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JB
Is there a way to install Win XP on a blank hard disk if your system
won't boot from CD?
won't boot from CD?
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Dave C.
JB said:Is there a way to install Win XP on a blank hard disk if your system
won't boot from CD?
Boot from floppy and run setup? -Dave
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Jan Alter
You can download Bill Gates' XP setup disks when you can't get your machine
to start from a CD. It will load CD drivers and then you can run the rest of
the installation from the XP CD. I tried it myself and it works. Makes 6
floppies
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=55820EDB-5039-4955-BCB7-4FED408EA73F
to start from a CD. It will load CD drivers and then you can run the rest of
the installation from the XP CD. I tried it myself and it works. Makes 6
floppies
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=55820EDB-5039-4955-BCB7-4FED408EA73F
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DaveW
No.
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Allen_L
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David Maynard
JB said:Is there a way to install Win XP on a blank hard disk if your system
won't boot from CD?
You can download the XP install floppies from MS
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=55820EDB-5039-4955-BCB7-4FED408EA73F
Or, an easier solution might be to check your BIOS to see what the boot
settings are and change it to boot from the CD first if it's not already.
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Conor
Please kindly go away and come back when you've learnt something.
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Conor
Boot with any bootable floppy that has CDROM support. www.bootdisk.comIs there a way to install Win XP on a blank hard disk if your system
won't boot from CD?
has a good collection. A Win98 startup disk will do.
Also some computers will boot from CDROM butonly when the BIOS setting
for the IDE channel it is on set to auto.