USB Floppy (diskette) Drives

I ran into a problem the other day where I couldn't install Windows XP
because the HP laptop had a SATA hard disk drive (HDD) that XP could not
recognize. I had to purchase an archaic 1.44MB USB diskette reader to
preload the drivers via the F6 (load drivers) option of the XP install
routine.

Is there a utility that can convert a flash memory device such as a SanDisk
USB Flash Drive to emulate a USB diskette machine? Or must I keep luging
around this USB floppy drive
--
Bob

Hi Bob,

--I had to purchase an archaic 1.44MB USB diskette reader to
--preload the drivers via the F6 (load drivers) option of the XP install
--routine.

Yes, you have to follow this step.

Thanks.



Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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>>I ran into a problem the other day where I couldn't install Windows XP
>>because the HP laptop had a SATA hard disk drive (HDD) that XP could not
>>recognize. I had to purchase an archaic 1.44MB USB diskette reader to
>>preload the drivers via the F6 (load drivers) option of the XP install
>>routine.
>>
>>Is there a utility that can convert a flash memory device such as a
SanDisk
>>USB Flash Drive to emulate a USB diskette machine? Or must I keep luging
>>around this USB floppy drive
>>--
>>Bob
>>