Windows XP install with no CD or Floppy drive

[Clay]

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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"Clay" wrote:

| 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.

[Pallavi]

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

> 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.

[Clay]

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.

"Pallavi" wrote:

>
> Hi
> i guess you have the option of Remote Assistence to do this.........would
> like someone to confirm that.......
> "Clay" wrote:
>
> > 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.

[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.


"Clay" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
>
> "Pallavi" wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi
>> i guess you have the option of Remote Assistence to do
>> this.........would
>> like someone to confirm that.......
>> "Clay" wrote:
>>
>> > 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.

[Pallavi]

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

"Yves Leclerc" wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> "Clay" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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.
> >
> > "Pallavi" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hi
> >> i guess you have the option of Remote Assistence to do
> >> this.........would
> >> like someone to confirm that.......
> >> "Clay" wrote:
> >>
> >> > 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.
>
>
>