Is it really true that I need a diskette station to load the raid drivers
during windows install? I tried several alternatives, but either the install
program doesn´t recognize my hdds at all, or something else went wrong.

These things don´t cost anything, but i think it is crazy there i have to
buy one just to install some drivers. Is there a way to fool the installer
and feed him with a USB stick? Is there another work around?

Also using an old dikette thing is useless, for nobody I know has used these
things during the last several years, so the heads have been oxidized and
they can´t read or write anything anymore.

Who knows the trick?

Onno Vinkhuyzen

onnomv wrote:
> Is it really true that I need a diskette station to load the raid
> drivers during windows install? I tried several alternatives, but
> either the install program doesn´t recognize my hdds at all, or
> something else went wrong.
>
> These things don´t cost anything, but i think it is crazy there i
> have to buy one just to install some drivers. Is there a way to fool
> the installer and feed him with a USB stick? Is there another work
> around?
>
> Also using an old dikette thing is useless, for nobody I know has
> used these things during the last several years, so the heads have
> been oxidized and they can´t read or write anything anymore.
>
> Who knows the trick?

Integrate the RAID drivers needed into the Windows XP CD..

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Thanks. sounds like this is simple and doable.

I guess i only need the 24 kB sata.exe. Do you know where to put it? In the
root of the i386? One of it´s sub-directories? I could put it in all of them.
But should I add the name (and path) to some indexfile the installer reads?
Top, bottem, does it matter?

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> onnomv wrote:
> > Is it really true that I need a diskette station to load the raid
> > drivers during windows install? I tried several alternatives, but
> > either the install program doesn´t recognize my hdds at all, or
> > something else went wrong.
> >
> > These things don´t cost anything, but i think it is crazy there i
> > have to buy one just to install some drivers. Is there a way to fool
> > the installer and feed him with a USB stick? Is there another work
> > around?
> >
> > Also using an old dikette thing is useless, for nobody I know has
> > used these things during the last several years, so the heads have
> > been oxidized and they can´t read or write anything anymore.
> >
> > Who knows the trick?
>
> Integrate the RAID drivers needed into the Windows XP CD..
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

onnomv wrote:
> Is it really true that I need a diskette station to load the raid
> drivers during windows install? I tried several alternatives, but
> either the install program doesn´t recognize my hdds at all, or
> something else went wrong.
>
> These things don´t cost anything, but i think it is crazy there i
> have to buy one just to install some drivers. Is there a way to fool
> the installer and feed him with a USB stick? Is there another work
> around?
>
> Also using an old dikette thing is useless, for nobody I know has
> used these things during the last several years, so the heads have
> been oxidized and they can´t read or write anything anymore.
>
> Who knows the trick?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Integrate the RAID drivers needed into the Windows XP CD..

onnomv wrote:
> Thanks. sounds like this is simple and doable.
>
> I guess i only need the 24 kB sata.exe. Do you know where to put it?
> In the root of the i386? One of it´s sub-directories? I could put it
> in all of them. But should I add the name (and path) to some
> indexfile the installer reads? Top, bottem, does it matter?

Using Google...
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

One of the many pages that come up that I recognize is:
http://greenmachine.msfnhosting.com/READING/addraid.htm

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