Windows XP Setup using network boot without floppy.

[Guest]

Here is my problem, I want to setup windows xp on some computers, yet they don't boot using cd rom and they don't have a floppy, what can I do?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Here is my problem, I want to setup windows xp on some computers, yet
they don't boot using cd rom and they don't have a floppy, what can I
do?

Well, if they cannot boot from floppy diskette (don't have one) and/or they
will not boot from CD (strange, if they don't have a floppy drive that is) -
then you need to setup a DHCP server with Network Booting capabilities and
hope they boot from the network (have that capability.)

When you say "they don't boot using cd rom and they don't have a floppy", do
you mean they don't boot from a Windows XP CD or they don't boot from ANY
CD?

 

[milton]

get a pro to look at this...

 

[Patrick J. LoPresti]

You can boot from the network and start the installation.

I like <http://unattended.sourceforge.net/>, but I am a little biased.

If you have a Windows Server infrastructure, you can use Microsoft's
Remote Installation Services (RIS). See
<http://www.google.com/search?q=ris+site:microsoft.com>.

- Pat