Installing WIndows XP on Laptop.

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ndm250

Discussion Starter · Dec 7, 2009

Hello, I need some help installing Windows XP Professional on my laptop that doesn't have a CD-ROM drive, but does have a floppy drive. I tried doing this , but it says I still need a CD-ROM drive. Any thoughts on why this might be. And is there a way to install with just floppies? Or does anyone have an extremely easy to understand way to install XP from the harddrive? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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i_ame_killer_2

· #2 · Dec 7, 2009

As far as I know there isn't any way of installing XP via floppy.

Floppy = 1.44MB
XP = about 5-600MB? Thats a lot of floppys.

The one you linked to is just the installer starter if the cd for example failed to boot. You will still need the CD to install it.

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ndm250

Discussion Starter · #3 · Dec 7, 2009

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Originally Posted by i_ame_killer_2

oh thank you for clarifying

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tehmaggot

· #4 · Dec 7, 2009

It'll take approx. 417 floppies to fit XP, if the tool used has no overhead at all. Use a tool called WinToFlash, which uses a flashdrive instead. This is assuming that you have USP ports

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Rewindlabs

· #5 · Dec 7, 2009

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/windowsxpusb

Easy stuff

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deerleg

· #6 · Dec 7, 2009

install ubuntu off of usb

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