Saludos!! I wish to make an Unattended installation of WinXP in my laptop but
it hasn't a floppy drive. :( what options do i have? what can i do? may be
with an external USB floppy drive? or... ¿? please help me
JR

JR wrote:

> Saludos!! I wish to make an Unattended installation of WinXP in my laptop but
> it hasn't a floppy drive. :( what options do i have? what can i do? may be
> with an external USB floppy drive? or... ¿? please help me
> JR

You should be able to use a USB floppy but not all USB floppies work
during the text mode setup portion:

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

The same issue may affect the answer file if it is supplied on an
unsupported USB floppy drive. Use a supported USB drive for the answer
file. Another method is to use a network share point or to create
(burn) an XP CD with the answer file on the cd.

John

JR wrote:

> Saludos!! I wish to make an Unattended installation of WinXP in my laptop but
> it hasn't a floppy drive. :( what options do i have? what can i do? may be
> with an external USB floppy drive? or... ¿? please help me
> JR

You should be able to use a USB floppy but not all USB floppies work
during the text mode setup portion:

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

The same issue may affect the answer file if it is supplied on an
unsupported USB floppy drive. Use a supported USB drive for the answer
file. Another method is to use a network share point or to create
(burn) an XP CD with the answer file on the cd.

John

JR wrote:

> Saludos!! I wish to make an Unattended installation of WinXP in my laptop but
> it hasn't a floppy drive. :( what options do i have? what can i do? may be
> with an external USB floppy drive? or... ¿? please help me
> JR

You should be able to use a USB floppy but not all USB floppies work
during the text mode setup portion:

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

The same issue may affect the answer file if it is supplied on an
unsupported USB floppy drive. Use a supported USB drive for the answer
file. Another method is to use a network share point or to create
(burn) an XP CD with the answer file on the cd.

John

JR wrote:

> Saludos!! I wish to make an Unattended installation of WinXP in my laptop but
> it hasn't a floppy drive. :( what options do i have? what can i do? may be
> with an external USB floppy drive? or... ¿? please help me
> JR

You should be able to use a USB floppy but not all USB floppies work
during the text mode setup portion:

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

The same issue may affect the answer file if it is supplied on an
unsupported USB floppy drive. Use a supported USB drive for the answer
file. Another method is to use a network share point or to create
(burn) an XP CD with the answer file on the cd.

John

In news:50F268D1-5180-4461-B6A1-66A1E4243A99@microsoft.com,
JR <JR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Saludos!! I wish to make an Unattended installation of WinXP
> in my laptop but
> it hasn't a floppy drive. :( what options do i have? what can
> i do? may be
> with an external USB floppy drive? or... ¿? please help me
> JR

Create your answer file, but instead of saving it as
unattended.txt save it as winnt.sif . Put winnt.sif in the I386
folder on your XP installation CD.

For more info, do a Google search for winnt.sif. Here's an
example of an article you'll find.

Create a Basic Unattended Setup
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/7/

Good luck

Nepatsfan

In news:50F268D1-5180-4461-B6A1-66A1E4243A99@microsoft.com,
JR <JR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Saludos!! I wish to make an Unattended installation of WinXP
> in my laptop but
> it hasn't a floppy drive. :( what options do i have? what can
> i do? may be
> with an external USB floppy drive? or... ¿? please help me
> JR

Create your answer file, but instead of saving it as
unattended.txt save it as winnt.sif . Put winnt.sif in the I386
folder on your XP installation CD.

For more info, do a Google search for winnt.sif. Here's an
example of an article you'll find.

Create a Basic Unattended Setup
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/7/

Good luck

Nepatsfan

In news:50F268D1-5180-4461-B6A1-66A1E4243A99@microsoft.com,
JR <JR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Saludos!! I wish to make an Unattended installation of WinXP
> in my laptop but
> it hasn't a floppy drive. :( what options do i have? what can
> i do? may be
> with an external USB floppy drive? or... ¿? please help me
> JR

Create your answer file, but instead of saving it as
unattended.txt save it as winnt.sif . Put winnt.sif in the I386
folder on your XP installation CD.

For more info, do a Google search for winnt.sif. Here's an
example of an article you'll find.

Create a Basic Unattended Setup
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/7/

Good luck

Nepatsfan

In news:50F268D1-5180-4461-B6A1-66A1E4243A99@microsoft.com,
JR <JR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Saludos!! I wish to make an Unattended installation of WinXP
> in my laptop but
> it hasn't a floppy drive. :( what options do i have? what can
> i do? may be
> with an external USB floppy drive? or... ¿? please help me
> JR

Create your answer file, but instead of saving it as
unattended.txt save it as winnt.sif . Put winnt.sif in the I386
folder on your XP installation CD.

For more info, do a Google search for winnt.sif. Here's an
example of an article you'll find.

Create a Basic Unattended Setup
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/7/

Good luck

Nepatsfan