J
Jay
Hi,
i am trying to install windows 2000 onto a laptop which
doesn't have a CD ROM drive. When i got the laptop it had
Windows XP installed and 2 partitions. I managed to
network it and copy the I386 directory to the secondary
partition with all its relevant drivers, now im may of
messed up here but what i did next was boot the latop up
from a windows 98 boot disk deleted the primary partition
holding XP OS, i then enabled smart drive and ran the
winnt.exe from the I386 directory on the secondary
partition. Everthing worked from there, it copied the
files etc but when it needs to reboot to start the setup
nothing happens, all i get is 'Missing operating system'.
I tried running Fdisk from the 98 startup disk creating a
a primary dos partition and making it active but this
doesn't work neither.
Can someone help !
i am trying to install windows 2000 onto a laptop which
doesn't have a CD ROM drive. When i got the laptop it had
Windows XP installed and 2 partitions. I managed to
network it and copy the I386 directory to the secondary
partition with all its relevant drivers, now im may of
messed up here but what i did next was boot the latop up
from a windows 98 boot disk deleted the primary partition
holding XP OS, i then enabled smart drive and ran the
winnt.exe from the I386 directory on the secondary
partition. Everthing worked from there, it copied the
files etc but when it needs to reboot to start the setup
nothing happens, all i get is 'Missing operating system'.
I tried running Fdisk from the 98 startup disk creating a
a primary dos partition and making it active but this
doesn't work neither.
Can someone help !