Alan said:
Hi,
Just wonder can I boot by using the Win98 setup disk to boot into DOS
mode then run the WinXP setup.exe?
See below
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How do I install Windows from the command prompt?
If your computer will not boot from a CD, you can still use the Windows XP
Setup floppy disks to start Setup. During Setup, you will be prompted to
insert the Windows XP CD. For more information, see "Create boot disks."
Otherwise, you can use a Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition Startup
disk to start the computer, and then run Winnt.exe from the i386 folder of
your Windows XP CD.
1.. The Smartdrv.exe tool will speed up the process of copying files from
the CD to your hard drive. To use the Smartdrv.exe tool, make sure the
Smartdrv.exe file is present on the startup disk.
If you do not have Smartdrv.exe, file copying will take much longer but it
can still be done successfully. Verify that the following entries exist in
the following files on your startup disk; add the entries if they do not
already exist:
In Autoexec.bat, add this line:
smartdrv.exe
In Config.sys, add this line:
device=himem.sys
Note: For information about modifying the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat
files, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 232558.
2.. Insert the startup disk into your computer's floppy drive, and restart
the computer.
3.. When the DOS prompt appears (it looks like this: C:>), type the
following lines, pressing ENTER after each one. Substitute the drive letter
of your CD-ROM drive for the letter D, if yours is different.
D:
cd \i386
winnt
When Setup begins, follow the prompts on your screen.
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