USB Sata Boot Disk

[aidso]

Hi guys,

Hopefully someone can help. I am trying to install Windows on a SATA hard disk, but unfortunately i dont have a floppy disk drive to load the SATA drivers- instead i will have to use a USB key. I have downloaded the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool to clean my pen, but how do i add these Sata drivers to the pen:
http://support.euro.dell.com/support...WW1&hidlang=en

Thanks in advance!

[smargh]

Look in your BIOS to see if it has a floppy emulation option for the USB device (have it plugged in when you go into the BIOS).

[aidso]

But do i just copy the files to the USB or do they have to be in a certain format, directory structure...?

[BUFF]

what OS?
what chipset?

if it's XP & you want to run AHCI or RAID you can only load drivers from a floppy or have them slipstreamed into an XP install disk.
Most modern chipsets have basic native SATA suport & don't require any drivers to just work as an ordinary drive.

[smargh]

Copy all the files (the ones which includes the file txtsetup.oem) to the root of the floppy.

There's also this thing which might work - Intel F6 Floppy Utility
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filt...4&submit=Go%21
(it's option 2 - "Utilities, Tools and Examples")

[TheReaFireblade]

Most modern chipsets have basic native SATA suport & don't require any drivers to just work as an ordinary drive.

Precisely


What motherboard do you have Aidso?
Are you just assuming you need the SATA drivers on a floppy disk/USB device, or have you been asked for them during installation?