Booting from PC#1 TO PC#2

[Guest]

I would like to know if there's a way i can use my Gateway PC without a CD
burner but do have window Xp in it to boot my DEll PC which has window xp in
it which is giving me a big problem my windows xp in the Dell won't boot from
floppy boot disks or from window xp home CD disk i have gotten as far as to
Dell PC keep saying i'm missing NTLDR try putting ntldr back in service pack
etc but next it stated windows could'nt start cause it missing
system32\hal.dll. did a repeat with the floppy etc same thing so is there a
way to pull from PC #1 to PC#2 both same winxp Dell has aCD burner.

 

[Jerry]

And why can't you just move the CD drive from one to the other machine?

 

[Guest]

Thanks Jerry i thought about that but one problem that still leave me with
the problem of trying to repair window also it would leave me with 1 PC shut
down and i need both --anyway i have gotten this far in trying to fix window
now i dont know where to go from here this is what i 'm getting unpartitioned
space 8mb
D: partition2 unknown 24 mb 23 mb free
Cartition NTFS 38139 mb 38073 free
So i'm trying to get windows back in which should i use and do i Choose to
format

TY all reply welcome

 

[Guest]

can anyone help me solve this i ben trying to repair my window xp i started out with blue screen (0xEd0000000etc.. ok i did the 6 download disk thing and the use my window Cd disk to no avail kept coming up with missing NTLDR ok so i did a floppy disk for that next it wonld'nt work saying system file hal/dll. missing so i did the disks and CD again and again now i got this and i dont know where to go from here this is what i 'm getting unpartitioned space 8mb

D: partition2 unknown 24 mb 23 mb free
Cartition NTFS 38139 mb 38073 free
What i want to do is repair whatever screwed my window up from the get go or either try to reinstall window whatever you think is best I do hate to Lose my files but i cant get in at all

TY all reply welcome

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[Mark L. Ferguson]

How to boot from a CD: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000217.htm

Those messages seem to say you have never really booted from CD or floppy.

can anyone help me solve this i ben trying to repair my window xp i
started out with blue screen (0xEd0000000etc.. ok i did the 6 download
disk thing and the use my window Cd disk to no avail kept coming up with
missing NTLDR ok so i did a floppy disk for that next it wonld'nt work
saying system file hal/dll. missing so i did the disks and CD again and
again now i got this and i dont know where to go from here this is what
i 'm getting unpartitioned space 8mb

D: partition2 unknown 24 mb 23 mb free
Cartition NTFS 38139 mb 38073 free
What i want to do is repair whatever screwed my window up from the get go
or either try to reinstall window whatever you think is best I do hate to
Lose my files but i cant get in at all

TY all reply welcome

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