Installing 3rd party driver

[~~Alan~~]

I want to do a fresh install of WinXP but with a 3rd party driver.

In the beginning of the installation, I'm asked to press F6 to install the
driver. Is there a way to install the driver from a device other than a
floppy drive?

~alan

 

[Bruce Chambers]

~~Alan~~ wrote:
> I want to do a fresh install of WinXP but with a 3rd party driver.
>
> In the beginning of the installation, I'm asked to press F6 to install
> the driver. Is there a way to install the driver from a device other
> than a floppy drive?
>
> ~alan
>
>


Not that I know of, no. (USB floppy drives are very inexpensive.)


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Bruce Chambers wrote:
> ~~Alan~~ wrote:
>> I want to do a fresh install of WinXP but with a 3rd
>> party driver. In the beginning of the installation,
>> I'm asked to press
>> F6 to install the driver. Is there a way to install
>> the
>> driver from a device other than a floppy drive?
>>
>> ~alan
>>
>>
>
>
> Not that I know of, no. (USB floppy drives are very
> inexpensive.)

I wasn't aware of that until just recently! Anyway,
here's a link about one way to get around the problem
with a little effort. It's talking about SATA drives
but should apply to just about anything.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install-Windows-XP-On-SATA-Without-a-Floppy-F6-47807.shtml

HTH

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