Driver sata windows xp floppy

 · Here's a link you can follow to get the document and see how it's done. Once you do this, you won't need a floppy drive when installing XP. Slipstream XP w/ SATA Drivers. Note: your SATA drivers should be in the Dell Resource CD that came with your system. Message Edited by TTetpos on PM. 0 www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins.  · If Windows setup does not find your hard drive, you have two options at that point; first, you can go to system setup and set the SATA controller to RAID Autodetect/ATA. This places the controller into IDE/ATA compatible mode so that the IDE drivers native to Windows XP can be used. Second, you can load the drivers from the diskette drive at Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. Windows XP does not provide drivers for all the SATA controllers, therefore, during the installation procedure, the user must insert a floppy with the drivers that came in the package along with Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.

However, I noticed that in order to do so, Windows needs the raid drivers to see my SATA Hard Drives. I consulted Dell's site and found an article on how to do this easily with a floppy drive. However, my did not come with a floppy drive. Furthermore, there is not a floppy driver controller on the motherboard (except maybe via usb). Windows XP Install Driver for SATA - floppy is not found 2nd time. I am trying to install XP on my Toshiba notebook (Portege SSTD). I have followed the descriptions and am using an external. If Windows setup does not find your hard drive, you have two options at that point; first, you can go to system setup and set the SATA controller to RAID Autodetect/ATA. This places the controller into IDE/ATA compatible mode so that the IDE drivers native to Windows XP can be used. Second, you can load the drivers from the diskette drive at.

In situations like this, you need to load the necessary drivers from a floppy disk at the beginning of the setup process. Usually, when you get. have to create a SATA floppy image diskette by the support CD and press "F6" to install SATA driver at the beginning of Windows XP/ installation. Windows and XP only support adding preinstallation drivers from a floppy SATA AHCI driver which is correct for my personal laptop.