I've heard of people doing this with a Slip Streamed XP install CD that
contains the drivers.
There's s guide here:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install-Windows-XP-On-SATA-Without-a-Floppy-F6-47807.shtml

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] New HDD is not recognized in laptop HP dv6102od
From: Don Penlington <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, September 29, 2009 8:24 pm
To: [log in to unmask]

At 08:26 AM 9/29/2009 -0700, you wrote:
>You must Press F6 when installing XP to load the driver from a floppy,
>which opens another can of worms if you don't have a floppy.>>


That's precisely the problem I had recently, which I never resolved.

So how do you get around that particular can of worms where there is no 
floppy? I tried to force the bios to load sata drivers from a CD which I

inserted during the XP installation process instead of the non-existent 
floppy, but that wouldn't work.

I tried hooking up a temporary floppy, but the computer didn't want to 
recognise it.

I gave up in the end, as I had a sneaking suspicion that the mobo was 
faulty anyway.

Don Penlington

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