Press F6 to install third party drivers

[rcp_UK_XPHOME_USER]

I'm reading that I should have installed my Motherboard chipset drivers
BEFORE installing Windows.
I don't have a floppy disk but a Motherboard Utilities CD
Can I insert the CD instead of a floppy disk or is it a case that I have to
install Windows XP so that I can make a floppy disk then re-install Windows
using the floppy disk?
I notice that the optical drives (Pioneer DVDR master Asus DVD slave) are
detected and listed before my hard drive (Maxtor 6Y080M0) is this normal or
do I need to tinker with BIOS which I want naturally wish to avoid?

[Jan Hyde (VB MVP)]

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[Dave Patrick]

Generally applies only to the controller driver. Install the mobo chipset
after GUI mode portion of setup is complete. To do a clean install, boot the
Windows XP install CD-Rom. Setup inspects your computer's hardware
configuration and then begins to install the setup and driver files. When
the Windows XP Professional screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows XP
Professional.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows XP CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very important (at
setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller
detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be
prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows XP driver for your
drive controller in drive "A")

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows XP Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

Be sure to apply SP2 or at least these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

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