Re: Installing windows XP over a network


"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:enH2q7Y3FHA.632@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> He doesn't have a CD drive? He can't get to the desktop! How is he going
to
> install ANY program on the computer aside from the operating system?
>
> Somthin ain't rite!

Re-read the post:

>> >"I had installed windows XP
>> > onto it and now I have to erase it and reinstall it due to a couple of
>> > virus issues which do not allow me to get to the desktop."

He may have a partially broken XP install currently.
How broken, we do not know.

But if he can still access network shares he can
do what I posted earlier - he can map a shared
CD drive to get the I386 directory. Copy the directory
TO the laptop FROM another machine on the network.

I guess we're lacking some info here - and NONE of
us has suggested safe mode to this guy -

How far do you get in the bootup process? What
EXACTLY do you see when it's done? Can you get
to Safe Mode?

>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "V Green" <vanceg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OQ6J09X3FHA.2432@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:%23gUsbyX3FHA.3900@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> What do you mean "I have the copy of windows XP"? Don't you have the
> >> original CD?
> >>
> >> Get an external CD drive. There is no way you are going to install
> >> without
> >> one.
> >
> > Er, not entirely true...
> >
> > If his existing XP install is still working well
> > enough to see the network, he can copy the I386
> > folder from the CD over to his HD and do a
> > new install to a differently named directory.
> >
> > You will NOT be able to reformat if you do this,
> > though - just have a "fresh" XP install - which may
> > be all that you really need.
> >
> > Course, if you are having virus issues, you will
> > have to make sure that the copied directory isn't
> > going to be affected by it.
> >
> > Have to copy other relevant stuff over as well - any
> > proprietary drivers for the laptop, and any needed
> > driver for the network card.
> >
> > Once the new install is up and running and you
> > can connect to the network, RENAME (do NOT delete
> > just yet) the OLD XP install directory, and reboot.
> >
> > If your new install continues to run OK (do some testing
> > here), DELETE the renamed directory containing the old
> > install. You may want to keep it for awhile though, in
> > case there's something you need in it (watch for virus
> > issues).
> >
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Richard Urban
> >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> >>
> >> Quote from George Ankner:
> >> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> >> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
> >>
> >> <deanburns@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:1130694587.819815.281780@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Hello everyone, This is a challenge to me. I have a laptop computer
> >> > that has no CD drive and no floppy drive. I had installed windows XP
> >> > onto it and now I have to erase it and reinstall it due to a couple
of
> >> > virus issues which do not allow me to get to the desktop. It was time
> >> > for me to reformat it and do the install again anyway.I have the copy
> >> > of windows XP so I can reinstall it and I do have a network card to
> >> > connect it to another computer. The issue is, If I reformat the
drive,
> >> > will I have networking capabilities? Or can I do a complete install
> >> > with just the CD on another computer? Remember I have no floppy or CD
> >> > rom drive. Any help would be appreciated..
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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