Windows XP install with no CD or Floppy drive

[Guest]

How can i install Windows XP on a laptop with no cd drive, or floppy drive. i
can easily take out the haddrive and i have an enclosure to it but i can't
get winwos to work on it. any help would be appreciated.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You'll need to purchase and install a workable, internal, CD drive
so that you can boot from the Windows XP CD.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| How can i install Windows XP on a laptop with no cd drive, or floppy drive. i
| can easily take out the haddrive and i have an enclosure to it but i can't
| get winwos to work on it. any help would be appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Hi
i guess you have the option of Remote Assistence to do this.........would
like someone to confirm that.......

 

[Guest]

It's a slim laptop with no room for an interla CD rom drive. the harddrive is
now blank so can't even do the remote assistance.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Do you have USB ports? If so, check to see if this laptop can boot from
USB. If the BIOS states it can, get a USB CD drive and a USB floppy. Try
to see if the CD will start-up the XP install. If not, try the XP boot
disks (from Microsoft's web site.)

If you still can not, then you are out of luck.

 

[Guest]

yaa, External CD rom is the best option like this one
http://www.dealtime.com/xPO-USB_2_0_SLIM_24X_CD_ROM_PC_DRM24U2