My rarely used Windows install has been nuked somehow - actually, it appears the partition has been nuked, and I suspect ntfs-3g has done it...
Either way, I need to reinstall it, but my machine has a sole SATA HDD, and no floppy drive. The restore CD from the maker (yes, I actually store-bought a PC, bad me...) dies on a black screen before it even gets to where I'd expect the "hit F6 to load extra RAID/SCSI" drivers - I thought this was because I'd wiped the restore partition, but on looking at the CDs contents, its actually a full Windows CD. Windows 2003 does the exact same, hangs on a black screen during loading the CD.
anyway, assuming I find my original XP disks, is there any way I can get them to see my SATA drive without use of a floppy disk? I can reimage a disk with drivers, etc, if needed.
Either way, I need to reinstall it, but my machine has a sole SATA HDD, and no floppy drive. The restore CD from the maker (yes, I actually store-bought a PC, bad me...) dies on a black screen before it even gets to where I'd expect the "hit F6 to load extra RAID/SCSI" drivers - I thought this was because I'd wiped the restore partition, but on looking at the CDs contents, its actually a full Windows CD. Windows 2003 does the exact same, hangs on a black screen during loading the CD.
anyway, assuming I find my original XP disks, is there any way I can get them to see my SATA drive without use of a floppy disk? I can reimage a disk with drivers, etc, if needed.