OT: WinXP alternative install methods

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Amiman

Sorry about the OT post, but I read this group most
often and there must be a lot of people here who can
answer what must be a very basic question. Google
turns up too many results about WinXP installation.

I know how to install Windows XP after first installing
Win 98 or ME, either as an upgrade or as a fresh
installation for dual-boot operation. What other
methods are there besides restoring from Ghost or
OEM restoration CDs ? Which method, if any, is the
usual or 'standard' method ?
 
Amiman said:
Sorry about the OT post, but I read this group most
often and there must be a lot of people here who can
answer what must be a very basic question. Google
turns up too many results about WinXP installation.

I know how to install Windows XP after first installing
Win 98 or ME, either as an upgrade or as a fresh
installation for dual-boot operation. What other
methods are there besides restoring from Ghost or
OEM restoration CDs ? Which method, if any, is the
usual or 'standard' method ?
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You say after first installing 98 or ME. You can install to an empty drive
with an upgrade cd. It simply asks you to briefly insert the 98 or me cd to
prove you've got it.
 
Sorry about the OT post, but I read this group most
often and there must be a lot of people here who can
answer what must be a very basic question. Google
turns up too many results about WinXP installation.

I know how to install Windows XP after first installing
Win 98 or ME, either as an upgrade or as a fresh
installation for dual-boot operation. What other
methods are there besides restoring from Ghost or
OEM restoration CDs ? Which method, if any, is the
usual or 'standard' method ?
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Are there more details you're not mentioning, a particular
need?

Generally the "standard" method is to have a system with an
empty drive, boot to the windows CD and install it. If you
had a desire to use FAT32 filesystem or another drive (or
partition) you'd keep as FAT32 while using NTFS filesystem
for XP, then you could instead copy the XP files to a folder
on the FAT32 partition and install it from the hard drive.
I prefer that method as it is faster and XP then knows where
the files were, or at the least you don't need insert the CD
anymore, during OR after installation (during
post-installation, system setup/config).
 
kony said:
Are there more details you're not mentioning, a particular
need?
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OK, I'll come clean. I'm still using Win 98 but I'd installed
XP on a couple of friends' computers using a pirated copy
of Win XP Pro on a non-bootable CD. It wouldn't install
from DOS, so I installed 98 first and installed XP from
there. Was this because what they had (a copy of) was
an upgrade version of XP ?

The question came up because I had a friendly argument
in a forum about Chkdsk. Someone said that Chkdsk
does not run automatically after an improper shutdown
in XP, but it does on those computers where I installed
XP, and in fact, on others that I've seen. This someone
then suggested that it may be because XP was installed
from 98 on those computers. Can you please clarify this ?
 
OK, I'll come clean. I'm still using Win 98 but I'd installed
XP on a couple of friends' computers using a pirated copy
of Win XP Pro on a non-bootable CD.
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Don't do that, because:

A) It's stealing?
B) It's pirated
C) WinXP will install from DOS without a bootable CD- who
knows what else you're missing (Or was added to) that.
It wouldn't install
from DOS, so I installed 98 first and installed XP from
there. Was this because what they had (a copy of) was
an upgrade version of XP ?
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It could be anything, really. Could be hacked somehow,
could be an upgrade version (though it should've asked for
the other disc then, from what I've heard, and install).

Try a genuine licensed Windows disc. If you want to install
that from DOS and fail, perhaps you're running the wrong
executible. It should be /I386/winnt.exe
The question came up because I had a friendly argument
in a forum about Chkdsk. Someone said that Chkdsk
does not run automatically after an improper shutdown
in XP, but it does on those computers where I installed
XP, and in fact, on others that I've seen. This someone
then suggested that it may be because XP was installed
from 98 on those computers. Can you please clarify this ?
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I've seen it run on boxes that never had 98 on them.
 
kony said:
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:03:22 +0530, "Amiman"

Try a genuine licensed Windows disc. If you want to install
that from DOS and fail, perhaps you're running the wrong
executible. It should be /I386/winnt.exe
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Thanks. I tried to install it by running Setup.exe. IIRC, it
gave an error message to the effect that it needed to have
a previous version of Windows installed. It's all clear now.
I should have seen that Setup.exe is a Windows program.
I've seen it run on boxes that never had 98 on them.
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Can anyone else please confirm and/or expand on this ?
I guess a seasoned user would seldom have an improper
shutdown, but the users I mentioned earlier are relative
newbies , including pre-school children who recklessly
click and press anything, operating without a UPS under
poor power line conditions.
 
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