installing xp on swappable drive laptop

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I am trying to install xp on my laptop. i have reformatted the drive for a clean install. The problem is my laptop is swappable between the floppy and CD-ROM. I am unable to change the BIOS setting to support CD-ROM and therefore use the xp as a boot, because the previous owner password protected it and I don't have the password. I don't want to try and unplug the internal battery it looks too complicated. I need to know what I can do with my floppy to be able to set it up to read the CD-ROM and then swap drives to install the xp CD. any help is appreciated. Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles

Make sure you download the correct set of disks. If SP1 is included with
your Windows XP CD, download the setup disks for use with SP1.

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Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I am trying to install xp on my laptop. i have reformatted the drive for a clean install. The problem is my
laptop is swappable between the floppy and CD-ROM. I am unable to change the BIOS setting to support CD-ROM
and therefore use the xp as a boot, because the previous owner password protected it and I don't have the
password. I don't want to try and unplug the internal battery it looks too complicated. I need to know what I
can do with my floppy to be able to set it up to read the CD-ROM and then swap drives to install the xp CD.
any help is appreciated. Thanks

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Why not simply look in the manual, or on the laptop's
manufacturer's web site, to learn how to remove/reset the BIOS
password?

Bruce Chambers

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I am trying to install xp on my laptop. i have reformatted the drive

for a clean install. The problem is my laptop is swappable between the
floppy and CD-ROM. I am unable to change the BIOS setting to support
CD-ROM and therefore use the xp as a boot, because the previous owner
password protected it and I don't have the password. I don't want to
try and unplug the internal battery it looks too complicated. I need
to know what I can do with my floppy to be able to set it up to read
the CD-ROM and then swap drives to install the xp CD. any help is
appreciated. Thanks