Install of Window XP Pro via Network

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"Billy Bigelow" <nomail@thank.you> wrote in message
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>I have a laptop with Window 98SE on it and would like to upgrade to Windows
> XP Pro. The laptop does not have a CD drive. I have the laptop networked
> to my desktop via a pass-through cable. I've always installed software
> via
> the CD drive on my desktop via the network.
>
> So, what I'm hoping I can do is either copy the Windows XP setup files to
> the laptop via the network and run them from either DOS or 98SE. Or, run
> Window XP setup from the networked CD on my desktop.
>
You can copy your entire installation CD via the network to your laptop.
Put the entire CD contents eg. in a folder called c:\xp
Provided you have enough space available on your hd, installation can be
initiated from within windows98 by browsing to c:\xp\i386 and then
double-clicking winnt32.exe
From there on everything works as if initiated from CD.
If you can afford it, leave the structure c:\xp in place after installation.
The setup process 'remembers' where it was installed from and will point you
there automatically if you need to add stuff later on.

hth

george


> As I'm "new" to XP Pro I don't have a clue what to expect. I'm hoping...
> this isn't a CD required install. It appears by search the Internet and
> Usenet that not many people do what I'm trying to do.
>
> I'm also going to install Windows XP Pro on my desktop and home PC,
> (buying
> 3 licenses). I'm going to guess the other two PC's with CD's will go
> fairly
> routine.
>
> Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
>