Re: Install winXP w/o CD ROM

<jameshanley39@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1178047600.587170.49280@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 1 May, 04:03, "Rock" <R...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<jameshanle...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote





> On 30 Apr, 13:19, "AJS" <newsgr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> My laptop (P3, 500Mhz) had an external CD ROM drive which I lost.
>> I did the following to install XP:
>> I moved the HD from this Laptop, inserted it to another Laptop, >> installed
>> XP
>> on it and then put it back.
>> When I turned on the laptop it will not boot only gives choices >> between
>> "Save Mode" etc. and whatever I chose it went back to that screen.
>> How can I install XP without a CD ROM?
>> Thanks,
>> AJS

> I'd be very suprised if it's not possible. I'm sure i've done it.

> You copy the win xp setup cd from CDROM to HDD.

> Then you run the setup installation file.

> Fairly obvious really. People did similar with win98 sometimes too.
> running setup.exe
> With Win XP or Win NT generally, the setup installation file probably
> just has a different name.

> If anybody dismisses it without trying it first, they're idiots.

To do that you need a CD ROM. He asked how to do it without one.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]-

I didn't read the whole body.

But his subject mentioned "install winXP w/o CDROM". And he has a
laptop. So I guess his laptop doesn't have a CDROM and that's the
problem. I'm sure his friends have a CDROM. They can transfer the
windows setup files onto the Hard drive of his laptop.
Then he installs Win XP Off HDD.

Or he can attach that CDROM USB externally, he can copy the files onto
his HDD. THen he can install Win XP off HDD.

Or, in the even that he can boot off USB, then I suppose he can boot
and install off CDROM.

Taking the strictest definition of what he means. It's installing win
xp off the CDROM. And that reflects an understandable problem. Not
having a CDROM.

I suppose maybe he could boot off a USB key and install it off that.
If he can boot off USB.


Yeah his fix is simple.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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