Do i need a floppy drive to set up a raid card

[UK_MADMONSTA]

Im thinking of setting up raid 0 using this controller card https://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spe ... 105715&P=1 (https://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?ada-105715&P=1) and 2 of these hard drives https://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spe ... MAX-PS2160 (https://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?MAX-PS2160)

Now iv looked at the documentation
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/sa ... AR-1210SA/ (http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/sata/sata/AAR-1210SA/)
for installing this controler card and it says i have to creat a bootable floppy disc from the CDrom provided problem is i dont have a floppy drive installed is there a way round this.
Can i creat a bootable CDrom instead?

[Nox]

are you planning on installing your OS on the RAID or just have it in addition to your current setup ?

btw, either answer is no, you don't *need* a floppy drive, but its a right pain without one if you reinstalling your OS, much easier to buy one infact...

Nox

[Nox]

(it involves slipstreaming your drivers into your XP install CD)

Nox

[UK_MADMONSTA]

OK cheers

Ill probably do a clean install putting os and games on raid and use exsiting hdd for music pictures and stuff.

Ill borrow a floppy drive off a m8 just to get up and running if its a xxxx to set up with out.

Thanks for the help :)

[Nox]

yeah, you have a choice:

borrow a floopy drive off a mate and plug it in for 5 mins

or take your xp cd, copy it to your hd, slipstream in your drivers, reburn it, getting the boot part working, then redo it 3 times as it didn't quite work for some reason, and for a stupid reason :)

Nox

[UK_MADMONSTA]

lol cheers M8

Also if im installing os onto the new raid set up when and how do i format my exsisting hdd witch obviously already has windows on.

Is it a case of leaving exsisting os installed then installing new os on new drives then putting windows disc in and formating old drive or do i have to do somthing first

[Nox]

if your new OS is going on the raid disks and you're plugging in your extra disk seperately - doesnt matter when.

Nox