XP disc, pressed F6 for
>> > third
>> > party driver and when it asked me to press "S" to install drivers it
>> > kept
>> > saying place the floppy in drive A .
>> > I do not have a floppy drive so unless someone has any ideas it looks
>> > like
>> > I
>> > shall have to switch off raid. Anybody know how???
>>
>> Purchase an external USB floppy drive. Check to see if you can find
>> the XP drivers for your Dell. If not you might run into other problems.
>>
>>
>>