installing windows XP, with a GA-945PJ mobo.

[mahatef]

i have gigabyte 945pj motherboard using two ATA 133 HDDs, and i need to install windows Xp on it. problem is, i need to creat a bootable floppy disk which will contain the driver for the ATA controller (GigaRaid ATA RAID CONTROLLER).
i knew how to creat this disk once, but then i had the CD i got with the motherboard. today, i can't find this CD and i need to creat this disk using a file i downloaded from the motherboard's main website. but i don't how to do this with a file and not the original CD!

with the original CD, i just had to type in this command in dos:
D:\BootDrv\menu.exe
and after it, i just followed the instructions.

but with the file on my HDD, instead of a CD, what is the command i need to write in dos?

 

[marulee]

lol

Contact MICROSOFT!

 

[mahatef]

can't see what is funny.
anyway, i can't contact microshit since i don't have an original XP.

 

[AMDfreak]

Originally posted by: marulee
lol

Contact MICROSOFT!

That was very helpful. :roll:

Ok, you do not need a bootable floppy. You do need to copy the driver files to a floppy. Boot off the WinXP CD, and press F6 when you see the prompt to install additional drivers. Insert floppy and you should be ready to go. You could also use a tool like nLite to slipstream the drivers into the WinXP CD.

 

[mahatef]

thanks, but when i try to cope the files into the floppy disk, i get this error:
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6264/errorgn3.jpg
i tried several disks i have, all have the same error.

 

[TG2]

Did you format the floppy disk ?

 

[mahatef]

yes

 

[Slikkster]

See if following the steps here helps:

http://www.eio.com/public/floppdrv/0546.html

 

[mahatef]

i followed this guide steps, and now the floppy can't read disks at all
i think i will just head the hardware store i bought the motherboard from and ask them to make me this driver. will save a lot of trouble.
thank you guys for trying to help

ans Slikkster, you ow me a floppy drive