Windows 7 driver installs sans floppy drive

OrphanBoy · 22 Oct 2009 at 22:29

Hi guys,

I'm expecting my new machine tomorrow and I'll be sticking my new copy of Win7 on it. However I'm expecting drama with motherboard RAID etc etc. I've ordered an Asus P55 and it doesn't include a floppy drive connector, so I will be finally going without a floppy drive

So,
1) does anyone know if there's support for P55 RAID (via the chipset) on the retail disk?
2) if there are no included drivers, can you install them from USB or some other mechanism? The XP install always asked for a driver floppy really early on in the install process with no support for USB or CD...

Cheers guys

Daegan · 22 Oct 2009 at 22:37

Stick the drivers on a USB stick just in case, a floppy disk hasn't been a requirement since XP. Chances are Windows 7 will see your RAID array anyway.

vertica · 22 Oct 2009 at 23:11

It will work without any additional drivers -Vista had this support too.

lord filbuster · 22 Oct 2009 at 23:22

You can switch the vista dvd for the motherboard driver CD temporarily, when you go to the install driver section.