Windows XP on SATA drive

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What's the secret to installing XP on a serial drive? I have a computer with
no floppy but plenty of USB ports. I have a small usb floppy reader that has
a disk in it with Intel's SATA storage drivers (IHC9). I'm trying to go from
Vista (came installed on my computer) to a fresh install of XP Pro but when
I boot with a slipstreamed SP2 disk, it reads the floppy SATA drivers with
no problem (I think) then loads more files from the CD and I get to where at
the bottom the setup says "Windows will now start" or something to that
effect. I then get the blue screen of death with 2 error codes: 1)
0x0000007B and 2) 0XF78D2524. I've searched the web for these codes but I
think my floppy has the necessary drivers.

Gateway 5478
Intel G33 m/b
1 IDE input I use for my CD/DVD
4 serial inputs that I use for 2 x 250 gig WD Serial drives
4 gig memory
GeForce 8500GT video card
1 Siig parallel port (because my computer has no parallel por and I won't
let go of my HP laserJet 2100xi printer (excellent printer))
 
jimrx4 said:
What's the secret to installing XP on a serial drive? I have a computer
with no floppy but plenty of USB ports. I have a small usb floppy reader
that has a disk in it with Intel's SATA storage drivers (IHC9). I'm trying
to go from Vista (came installed on my computer) to a fresh install of XP
Pro but when I boot with a slipstreamed SP2 disk, it reads the floppy SATA
drivers with no problem (I think) then loads more files from the CD and I
get to where at the bottom the setup says "Windows will now start" or
something to that effect. I then get the blue screen of death with 2 error
codes: 1) 0x0000007B and 2) 0XF78D2524. I've searched the web for these
codes but I think my floppy has the necessary drivers.

Gateway 5478
Intel G33 m/b
1 IDE input I use for my CD/DVD
4 serial inputs that I use for 2 x 250 gig WD Serial drives
4 gig memory
GeForce 8500GT video card
1 Siig parallel port (because my computer has no parallel por and I won't
let go of my HP laserJet 2100xi printer (excellent printer))
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Is your USB floppy disk supported, see MS KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916196/en-us

An alternative would be to integrate the SATA drivers into a new XP
installation disk.
 
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