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[bill]

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I am building a completely new computer using Asus A8V socket 939 mobo. I
have two Seagate 160g SATA drives connected to a Promise onboard controller.
When trying to install Windows XP Pro, I hit F6 as instructed to add raid
drivers. At the next screen I push S and it takes me to the screen that
tells me to input the diskette and hit enter which I do. After a period it
time it gives me the same message, insert diskette and hit enter. Its as if
it does not recognize the floppy drive. Is there a simple answer? Being a
61 year old "newby", I apologize if this question is something I should have
known. Thanks for any assistance you may provide.

Bill

 

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Hi Bill,

Check that the floppy cable is connected in the right orientation.

Try a standard 9x boot floopy - does this work?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Bill" <bbb@ccc.net> wrote in message
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> I am building a completely new computer using Asus A8V socket 939 mobo. I
> have two Seagate 160g SATA drives connected to a Promise onboard
controller.
> When trying to install Windows XP Pro, I hit F6 as instructed to add raid
> drivers. At the next screen I push S and it takes me to the screen that
> tells me to input the diskette and hit enter which I do. After a period
it
> time it gives me the same message, insert diskette and hit enter. Its as
if
> it does not recognize the floppy drive. Is there a simple answer? Being
a
> 61 year old "newby", I apologize if this question is something I should
have
> known. Thanks for any assistance you may provide.
>
> Bill
>
>

 

[bill]

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Rick,

Yes, I am glad to say that it did work. The Teac floppy does not have
anyway to identify the No. 1 pin and does not have a "slot" to keep from
connecting incorrectly while the motherboard does. The Seagate DiscWizard
ran perfectly but I am having problems with XP. The F8 button does not seem
to be working on the keyboard that will allow me to accept the Microsoft
agreement. I will however, keep trying. Many thanks for the reply.

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:O1v2A9SYEHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi Bill,
>
> Check that the floppy cable is connected in the right orientation.
>
> Try a standard 9x boot floopy - does this work?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Bill" <bbb@ccc.net> wrote in message
> news:erSoitRYEHA.3988@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > I am building a completely new computer using Asus A8V socket 939 mobo.
I
> > have two Seagate 160g SATA drives connected to a Promise onboard
> controller.
> > When trying to install Windows XP Pro, I hit F6 as instructed to add
raid
> > drivers. At the next screen I push S and it takes me to the screen that
> > tells me to input the diskette and hit enter which I do. After a period
> it
> > time it gives me the same message, insert diskette and hit enter. Its
as
> if
> > it does not recognize the floppy drive. Is there a simple answer?
Being
> a
> > 61 year old "newby", I apologize if this question is something I should
> have
> > known. Thanks for any assistance you may provide.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
>
>

 

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"Bill" <bbb@ccc.net> wrote in
news:#C8uwTcYEHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl:

> Rick,
>
> Yes, I am glad to say that it did work. The Teac floppy does not have
> anyway to identify the No. 1 pin and does not have a "slot" to keep
> from connecting incorrectly while the motherboard does. The Seagate
> DiscWizard ran perfectly but I am having problems with XP. The F8
> button does not seem to be working on the keyboard that will allow me
> to accept the Microsoft agreement. I will however, keep trying. Many
> thanks for the reply.


I ran into this particular issue while installing
a windows 2003 server. What I had to do was determine what path the setup
routine was looking for and make sure that it was that way on the floppy.
So I had to create a couple folders and put the drivers in a subfolder.
It was a while back that I did this so I cannot remember the path and
folder names. Perhaps one of these MVPs can steer you in that direction.
Shame that this bugaboo exists in the microsoft setup routine.

> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:O1v2A9SYEHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> Check that the floppy cable is connected in the right orientation.
>>
>> Try a standard 9x boot floopy - does this work?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Bill" <bbb@ccc.net> wrote in message
>> news:erSoitRYEHA.3988@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> > I am building a completely new computer using Asus A8V socket 939
>> > mobo.
> I
>> > have two Seagate 160g SATA drives connected to a Promise onboard
>> controller.
>> > When trying to install Windows XP Pro, I hit F6 as instructed to
>> > add
> raid
>> > drivers. At the next screen I push S and it takes me to the screen
>> > that tells me to input the diskette and hit enter which I do.
>> > After a period
>> it
>> > time it gives me the same message, insert diskette and hit enter.
>> > Its
> as
>> if
>> > it does not recognize the floppy drive. Is there a simple answer?
> Being
>> a
>> > 61 year old "newby", I apologize if this question is something I
>> > should
>> have
>> > known. Thanks for any assistance you may provide.
>> >
>> > Bill
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
>