"davlyn" <dav***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have just upgraded to a Dell XPS 720 which arrived with Vista Ultimate
> installed. I can1t use half of my programs properly so decided to
> partition
> the drive and put XPPro back on until Microsoft sort out all the bugs with
> software.
> I have a Raid 0 configuration of 1.35 TB which I roughly split into to
> drives. Now comes the problem in the past I have loaded XP with third
> party
> drivers.No problem. Dell in their wisdom do not fit a floppy drive
> anymore.
> I have tried to load the drivers after pressing F6 with memory stick but
> XP
> keeps saying "Place the drivers in Drive A:
> Help please does anybody know a way to get this changed to a cdrom drive
> or
> USB, or any other way it can be done. I`ve tried "slipstreaming my drivers
> on
> to the XP disc but all I ended up with are 7 coasters!!
> Any advice would be much appreciated