I CAN'T INSTALL S.A.T.A. DRIVERS ON SETUP. BROKEN FLOPPY!

[METAL]

HEY, I JUST PURCHASED MY SATA RAPTOR HARD DRIVES AND I FINALLY WAS ABOUT TO R.A.I.D. PROPERLY. I AM TRYING TO INSTALL WINDOWS MEDIA EDITION BUT I CAN'T GET PASSED THE SETUP. I HAVE TO INSTALL THE R.A.I.D. DRIVERS FOR THE HARDWARE BUT MY FLOPPY DRIVE DOSEN'T WORK AT ALL. IT'S COMPLETLY USELESS. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SPEND 30 DOLLARS FOR A NEW ONE. JUST INQUIRING IF I CAN GET AROUND THIS AND NOT HAVE TO BUY A NEW DRIVE. IT CAME TO ME THAT MAYBE I CAN USE A FLOPPY EMULATOR DRIVE OR SOMETHING SO I CAN MOUNT THE FILES AND BURN THEM TO DISK. I CAN'T UNZIP ANY OF THE DRIVES FROM THE PROGRAM THAT I DOWNLOADED UNLESS IF I HAVE A FLOPPY DRIVE.

MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE GA-8GPNXP DUO.

 

[pscowboy]

Please turn off your capslock; it looks like you're shouting at us!!!

Go to one of your friends', and BORROW a working floppy so you can install the drivers at F6.

 

[INeedCache]

I'd borrow a floppy drive from a friend. Would be easier and a lot less grief. Internal floppy drives are only $10-12.

 

[METAL]

I can't borrow a floppy from my "friends". Reasons are they can't tell shit from shine. I reformat almost every week and I want to keep on asking. In New York pizza costs $2.50 so it really is $25.00 to $30.00 I wish i can order it online but it will take forever.

 

[TC10284]

Hehe....well, you could go to their place and tell them what you need to borrow, take it out, use it and then bring it back to them/reinstall it for them if you really want to avoid buying a floppy drive.

If not:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=GO&Range=1&bop=and&description=Floppy+Drive&InnerCata=13

Newegg = almost always three days for standard shipping coast to coast (I order from them a lot and I live in NC)

 

[JoeTechie]

Depending on the MB - a USB stick will sometimes be allowed as a drive, and XP setup will find it. I've done it a few times.

Very hit and miss though for support, but worth a shot - everyone has a USB thumb drive... hell, I get them free in the mail w/ software demos all the time.

-Joe

 

[_WW_]

Depending on the MB - a USB stick will sometimes be allowed as a drive, and XP setup will find it. I've done it a few times.

Very hit and miss though for support, but worth a shot - everyone has a USB thumb drive... hell, I get them free in the mail w/ software demos all the time.

-Joe

Where do I sign up for that gig?

 

[p05esto]

Or Better yet. "SlipStream" a CD OS install with any service packs and the SATA drivers already on it. Plus you can teak the OS and remove junk you don't want before installing.

I know you can do this for regular OS like 2000 or XP but I'm not sure about media center. Not familiar with that.