Ahci driver without floppy

 · Now I switched the Bios setting back to Raid AHCI and started the XP setup. Be sure to press F6 during setup, because you need to load the AHCI controller drivers (can be found on the Dell resource CD). XP asks to load drivers from floppy A: And voila now the setup will continue. Formatting/Partitioning gives you the full amount of diskspace.  · Now, can someone point me to Intel's driver for AHCI? I don't need the Intel Matrix Storage Console because I am not doing RAID, unless that is the only way to get the AHCI driver. I believe there should be a driver download to floppy that would be for AHCI--but I don't know which driver, and how to install during Windows 7 installation.  · Installing RAID AHCI Drivers without a Diskette Drive. If you are using Windows XP*, the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver must be loaded during the operating system installation using the F6 installation method. This step is required in order to install an operating system onto a hard drive or RAID volume, when in RAID mode, or onto a hard drive when in AHCI mode.

Here are 2 ways to integrate the SATA drivers into your Windows XP CD allowing installation without the need of a floppy drive. 1: Integrate SATA drivers using nLite This first method uses the update and driver integrating tool nLite to add the drivers to the Windows XP CD. Now, can someone point me to Intel's driver for AHCI? I don't need the Intel Matrix Storage Console because I am not doing RAID, unless that is the only way to get the AHCI driver. I believe there should be a driver download to floppy that would be for AHCI--but I don't know which driver, and how to install during Windows 7 installation. Can anyone tell me if I order a new without a floppy drive if the Windows xp sp2 disk provided by Dell will allow the installation of the RAID/AHCI drivers on a reformat without extracting the drivers to disk? I'm about to purchase and would like to avoid the floppy drive if possible. PM. Spend the $12 and get a floppy drive.

In the case that you have a HDD without an OS installed and set "SATA Connect the keyboard and the floppy disk drive with the main unit and turn it on. Depending on the motherboard chipset SATA controller, these ports may be configured in the BIOS to operate in IDE, RAID, or AHCI mode. On a Windows® based. However today there are many computers with USB ports and CD/DVD drive, but without floppy drive. This article explains how to use USB thumbdrive instead of F6.