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How can Windows XP Setup(F6) use a usb flash drive instead of a floppy drive to find drivers for a sata hard drive

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2010-12-10T05:35:00+00:00

Hi,How can i install Windows XP Setup(F6) use a usb flash drive instead of a floppy drive to find drivers for a sata hard drive.Regards,Maghesh

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Anonymous
2010-12-10T18:26:31+00:00

Hi Maghesh,

You can't install it. This has to be done using Floppy drive only. This feature is available for Vista and Windows 7 only.

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-12-18T04:53:36+00:00

    some computers bios and some flash drives allow a usb flash drive to act as if the hardware is a real floppy drive. some computers require this for flash bios upgrade. This is especially useful if no floppy connector is on the motherboard or is a laptop. Also could probably slip stream the required drivers into a burned cd. some bios have ide emulation even though it has physical sata connected. This bios setting 'ide' allows the install of older windows ide drivers to install with out requiring the extra sata drivers. The negative side is slower data speed to the hard drive. A newer version of the windows cd could solve the problem like the latest service packs. sata floppy drive could also solve the problem. your computer manufacture likely has a solution. hp has a tool to turn a proper flash drive into a floppy. (both flash drive and bios must support it.)

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