Quote Originally Posted by blackhat
I've run into this alot. I use a Win98 start disk which loads enough "stuff" to give you cd-rom support. Load the OS, Then take out everything the Start Disc loaded that you dont want. DRB
Well, he says its windows xp I he is trying to install.

Someone also suggested to download winxp and copy it over to four floppy discs, and use those to install the os. Could that be worth trying?