What's the easiest way to install XP?

[Kung Lau]

From a brand new HD and CDRom and Win98SE floppy.


Cannot boot from CD
(Don't know if drive or bios doesn't support it)

 

[Elledan]

If it's the full version of XP, boot from the CD (if your PC supports it). Otherwise boot with the bootfloppy and start winnt.exe, which is located in the /i386 folder on the CD.

 

[aircooled]

format the HD, set the bios to boot from CD, insert the XP CD, and follow the screen instructions. Easiest MS install yet!

 

[Rand]

Well if your system doesnt support booting from the CDROM then pop in a bootable floppy disk and run winnt.exe from the /I386 directory on the XP CD.

 

[Kung Lau]

Ok, I tried it earlier, but it said I could not install from DOS mode.

Maybe I did something wrong. Will try again in a couple hours.

Thanks

 

[ketchupdog]

What kind of board are you using? Boards nowadays support CDrom boot. Maybe you need to upgrade.

 

[Kung Lau]

Ok, I got it to boot from floppy and copy the files from the cd-rom.
When it restarts and starts the actual setup routine, it freezes when copying files. (gm.dls in particular) Anyone else have this problem?