kingdingeling Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 lol, hardnrg knows it all anyway, I gotta get a frekin floppy drive soon too, I have an SATA drive (WD Caviar 160GB) and once in the windows installation it asked me for the drivers, the second time I tried it didn't, and I didn't install any other drivers!!! How weird is that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 * you can slipstream the raid/sata drivers on to the xp cd* you can make a bootable cd or usb drive to flash your bios / upgrade firmware * you can make a bootable memtest86 cd or usb drive so, you don't strictly NEED a floppy... but it can be a pain or more hassle to do stuff on usb (linux bootable for memtest86 for example) or on cd (burn a cd for a bios flash? lol) i still have a floppy drive on my two main rigs 588012[/snapback] Just as he has said, all of those ways work. I dont have a floppy drive in my computer 24/7, but when i do feel like reformatting, I just hang it out the side when doing my raid setup, then i take it out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUMaestro Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 since i've built my stuff i've never used a floppy. any SATA drivers i've used i've slipstreamed into my OS so it doesn't need em. works every time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 * you can slipstream the raid/sata drivers on to the xp cd* you can make a bootable cd or usb drive to flash your bios / upgrade firmware * you can make a bootable memtest86 cd or usb drive so, you don't strictly NEED a floppy... but it can be a pain or more hassle to do stuff on usb (linux bootable for memtest86 for example) or on cd (burn a cd for a bios flash? lol) i still have a floppy drive on my two main rigs 588012[/snapback] in addition, you can do bios flashes thru windows. I find flashing it in windows much easier and safer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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