Dear all,

I need to reinstall my windows XP on my laptop and I just discovered
that I need to install the SATA drivers. I found the drivers and
created the usual floppy but the problem is that my laptop doesn't
have a floppy reader.
I expected that the windows XP setup would recongized the driver on
the USB key but that doesn't work.
Do you know if there is any alternative method? I would like to avoid
to buy an external driver for one single use!

Thank you very much
Bests

"Davide" <fuffalist******.com> wrote
> Dear all,
>
> I need to reinstall my windows XP on my laptop and I just discovered
> that I need to install the SATA drivers. I found the drivers and
> created the usual floppy but the problem is that my laptop doesn't
> have a floppy reader.
> I expected that the windows XP setup would recongized the driver on
> the USB key but that doesn't work.
> Do you know if there is any alternative method? I would like to avoid
> to buy an external driver for one single use!

If it won't recognize them on a flash drive then you'll need to get an
external USB floppy drive.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

On 25 Feb, 19:39, "Rock" <R...@nospam.net> wrote:
> "Davide" <fuffal...******.com> wrote
>
> > Dear all,
>
> > I need to reinstall my windows XP on my laptop and I just discovered
> > that I need to install the SATA drivers. I found the drivers and
> > created the usual floppy but the problem is that my laptop doesn't
> > have a floppy reader.
> > I expected that the windows XP setup would recongized the driver on
> > the USB key but that doesn't work.
> > Do you know if there is any alternative method? I would like to avoid
> > to buy an external driver for one single use!
>
> If it won't recognize them on a flash drive then you'll need to get an
> external USB floppy drive.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Ok, thank you
Could this be due to the fact that my version of WinXP was shipped in
2005. Is there any possibility that a more recent version will contain
the SATA drivers embedded in the setup CD?

Thank you
Davide

"Davide" <fuffalist******.com> wrote
> On 25 Feb, 19:39, "Rock" <R...@nospam.net> wrote:
>> "Davide" <fuffal...******.com> wrote
>>
>> > Dear all,
>>
>> > I need to reinstall my windows XP on my laptop and I just discovered
>> > that I need to install the SATA drivers. I found the drivers and
>> > created the usual floppy but the problem is that my laptop doesn't
>> > have a floppy reader.
>> > I expected that the windows XP setup would recongized the driver on
>> > the USB key but that doesn't work.
>> > Do you know if there is any alternative method? I would like to avoid
>> > to buy an external driver for one single use!
>>
>> If it won't recognize them on a flash drive then you'll need to get an
>> external USB floppy drive.

> Ok, thank you
> Could this be due to the fact that my version of WinXP was shipped in
> 2005. Is there any possibility that a more recent version will contain
> the SATA drivers embedded in the setup CD?

I don't know. If I had to guess, I would say no.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]