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2:38 PM Install Windows XP without floppy or cd drives | |
You will need the following: *use of a desktop computer *a laptop hard drive to IDE converter or Desktop IDE cable solder to HDD to Laptop Board Converter.( image will be post soon.) *DOS (preferably 7.10 for it's improved loading times, *If you have not burned a copy of DOS 7.10 yet, do that first, you will need it before moving the hardware! locate the drive bay on your laptop:  pen the bay by removing the screws and slide the hard drive and drive tray out.  both the drive tray and pin to laptop converter will need to be removed, carefully unscrew the drive tray and VERY carefully pull the converter off, it may be stuck on very tight.  Now connect the adapter to the hard drive  Now with the desktop computer OFF and grounded (to prevent static) plug the IDE channel 1 cable into the adapter (it will only fit one way) and the power cable into the other plug on the adapter. NOTE: the red and black wires on the power MUST line-up!!  - attatch the drive to IDE 1, channel 2 and start up your computer. - format the drive to FAT32 (you can always switch it to ntfs later, with a prog such as partition magic) - shutdown the computer *With the DOS cd in the drive - switch the laptop drive to IDE 1 channel 1 for best chance of detection, DOS is not the smartest OS ever made - power up and install DOS 7.10 when prompted. IT is your choice to add or not add all the extras with DOS, these will not affect your installation either way! - shutdown the computer and rearrange the laptop drive such that it is on IDE1, channel 2 again. so that you can boot into the OS (psobably XP) on your desktop. - remove DOS 7.10 cd - replace with Windows XP cd after system has booted. - Copy I386 folder from WinXP cd onto the laptop harddrive *probably place this directly on the root of the drive to prevent confusion later. - find and download smartdrv.exe and copy it to the root directory as well (speeds up dos transfers) *IF you cannot find this file, it is also found on win98 boot disks - put the harddrive back in the laptop, reversing all the steps you did in the first part. Be Careful here as well, i have seen many pins bent due to carelessness on connecting the laptop/pin converter. -When you turn on the laptop DOS should load, otherwise select it from the list - run smartdrv.exe (type C:\smartdrv.exe at command prompt) - run 16bit Windows XP installer (type C:\I386\winnt.exe) - now let the laptop sit! Even if it appears to stall, it will continue, some older harddrives do not spin very fast and need time to load (5-10min is not an unreasonable wait *with smartdrv.exe installed, expect MUCH longer without it! - follow the Windows installer directions! (Total time, depending on computer speeds: 1-2hrs - though most of this is waiting for Windows XP to install) *you will now have dos and windows on the drive, you can remove dos, or leave it, it is up to you!! PM if you need help removing your dual boot screen or uninstalling DOS safely. **The best part about this installation method is it is much cheaper than buying an external drive, as long as you have access to a desktop computer. *NOTE most external drives will use a USB connection which cannot be accesed on an installation. 1. MS-DOS 7.10 CD Full Installation 2. MS-DOS 7.10 Boot Disk 3. Windows 98 OEM Start-up Disk with CD-ROM Support NOTE: This credit to the original author from www.syschat.com this is revised version with other tricks in connecting HDD. | |
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