Re: Setup XP from Hard Drive?
From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/07/04
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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:50:30 -0400
Or would require that the boot floppy be able to read and execute commands
from an NTFS disk.
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfsdospro.shtml
-- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby! http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org "Michael Stevens" <Mstevens@bogusmvps.org> wrote in message news:OCiXNdOTEHA.3596@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > modelingfrog wrote: > > go to format a floppy and put a check in create Dos Boot disk. > > you will be able to boot into an NTFS drive this way. > > > If the i386 folder is located on a NTFS partition, it will be unavailable > using the DOS boot disk. > The partition would need to be FAT formatted. > -- > > Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP > xpnews@bogusmichaelstevenstech.com > http://michaelstevenstech.com > For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader. > http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm > > > "Ed H" <w.whatkey@comcast.net> wrote in message > > news:unyYbDJTEHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > >> Hope you're still reading this thread! Could you guide me through a > >> bit more? I don't have a floppy except an older Win 98 start up > >> disk. I prefer using NTFS, how do I deal with that and what would be > >> the procedure, any links if you do not have the time? > >> > >> Thanks again, > >> -- > >> Ed H > >> Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Home SP1 > >> 60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz. > >> > >> > >> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message > >> news:%23FtdRzHTEHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > >>> Hi Ed, > >>> > >>> If you copy the CD to the hard drive, you will need some way of > >>> accessing it there. In Win98, you would use a boot floppy that > >>> provided a means of invoking the setup files. In WinXP, this is > >>> generally accomplished by booting the CD. If there is no operating > >>> system loaded on the system, to run something off the drive, you > >>> would, at the very least, have to have some way of loading simple > >>> machine language instructions so that when you tell it to run a > >>> .exe file, it would know what to do. A computer interprets > >>> instructions given it by the operating system that is loaded (even > >>> a boot floppy is basically a simple OS), it would not know what to > >>> do with files otherwise. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Best of Luck, > >>> > >>> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows > >>> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby! > >>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ > >>> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone > >>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > >>> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org > >>> > >>> "Ed H" <w.whatkey@comcast.net> wrote in message > >>> news:eq%237iRDTEHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > >>>> I was hoping not to use a floppy and I would copy the CD to another > >>>> partition 'D:' and install it to 'C:' I don't know how to get the > >>>> process going though. I know how to install XP once I get started. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> -- > >>>> Ed H > >>>> Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Home SP1 > >>>> 60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message > >>>> news:ObLUnMBTEHA.3660@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> Copy the I386 folder to the hard drive from the CD to have the > >>>>> same access, except you will not be able to access it from a boot > >>>>> floppy unless you are running in FAT32. Running it from the hard > >>>>> drive precludes the ability to format during setup (or you'll > >>>>> wipe out the very files you need to reinstall). This applied to > >>>>> Win98 as well. > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Best of Luck, > >>>>> > >>>>> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows > >>>>> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby! > >>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ > >>>>> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone > >>>>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > >>>>> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org > >>>>> > >>>>> "Ed H" <w.whatkey@comcast.net> wrote in message > >>>>> news:O5kPV$ATEHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > >>>>>> Under Win 98, I kept a copy of the Win 98 folder on my HD and > >>>>>> when I would format and install Win 98, I would type in 'E:\Win > >>>>>> 98\Setup.exe' and away we went. Can I format\install Win XP > >>>>>> likewise? Sure beats that whining CD drive. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thank you, > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Ed H > >>>>>> Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Home SP1 > >>>>>> 60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz. > > >
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