Re: Unable to install XP Pro - BlueScreen!

Keep in mind that this is a Windows XP group, the answers here don't necessarily apply to other NT versions. Vista setup will accept the drivers on a media source other than the floppy drive. But prior to Vista you *must* supply the drivers on a floppy diskette, the setup program will not accept them on any other media source.

John

Gary S. Terhune wrote:

Geez! Not even in Vista? What dark recess of some Pakistani cave were the poor Vista Setup programmers stuck in when floppies essentially became obsolete, how many years ago was it?

I suppose you can't even load them onto the HD, either? Makes the whole F6 procedure pretty much worthless.

Yup, Vista and damned near everything else out of MS in the last five years just proves what I said earlier. They oughta fire everyone from middle-management up to the CEO.

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