Re: dell vista - downgrade to XP pro - blue screen at "Setup is st

Heres one link, of many
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/How-To--Slipstream-your-XP-installation

"davlyn" <davlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Frank and DL XP only supports 3 USB floppy drives they are hard to
find
The following USB floppy disk drives are included in the Txtsetup.sif file
and are therefore supported for use during Windows XP installation:
Plug and Play ID USB floppy disk drive model
USB\VID_03EE&PID_6901 Mitsumi
USB\VID_057B&PID_0000 Y-E Data; Sony part number 09K9835
USB\VID_0644&PID_0000 TEAC; IBM option part number 27L4226, FRU 05K9283

I have tried slipstreaming the driver in to XP but so far all I have are 6
coasters. I must be doing something wrong. Anybody know the right way to
do
it??Thanks again

"Frank" wrote:

"davlyn" <davlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have the same problem a new Dell XPS 720 with Vista Ultimate, after a
week
of trying I`ve give up. Partitioned the drive today and after burning
the
raid driver I required started to load my old XP disc, pressed F6 for
third
party driver and when it asked me to press "S" to install drivers it
kept
saying place the floppy in drive A .
I do not have a floppy drive so unless someone has any ideas it looks
like
I
shall have to switch off raid. Anybody know how???

Purchase an external USB floppy drive. Check to see if you can find
the XP drivers for your Dell. If not you might run into other problems.





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