Setup without CD

[John]

hi,

i am wondering how to setup XP home, on a clean formatted
harddisk, so that the cdrom is not needed at all during
setup. i know that i need to copy the i386 folder to a
windows folder at the root. but when i try to run the
setup program, i get a message about some program called
smartdisk or something being required. how do i start this
program and get setup to work right?

thanks,
john

 

[george]

hi,

i am wondering how to setup XP home, on a clean formatted
harddisk, so that the cdrom is not needed at all during
setup. i know that i need to copy the i386 folder to a
windows folder at the root. but when i try to run the
setup program, i get a message about some program called
smartdisk or something being required. how do i start this
program and get setup to work right?

thanks,
john

try and get a hold of a w98 boot floppy (www.bootdisk.com) and start your
system with that. It will load smartdsk for you and then you can switch to
your i386 folder to start the xp install.

hth

george

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
try and get a hold of a w98 boot floppy

(www.bootdisk.com) and start your

system with that. It will load smartdsk for you and then you can switch to
your i386 folder to start the xp install.

hth

george

alright, thanks. thats what i was kinda thinking.