Re: clean install without cdrom

"xPLaR" <xPLaR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>i have a laptop with a floppy and en external usb cdrom. the cdrom isnt being
>recognized by the win xp setup. ive also tried some of the modded win 98
>bootdisks with usb cd rom support but they all say there is no usb cd rom
>installed. the laptop came to me formatted otherwise i would have done the
>install from windows. i also have a win 2003 server that i have RIS setup on.
>ive never used it so im not sure what im doing but the diagnostics say its
>working. only prob is when i use the bootdisk on the laptop the dhcp times
>out. any ideas on how to get the cd rom to work or the RIS thing to work are
>greatly appreciated.

Are your Windows 98 and Windows 2003 machines networked?

If so then you could insert the CD into the Windows 2003 machine and
copy the entire i386 folder to a new folder of the same name on the
Windows 98 machine.

Then you could run the setup.exe program from the i386 folder to
install XP.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
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