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Guest
Greetings,
I have a ThinkPad A22p notebook without a functioning CD-ROM.
Is there an approved way to install XP Pro in the absence of a CD-ROM? (I
have an XP Pro install CD.)
I tried removing the drive, put into a external USB2.0 caddy, and copied the
contents of the XP Pro install CD to a file called "install".
Booted via a W98SE floppy and navigated to the install folder where I ran
winnt.exe.
This started the install but when the system went to reboot I kept getting a
"Ntldr missing" error.
What I finally did was used a parallel CD drive and started the install from
there. This worked fine until a STOP command objected to the address of the
driver I had installed at the point of "F6 to install SCSI , RAID or other
drivers".
So I took the drive to another A22p I had with a working CD-ROM (unit
overheats and so can't take the full time of installation), where the
installation completed. Then I put the drive back into the original A22p.
Huge PITA, is there a simplier way?
Many thanks,
Matt
I have a ThinkPad A22p notebook without a functioning CD-ROM.
Is there an approved way to install XP Pro in the absence of a CD-ROM? (I
have an XP Pro install CD.)
I tried removing the drive, put into a external USB2.0 caddy, and copied the
contents of the XP Pro install CD to a file called "install".
Booted via a W98SE floppy and navigated to the install folder where I ran
winnt.exe.
This started the install but when the system went to reboot I kept getting a
"Ntldr missing" error.
What I finally did was used a parallel CD drive and started the install from
there. This worked fine until a STOP command objected to the address of the
driver I had installed at the point of "F6 to install SCSI , RAID or other
drivers".
So I took the drive to another A22p I had with a working CD-ROM (unit
overheats and so can't take the full time of installation), where the
installation completed. Then I put the drive back into the original A22p.
Huge PITA, is there a simplier way?
Many thanks,
Matt