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[liz]

when installing can it be loaded by using dos?

[rifleman]

"liz" > wrote in message
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> when installing can it be loaded by using dos?

No.

[Alex Marshall]

Yes, you would need to run winnt.exe from the i386 directory of the CD to
start setup. This is really not the recommended way of installing though. If
you cannot boot from the XP CD you can download the setup floppy disks and
boot from those.

"liz" > wrote in message
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> when installing can it be loaded by using dos?

[rifleman]

"Alex Marshall" <Reply In Newsgroup> wrote in message
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> Yes, you would need to run winnt.exe from the i386 directory of the CD to
> start setup. This is really not the recommended way of installing though.
If
> you cannot boot from the XP CD you can download the setup floppy disks and
> boot from those.
>
> "liz" > wrote in message
> ...
> > when installing can it be loaded by using dos?
>
>

And it's not really Dos, either.

[Alex Marshall]

The poster is talking about booting into MS-DOS using a Windows 98 startup
disk for example, and running XP setup from there.

"rifleman" > wrote in message
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> "Alex Marshall" <Reply In Newsgroup> wrote in message
> ...
> > Yes, you would need to run winnt.exe from the i386 directory of the CD
to
> > start setup. This is really not the recommended way of installing
though.
> If
> > you cannot boot from the XP CD you can download the setup floppy disks
and
> > boot from those.
> >
> > "liz" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > when installing can it be loaded by using dos?
> >
> >
>
> And it's not really Dos, either.
>
>

[David B.]

Wrong

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"rifleman" > wrote in message ...
>
>
> No.
>
>

[David B.]

You really should pay attention to the posts, it is entirely possible to boot from a DOS floppy with CD support and start the XP
installation.

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"rifleman" > wrote in message ...
> "Alex Marshall" <Reply In Newsgroup> wrote in message
> ...
> > Yes, you would need to run winnt.exe from the i386 directory of the CD to
> > start setup. This is really not the recommended way of installing though.
> If
> > you cannot boot from the XP CD you can download the setup floppy disks and
> > boot from those.
> >
> > "liz" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > when installing can it be loaded by using dos?
> >
> >
>
> And it's not really Dos, either.
>
>

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

In article >,
says...
|You really should pay attention to the posts, it is entirely possible to boot from a DOS floppy with CD support and start the XP
|installation.
|
|
But the OP didn't ask that did he?