Win XP installation question

mad_fitzy

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I bought myself a new SATA HDD to find out that my mobo's SATA ports only work after being installed from a bootable floppy during the Win XP install process. Sadly, I do not have a floppy drive so I have 2 options.

1. Can I use a usb flash drive?

2. Can I install windows on it while I have it in another computer with windows running. Meaning can I install windows through windows?

Thx in advance