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tim_milstead
My friend has a Dell laptop without CD or floppy drives. It has a 2.5"
drive that I can connect to my computer using a USB adaptor.
It needs Windows reinstalling on it (2000 not XP but that's not
important - I am running Windows XP). I am guessing the only approach
(other than PXE) is to copy the Windows CD onto the hard disk, boot it
to DOS and run the setup program from there.
The only problem is getting that hard disk to boot once it is back in
the computer. I have no way of doing fdisk /mbr (on NT equivalent) to
the 2.5" disk to make it boot. Windows software does not seem to have
this capability - I have to boot using a Windows Floppy Disk and that
does not have fdisk on it.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Tim.
drive that I can connect to my computer using a USB adaptor.
It needs Windows reinstalling on it (2000 not XP but that's not
important - I am running Windows XP). I am guessing the only approach
(other than PXE) is to copy the Windows CD onto the hard disk, boot it
to DOS and run the setup program from there.
The only problem is getting that hard disk to boot once it is back in
the computer. I have no way of doing fdisk /mbr (on NT equivalent) to
the 2.5" disk to make it boot. Windows software does not seem to have
this capability - I have to boot using a Windows Floppy Disk and that
does not have fdisk on it.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Tim.