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Old 07-05-2003, 07:29 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Install XP with no cd ?
How do i install XP with no cd...

Its for a cd romless laptop , I have copied all the files to the h/d also enough dos to get around, It has a setup.exe but wont run from dos.....

Any clues for me????

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Old 07-05-2003, 07:49 PM   #2 (permalink)
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aahhh darn it double post
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Don't know about XP but win2kpro you could use 4 floppies to boot the setup. There is a make boot disk or something like that on the cd.
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yeah...here's some info on how to install using floppies.
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

also you can go into the i386 folder and run winnt.exe, that should start up the install
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I suppose an alternate option if you had the resources would be to either hook up an external hard drive or a networked hard drive and use Norton Ghost to clone an XP install onto your laptop
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Old 07-05-2003, 08:12 PM   #6 (permalink)
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yah you can make the boot disk, but what good would those do as you still need the info off the cd

best bet is to get an external cd-rom
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If the laptop hasn't a CD ROM, I'd use Windows 98SE!
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