How do I install XP over LAN?

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Hi,

I need to re-install XP Home on a laptop, but the CD drive is broken and
there is no floppy drive. I also cannot boot from USB.

The laptop's BIOS supports booting from LAN and has a PXE enabled network
card. My desktop system has a Netgear router which uses DHCP and I have TFTP
server software. It seems like I'm all set, but my question is I don't know
which files I need to copy from the XP Home CD - do I just copy the entire CD
into the TFTP server root? If so, when I boot from LAN will the installation
operate in the same way as if I were running the installation from a CD?

Thanks in advance for any advice.
 
Jay73 said:
Hi,

I need to re-install XP Home on a laptop, but the CD drive is broken and
there is no floppy drive. I also cannot boot from USB.

The laptop's BIOS supports booting from LAN and has a PXE enabled network
card. My desktop system has a Netgear router which uses DHCP and I have TFTP
server software. It seems like I'm all set, but my question is I don't know
which files I need to copy from the XP Home CD - do I just copy the entire CD
into the TFTP server root? If so, when I boot from LAN will the installation
operate in the same way as if I were running the installation from a CD?

Thanks in advance for any advice.
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You need to have an active RIS server on the network. It is impractical
to set this up in a home environment. You need to fix the CD drive.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=RIS+server&btnG=Search


Malke
 
If you have XP running in some form, just copy over the contents of
the XP setup disk and then run the I386\WINNT32.EXE file
 
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