XP: Install Windows from a Bootable Floppy Disc
Contributed by AlexTheBeast 
Tagged: Windows installation This recipe describes the mechanism for installing XP if you do not have bootable CD-ROM.
Microsoft assumed that everybody that installed XP would have a bootable CD-ROM. Well, if you don’t have any working drivers, previously you were in trouble.
Now Microsoft has developed a mechanism to help you.
The downloadable programs are designed to be placed on floppies. Once these floppies are booted and installed, they attempt to take control of your CD-ROM so that you can complete your XP installation.
Install the service pack editions if you CD-ROM states that it already includes the service pack on your installation CD-ROM. These boot discs are not interchangeable so make sure you get the correct one.
Update–This support document from Microsoft now contains the latest, updated information.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994
This describes creating a boot floppy for an installation. If you need a boot floppy in XP for other reasons try the following tech-recipe:
Make a Boot Disc in 2k/XP
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Tom said on October 27, 2008
Iv’e got a Toshiba M200, doesn’t have a floppy drive and my CD won’t boot. But i do have the ability to boot to SD card. Wonder if i copied all the boot files ( for all 6 disks) to the SD card if it would work…..
Anonymous said on August 17, 2009
u dont even need these floppy content to boot from sd card.just use multibootusb10.cmd to completely install from sd card or even pen drive