Need to install SATA drivers without disk drive :(

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impeachbush

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I just bought a SATA drive and apparently can't get it setup without a disk drive. How can I install SATA drivers without a drive? Can I burn them to a CD instead? Why does Microsoft still require a disk drive???

What really makes me mad is I've got 3 old SCSI disk drives just sitting here from my old Macintoshs...
 
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PoopyPants

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go buy a floppy drive dude,,, floppy drives arent going to die for another 10 years. and why on earth dont you have a floppy ?

if its the nvidia sata controller the newer you dont need drivers for regular SATA the sata is recognised as ide and dont need a driver. if its older nvidia sata then maybe you need a driver disk.
if its any other type of sata controller then yes you need a driver floppy.

and microsoft hasnt changed their installer since windows NT its still the same crap...
long horn is he only one that is different and the silly long horn STILL wants a floppy drive for sata raid scsi drivers.
so get used to it dude, come back to the present.
dont go throwing away your floppy unless you plan on never loading XP on any new hardware
 
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stevty2889

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The only options would be to get a floppy drive, or to slipstream the drivers in to an XP cd.
 
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n0cmonkey

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Originally posted by: compusaguy
Floppies are not dead. Buy a floppy. It's cheap, and takes 2 minutes to install.
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No thanks, I haven't used one in years and wouldn't want to torture myself. USB memory drive thingies are the now.
 
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impeachbush

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I'm more of a Macintosh guy. For me, floppy drives died almost 10 years ago. I was given a case that didn't have its floppy drive, and I never imagined actually needing one nowadays.

Think about it. By forcing XP users to have a floppy drive, every computer, and more importantly, every laptop needs to have a large, heavy, energy sucking floppy in it. Unbelievable. In a laptop your already squeezing every square inch to make room and keep it lightweight, not to mention cooling, and then stuff a 10 year old obsolete brick in its side just because microsoft won't get with the times?

There's no way I'm going and buying a floppy drive in 2005. I'll send this SATA drive back before doing so. It's not the cost I'm concerned about, its the principle. How hard is it to build in support for at least a cd/dvd drive? Am I missing the point? Is there any logic at all behind still requiring a floppy?

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Even worse! I just read up on slipstreaming. Its good info to have, but in my case it still requires wiping out all programs, settings, updates, serials, etc that I already have installed on my old drive. I don't have an entire day or more to spend trying to get my computer back up and running.

Is this really what it comes down to? Buy a floppy vs. wasting hours of my life reinstalling everything just for one driver? And Microsoft has what percentage of marketshare!?? :(
 
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Mykl

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I don't have a floppy drive installed on this machine either. I'm kinda hoping Longhorn gets released before I get a SATA drive.
 
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compusaguy

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Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: compusaguy
Floppies are not dead. Buy a floppy. It's cheap, and takes 2 minutes to install.
Click to expand...

No thanks, I haven't used one in years and wouldn't want to torture myself. USB memory drive thingies are the now.
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Good luck trying to boot off of it. Obviously you are too brainwashed by Apple to know that a floppy drive is very useful as a tool on a PC.
 
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compusaguy

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Originally posted by: impeachbush
I'm more of a Macintosh guy. For me, floppy drives died almost 10 years ago. I was given a case that didn't have its floppy drive, and I never imagined actually needing one nowadays.

Think about it. By forcing XP users to have a floppy drive, every computer, and more importantly, every laptop needs to have a large, heavy, energy sucking floppy in it. Unbelievable. In a laptop your already squeezing every square inch to make room and keep it lightweight, not to mention cooling, and then stuff a 10 year old obsolete brick in its side just because microsoft won't get with the times?

There's no way I'm going and buying a floppy drive in 2005. I'll send this SATA drive back before doing so. It's not the cost I'm concerned about, its the principle. How hard is it to build in support for at least a cd/dvd drive? Am I missing the point? Is there any logic at all behind still requiring a floppy?

EDIT:
Even worse! I just read up on slipstreaming. Its good info to have, but in my case it still requires wiping out all programs, settings, updates, serials, etc that I already have installed on my old drive. I don't have an entire day or more to spend trying to get my computer back up and running.

Is this really what it comes down to? Buy a floppy vs. wasting hours of my life reinstalling everything just for one driver? And Microsoft has what percentage of marketshare!?? :(
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Like it or leave it. PCs have their own rules. Why don't any mac users have any time to do anything for themselves? I always hear that. It's a super cliche. I think that's why they pay up the a$$ for a one-click computer.
 
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impeachbush

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I have a Macintosh, and just recently built a new PC. I'm not anti-PC, I'm FAR from wealthy, and your idea that Mac people are rich and lazy is absurd.

This is a problem that Microsoft could easily have solved years ago. Is it too much to expect from Windows XP to not have to either buy a floppy, or reinstall, update and reconfigure all my software just to change a driver?? How does this tranlate into me being a snobby, lazy PC hating Mac owner?

 
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compusaguy

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Originally posted by: impeachbush
I have a Macintosh, and just recently built a new PC. I'm not anti-PC, I'm FAR from wealthy, and your idea that Mac people are rich and lazy is absurd.

This is a problem that Microsoft could easily have solved years ago. Is it too much to expect from Windows XP to not have to either buy a floppy, or reinstall, update and reconfigure all my software just to change a driver?? How does this tranlate into me being a snobby, lazy PC hating Mac owner?
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Obviiously it is. How is it a problem exactly? Most computers have 1 cd-rom and 1 floppy drive. I don't really understand: why do you buy Microsoft products if you are so unhappy/unwilling to work with them?
 
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My SATA drivers for my mobo came on the mobo's CD. Installing them was just a matter of locating them on the CD.

Rather than futz around with a non-existent floppy drive, why not put the drivers on a USB flash drive and go from there?
 
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Mykl

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Originally posted by: impeachbush
I have a Macintosh, and just recently built a new PC. I'm not anti-PC, I'm FAR from wealthy, and your idea that Mac people are rich and lazy is absurd.

This is a problem that Microsoft could easily have solved years ago. Is it too much to expect from Windows XP to not have to either buy a floppy, or reinstall, update and reconfigure all my software just to change a driver?? How does this tranlate into me being a snobby, lazy PC hating Mac owner?
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Ok, so you're going to blame Microsoft for not having included SATA support (a relatively new technology) on their XP install disks from the very first day XP was released? That's just silly.

I've been using XP for a few years now and I have yet to touch a floppy disk.

The level of personal involvement with a PC is a little higher than with a Mac. If you don't like it, stick to Apple.

corkyg -> that doesn't help people who are trying to install a fresh copy of XP on a SATA drive.
 
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MrControversial

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Slip-streaming drivers sucked. I followed a guide to the T. Took me 2 hours to do it. When it was time to load up Windows, the damn thing bombed out and blue-screened. So I had to cannibalize an old PC for a floppy drive. I'm trying to rid myself of that contemptible contraption, but it keeps coming back to haunt me!!!
 
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Oceanic

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if you think floppys are bad or useless, i think you werent around for the golden, and first age of home computers, and you are as a result LAME

:)
 
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