Floppy or not?

Scrawflid · 31 Jan 2006 at 15:48

First go at self-build with these:

Opty 144/Freezer 64Pro
A8Ne N4ultra
160gig Hitachi D/Star
Thermaltake 420W
Pioneer DV110
Powercolor X800 GTO16
1gig cas2 GSkill

Only one query to save me having to hit the tech guides - will I be able to install the OS (XP) without a floppy? (The HD will be on SATA-II)

Cheers

semi-pro waster · 31 Jan 2006 at 15:55

You probably won't need a floppy disk drive because your motherboard uses the Nforce4 chipset, even if you do need one you could always slipstream the drivers onto the Windows disk using something like Nlite.

Scrawflid · 31 Jan 2006 at 18:09

Cheers, but slipthingy the who onto the thing with the what?

deadeyedic30 · 31 Jan 2006 at 18:12

Making a new windows disc with latest drivers and updates so you don't need a floppy. Goggle it. I would keep the floppy never know when you need it till you don't have one. They are still useful today.

lordedmond · 31 Jan 2006 at 18:22

disscussed here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17529305&highlight=floppy

search is a wonderful tool

BTW welcome