W2k Boot Disks with USB? So I can load w2k....

[Vangogh]

When I use the normal W2k boot disks (4 of them), when it
reaches the end...it says... no cd-rom drive found. I
need to have the cd boot from a USB cd-rom. Is this
possible?

THANKS!!

vg

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You'll have to open your BIOS and see if your motherboard supports
booting from a USB CD Drive. If it does, you'll have to change the
boot order to show it as the first bootable device.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| When I use the normal W2k boot disks (4 of them), when it
| reaches the end...it says... no cd-rom drive found. I
| need to have the cd boot from a USB cd-rom. Is this
| possible?
|
| THANKS!!
|
| vg

 

[Pavel A.]

When I use the normal W2k boot disks (4 of them), when it
reaches the end...it says... no cd-rom drive found. I
need to have the cd boot from a USB cd-rom. Is this
possible?

No. You need to find a way to copy win2k setup files to the hard disk.
Then boot off a win98 boot floppy and run winnt.exe from hard disk.
After win2k is set up, your USB CD will be functional again (crossing fingers

Regards
--PA

 

[Vangogh]

THAT WORKED!!!!!!!!! THANKS PA!!!


vg

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