ok basically i need help installing an adaptec 39160 scsi card driver so i can put windows XP on a scsi hard drive. the problem is that the motherboard does not have a slot for a floppy drive. sounds crazy huh. i've checked 3 times and compared the board against the pics that are online and there is no slot for a floppy drive on my motherboard. so i don't know what to do, because it looks like i need a floppy drive in order to install a scsi hard drive drivers so that windows OS can recognize the HD, and therefore i can installl XP on the scsi hard drive. is there a way around this? is there a way i can get windows to look for the drivers on a cd rom? i don't think that is possible as that screen never comes up. it just looks for a floppy drive. do you think i could do it with a USB floppy drive? any help would be appreciated. please post if you know. thanks

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Can't believe it. I know floppies are out of flavour now but no having an option is a bit ominous. Personally I'm a bit old school and take a crumb of comfort from being able to boot from a floppy in a dire emergency, spose I'll grow out of it eventually lol. Which MOBO is it so I'll know to steer well clear ! I would hope a USB floppy will work for you or possibly an external USB HD if you have access to such a thing. Do post back with what you find as this is a subject which is increasingly cropping up in relation to SATA drivers.

go to intel.com http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/ag/index.htm it is the D915GAG the pic shows it having a floppy input. mine does not have it.

Like you say that board has one but you say yours dont. I can find several things on the internet that tell how to do it supposedly but sounds to complicated for me to do! And what a hassle! If it were me and it was a must I had the scsi card I would shop around and find me a new board that supports the ram and processor you have and jerk that board out and put me in one that I knew would do what I wanted. Save that board to sell to a hated friend! Boards are really pretty cheap and could probably be a lot less hastle. Oh yeah lots of the things I read on the internet say that the usb drives wouldnt work. Girls just wanna have fun! Im out to help them all I can!

Strange because I've been to several sites and read about the D915GAG and they all say Floppy support so quite why yours hasn't got it I can't imagine. This picture clearly shows it: http://store1.yimg.com/I/amamax_1830_50562670 Unfortunately this appears to be a newish and relatively expensive MOBO so doing as doc suggests is probably a non starter. If you bought it recently yourself, any chance you could return it as sold misrepresented ? Might even be worth complaining to Intel but don't hold your breath .

does no one know how to bypass this problem? if i can't do it with a USB floppy then my only way is cd rom. does anyone know how i can do this?