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Cheers for the help guys, I had added the line under the wrong SCSI driver, it has now worked a treat and I have XP installed on the machine.

Thanks Jaclaz, I have given option 1 a try but it doesn't seem to work. I amended the txtsetup.oem file with the lines at the very bottom. Is this correct? ; Copyright © 2003-10 Intel Corporation ;############################################################################# ;# ;# Filename: TXTSETUP.OEM ;# ;############################################################################# [Disks] disk1 = "Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver", iaStor.sys, \ [Defaults] scsi = iaStor_8ME9ME5 ;############################################################################# [scsi] ; iaAHCI.inf iaAHCI_ESB2 = "Intel® ESB2 SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_7RDH = "Intel® ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_7MMDH = "Intel® ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_8RDHDO = "Intel® ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_8MEM = "Intel® ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_9RDODH = "Intel® ICH9R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_9MEM = "Intel® ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_10DDO = "Intel® ICH10D/DO SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_10R = "Intel® ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_5 = "Intel® 5 Series 4 Port SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_5_1 = "Intel® 5 Series 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_5_1_1 = "Intel® 5 Series/3400 Series SATA AHCI Controller" ; iaStor.inf iaStor_ESB2 = "Intel® ESB2 SATA RAID Controller" iaStor_7RDH = "Intel® ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller" iaStor_7MDH = "Intel® ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller" iaStor_8R9R10RDO5 = "Intel® ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/5 Series/3400 Series SATA RAID Controller" iaStor_8ME9ME5 = "Intel® ICH8M-E/ICH9M-E/5 Series SATA RAID Controller" ;############################################################################# ; iaAHCI.inf [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_ESB2] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_7RDH] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_7MMDH] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_8RDHDO] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_8MEM] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_9RDODH] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_9MEM] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_10DDO] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_10R] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_5] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_5_1] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_5_1_1] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat ; iaStor.inf [Files.scsi.iaStor_ESB2] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaStor.inf catalog = disk1, iaStor.cat [Files.scsi.iaStor_7RDH] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaStor.inf catalog = disk1, iaStor.cat [Files.scsi.iaStor_7MDH] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaStor.inf catalog = disk1, iaStor.cat [Files.scsi.iaStor_8R9R10RDO5] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaStor.inf catalog = disk1, iaStor.cat [Files.scsi.iaStor_8ME9ME5] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaStor.inf catalog = disk1, iaStor.cat ;############################################################################# [Config.iaStor] value = "", tag, REG_DWORD, 1b value = "", ErrorControl, REG_DWORD, 1 value = "", Group, REG_SZ, "SCSI Miniport" value = "", Start, REG_DWORD, 0 value = "", Type, REG_DWORD, 1 ;############################################################################# ; iaAHCI.inf [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_ESB2] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2681&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_7RDH] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_7MMDH] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C5&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_8RDHDO] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2821&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_8MEM] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_9RDODH] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2922&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_9MEM] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2929&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_10DDO] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A02&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_10R] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A22&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_5] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B29&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_5_1] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B2F&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_5_1_1] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B22&CC_0106","iaStor" ; iaStor.inf [HardwareIds.scsi.iaStor_ESB2] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682&CC_0104","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaStor_7RDH] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaStor_7MDH] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C6&CC_0104","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaStor_8R9R10RDO5] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaStor_8ME9ME5] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_282A&CC_0104","iaStor" #--The following lines give additional USB floppy support id = "USB\VID_0409&PID_0040", "usbstor" #--Freecom

Hello I'm hoping someone can help me.......... I purchased a Dell Optiplex XE Desktop but accidentally ordered Windows 7 and not XP as the software that runs on the machine needs XP. Unfortunately Dell won't send me the XP recovery disk for the machine. I have a copy of Windows XP but the problem I have is that when I put the CD in the machine and begin the install process, it asks me to insert a floppy drive with the SCSI driver. The machine doesn't have a floppy drive, I have tried plugging in a USB floppy drive but at this point in the install process it doesn't have a USB driver and so doesn't recognise it. How can I install XP without the use of a floppy drive? I have heard there is software to migrate the OS and drivers onto one CD but where and what software exactly do I need?