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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Setup and Deployment / February 2008Install XP from via network boot
How can I do this (if it's even possible)? My BIOS has a network option in the startup order, so I assume its possible one way or another... I've read some about PXE, but I don't completely understand it. Also, I can't use a CD or Floppy (I don't have a floppy drive, and for some reason it refuses to boot via CD). I do have XP running on another computer already. And the reason I want to know is because I want to format/partition my HD, but since I can't boot from the CD, I have to start the setup in Windows 2k (already installed) and then reboot and boot the XP installation from the HD... > How can I do this (if it's even possible)? My BIOS has a network > option in the startup order, so I assume its possible one way or [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > setup in Windows 2k (already installed) and then reboot and boot > the XP installation from the HD. RIS. BDD. Of course - I doubt a home user would have those options. Why can you not boot from CD? Is that option not available in the BIOS?  SignatureShenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > RIS. > BDD. > > Of course - I doubt a home user would have those options. > > Why can you not boot from CD? Is that option not available in the BIOS? Well I'm not sure why it won't boot from the CD, put it in, checked the BIOS order, restarted... just won't boot. But when I get into Windows it will read the CD perfectly fine... So anyway, if I could get ahold of one of those, then it should be at least semi-straitforward? Shenan Stanley wrote: > RIS. > BDD. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Why can you not boot from CD? Is that option not available in the > BIOS? > Well I'm not sure why it won't boot from the CD, put it in, checked > the BIOS order, restarted... just won't boot. But when I get into > Windows it will read the CD perfectly fine... > > So anyway, if I could get ahold of one of those, then it should be > at least semi-straitforward? Are you a computer systems administrator? If so - possibly. Do you even get a message about "Press any key to boot from CD"? Does the CD boot in another machine? Do you have any external USB CD drives or Floppy drives? Can you not perform an upgrade of your Windows 2000 install? SignatureShenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > Shenan Stanley wrote: > > RIS. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Can you not perform an upgrade of your Windows 2000 install? Yes I'm the admin. I don't get anything that says anything like that (though before when I could boot from a diff CD it gave me that). Now it sounds like it's trying to read but then just stops and goes to the normal boot. I can't boot from a USB, and I don't have a floppy drive. And I wanted to go from 2000 to XP directly but it said the version I had couldn't be upgraded so I had to do a new install... that and I want to format my HD... Anyway, in my searching, I found a trial of something called Network Boot Tools, but the full version costs 150$, so I'm waiting to download the trial now... > Yes I'm the admin. I don't get anything that says anything like > that (though before when I could boot from a diff CD it gave me [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Network Boot Tools, but the full version costs 150$, so I'm waiting > to download the trial now... You must have an OEM version of Windows XP. It really sounds like something is wrong with either your CD drive or the CD. That's why I asked if that CD booted on another PC? SignatureShenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > Yes I'm the admin. I don't get anything that says anything like > that (though before when I could boot from a diff CD it gave me [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Network Boot Tools, but the full version costs 150$, so I'm waiting > to download the trial now... If it will boot on another computer - can you make a copy of it and try using the copy? SignatureShenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > Yes I'm the admin. I don't get anything that says anything like > > that (though before when I could boot from a diff CD it gave me [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > If it will boot on another computer - can you make a copy of it and try > using the copy? It does boot on the other computer, and I've tried making copies upon copies of it (I seriously think I wasted 10 CD's trying to figure out how to copy it to get it to boot). So I'm pretty sure there's nothing I'm gonna be able to do about the CD... |
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