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Windows Installation without CD

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silverferro

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I have a semi faulty samsung cdrw drive which some times opens the try half way through usage and no reply what so ever from samsung to my repeated emails🙁 .
I want to install windowsXP from a hard drive. The problem is I don't know how to get to command prompt like in win98/ME to navigate to the folder and start the setup for WinXP.

I don't have a floppy drive in my machine.

1) I have a seperate partition on my drive with the winxp setup files on it.

2) I do however also have an extrenal USB hardrive with the winxp setup files.


Is it possible to install windows from any of the above storages other then a floppy or CD?
 
I've been through it all! Instaling XP frm HDD is not so easy!

1. You absolutely must have a floppy drive to boot up your comp. Otherwise, make a bootable cd from the floppy but you need the files of the floppy anyway.

2. You'll have to search/download the file "smartdrv.exe", put it on the floppy drive / CD and put it in the floppy's autoexec.bat so that it runs every time u boot using the floppy or CD. The file enables HD Caching thus simplifying and speeding up the copy process.

3. Go to the I386 folder in your WinXP folder when u have booted frm the CD / floppy (Hope u know DOS! ;-) ) and simply run the file "winnt.exe" and all should go well!

Hope this info helped you!
 
I've been through it all! Instaling XP frm HDD is not so easy!

1. You absolutely must have a floppy drive to boot up your comp. Otherwise, make a bootable cd from the floppy but you need the files of the floppy anyway.

2. You'll have to search/download the file "smartdrv.exe", put it on the floppy drive / CD and put it in the floppy's autoexec.bat so that it runs every time u boot using the floppy or CD. The file enables HD Caching thus simplifying and speeding up the copy process.

3. Go to the I386 folder in your WinXP folder when u have booted frm the CD / floppy (Hope u know DOS! ;-) ) and simply run the file "winnt.exe" and all should go well!

Hope this info helped you!
 
pxe boot it into dos and install, or setup an RIS server (I dont' use RIS, bucause I PXE boot and unattended through my altiris server)
 
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