Installing Raid drivers using a USB key

racing87stang

Anyone done this before? I don't have a usable floppy. And Im too cheap to go buy more when all I ever use them for is this stupid F6 screen.

I have a very good 512mb USB key. Windows Recognizes this as drive f. Removable drive.

I need to reinstall my windows MCE on my rig, I have a Highpoint Raid 2310 card running dual WD Raptor 150's and dual WD wd4000yr 400gb drives both in stripe arrays.

So has anyone done or heard of booting a windows installation F6 using a USB key instead of a Floppy?

I have a A8N-SLI Premium board.

Thanks fellas
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

You don't have one out of another computer in the house you can grab and use for the 10 minutes?
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racing87stang · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:09 pm Post subject:

Nope. I have a USB drive. But Im lazy and short on cash to go buy a box of 10 floppys where only 2 of em will work.
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sickofsoyo · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject:

BLEH... windows Mistake Edition...

why not upgrade to XP?

but yeah, your stuck on needing the floppy, tried it once.
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sickofsoyo · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject:

oh whoops, MCE... not ME,

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racing87stang · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject:

I was looking into slipstreaming the driver into the installation. Anyone know how to do that? I was looking at the program N-lite.

Anything you guys can help me with in that department?
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I would google it, should be a way to include it.
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racing87stang · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:53 pm Post subject:

Okay I made a slipstreamed disk. Wish me luck you guys.,
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racing87stang · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:21 am Post subject:

Okay ive gone through 2 discs so far, First was a bad burn (bad settings I mean)

Second disc booted correctly but the autorun was fried.

third try now with NO autorun (ill enter my key manually and sit here )

Wish me luck. If this doesnt work Im going to bed.
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any luck?!?!
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racing87stang · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject:

well no luck on the third disk, I finally got to reading about using nLite. I set it up, removed components I dont use, and well... using that program also burned the disk, and Voila!!! She boots. Just fine. Drivers installed very easily.

I tried a method from maximum pc where I have to write and edit sif files, and such.

Each attempt had something wrong with it.

nLite writes it all for you so you basically select what you want and Bam follow the steps. I highly recommend it.
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Xal · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:55 pm Post subject:

Good to hear

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racing87stang · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject:

I have a wierd bug thats making me put my disc in everytime I install something. That and my graphics drivers are really buggy. Don't know but Imma buckle down and pull out my floppy and buy some disks...

This is gonna blow
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racing87stang · Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:14 am Post subject:

OKay all is good now, seems that my updates took care of it.

Try to make sure you update everything or add that to the slipstreamed disc.

Other than that. Its all good.
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