Re: How do we install Win 2000 with no floppy drive?

"StargateFan" wrote:
| Woops re "apply these to your new install before connecting to any
| network" ... does that mean the internet, too? I'm going to dl those
| files now, thanks.
* Yes especially the internet, if you're not properly firewalled then you'll
be infected with blaster and or sasser within minutes.


| p.s., my initial question _still_ stands: how do we install WIN2K
| _without_ a floppy drive?? New computers come without these. My old
| dinosaur is fine here at home as it's old enough to have one. I
| naturally figured out how to make the boot disks when I installed
| initially but what prompted the concern is how new computers just
| don't have these anymore.
* My answer still stands ;) Always best to boot the CD-Rom.



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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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