Windows XP Pro setup issue...

[Reece]

Create them and get ready - only to hook up his machine - and find that he doesnt have a floppy drive. URGH!!!

Just install a floppy drive, they cost $20 or rip the one out of his old machine, even if you just hang it out the side, will get you by! One of the main problems you will run into however is partitioning the new drive, old XP will only recognize partitions to 130gb IIRC, there are ways around it but not that easy, what I did was to install XP regardless then do a ghost backup, then restore to a "Drive" (not partition) and it will ghost to 500gb drives etc!
Have fun!