new SATA card install requires a floppy drive? LOL, is this still common?

**Elli** · 07-08-2008, 10:38 AM

I have never ever heard of this. My SATA drive enclosure came with an eSATA card for boards that don't have eSATA plugs in the back of the tower. Is it for a board that has no eSATA maybe? How weird!

**Klen** · 07-08-2008, 10:38 AM

Yes that is normal thing for windows xp

**dready** · 07-08-2008, 10:40 AM

You can't install XP onto a RAID array without a floppy, or a customized XP install disk. Sucks big time.

**HorseShit** · 07-08-2008, 10:41 AM

pretty normal even still, though XP setup shouldn't have any problem detecting a modern sata interface

**yahoo-xxx-girls.com** · 07-08-2008, 10:54 AM

Originally posted by sltr

install requires creating a floppy disc that installs the software while booting from the windows xp install CD.

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

the suckiest part is i just recently threw out a floppy drive thinking that by now there's no reason to keep it around.

"new SATA card install requires a floppy drive? LOL, is this still common?"

NO

But again not everyone has a DVD rom...

**Brad** · 07-08-2008, 11:00 AM

can someone tell me what the major advantage is to having RAID drive is other than mirroring?

**TidalWave** · 07-08-2008, 12:19 PM

performance, resiliency

**Violetta** · 07-08-2008, 12:54 PM

who has floppy drives? lol

new SATA card install requires a floppy drive? LOL, is this still common?

new SATA card install requires a floppy drive? LOL, is this still common?

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