Comments | zosimos: Windows XP is a godsend

zosimos

Windows XP is a godsend

Mar 30, 2008 22:08

What is statements that are never uttered unless going from Vista or Windows ME ( Read more... )

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fergusop March 31 2008, 12:14:26 UTC

Yes! I am no longer the only person I know who needed a 3.5 inch floppy disk to finish my Windows XP installation! I needed one to install the drivers for my raid controller, which for whatever reason could ONLY be installed from a floppy disk.

zosimos April 1 2008, 03:27:22 UTC

I honestly have no clue whatsoever why this is the case for some drivers. Why can't you just use a DVD/USB drive? Do theycjust hate modern computers and the destruction of their beloved floppy?

fergusop April 1 2008, 14:50:24 UTC

In my case I think it was because the RAID drivers had to be installed before anything else. Which I guess makes sense seeing as how the RAID needs to be setup so that Windows can then be installed onto it... but if my BIOS can fucking boot from a CD I demand to know why I needed the fucking floppy drive.

zosimos April 2 2008, 02:28:07 UTC

My own installation has recently come across a hiccup, the audio drivers seem to have a problem with when they were installed, which may mean I have to do everything again.

crusadeofashes April 1 2008, 02:15:25 UTC

I'm reminded of this article: Upgrading to Windows XP.

zosimos April 1 2008, 03:28:24 UTC

That's pretty amusing.