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install XP on a Sata drive

Started by iLLum1na7e , Jul 07 2005 07:26 AM

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iLLum1na7e

Posted 07 July 2005 - 07:26 AM

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Is there any way to install XP on a Sata hard disk without floppy?

if there isn't any way, I have another hard disk with win98 installed on it , and if I create an image file of already installed XP will I be able to recover it from win98 to an NTFS partition?

thx in advance

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austin_o

Posted 10 July 2005 - 05:57 AM

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During windows XP installation, to install 3rd party drivers like SATA, a floppy disk drive is required. The only provision made in windows is to look for this driver on a floppy in drive a. There is an alternative. This would be splitstreaming the SATA driver into the Windows installation CD.