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TheAntipop   03-11-2002 at 06:21:37 AM

OK, I've got an older system that I want to put WinXP Pro on. It has a clean hard drive ready for the install, but the only CD-ROM is a SCSI drive on a non-bootable SCSI card. The only way I can think to do it is to use a Windows boot disk to start up with CD-ROM support but the problem here is that all I have are Windows 98 and ME boot disks (which boot into DOS mode where the installer cant be started). Does anyone know where I can download a program to make WinXP Repair or Boot disks? I think this should solve my problem without me having to take an IDE drive from another computer.

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btvillarin   03-11-2002 at 07:52:16 AM
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<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33291" target="_new">Windows XP Pro Setup Disks for floppy boot install</A>
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CALV   03-11-2002 at 12:16:48 PM
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just boot from a floppy that allows you to access your cd, then run winnt from the i386 folder, or copy the i386 folder to your hdd and run it from there



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TheAntipop   03-11-2002 at 10:07:36 PM
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i think i want to actually install windows instead of copying folders. and you can't use any DOS-based boot disk as the setup program will not run in a dos environment.

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TheAntipop   03-11-2002 at 10:08:37 PM
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oh, and btvillarin, thanks for the link, i could not find the files for the life of me.

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btvillarin   03-11-2002 at 11:13:34 PM
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No problem...

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