How would I go about installing windows xp on a laptop
without and cd-rom drive?
thanks

I'm trying to install XP Pro onto an AMD 1.3Ghz w the
following config:
MSI W6340MS motherboard (4.7 bio), 256MB RAM, 20GB
harddrive (unpartitioned)

I need to change the WIN XP PRO registry setting to make a
desktop think it is a laptop in order to get an ipaq PDA
to work in a networked environment (the IPAQ/Cadenza needs
local replicas on the desktop machine of mail &

i cant install windows xp, i have a drive with nothing on
it, a fresh format, i boot from cdrom and it says it
cannon verify which kind of comp im using, so i choose
from the list( no matter what i choose it ...) loads up

Could someone tell me how I reinstall this missing file
and the purpose for the file.  Thank you.

I have a problem when I try to install SP1 on my Windows
XP Professional. After I run setup.exe, the files are
extracting but then I receive a setup error message:
"/drive/path/update.inf file is not correct" and I cannot

Good afternoon.  
I had a worm invade my computer.  When I would open Outlook
or Outlook Express, the computer would begin writing to a
temporary file on my C drive and eventually fill it.  Also,

I still cannot get this mouse installed & working
properly. The mouse that came with this computer still
works since I cannot disable it. HELP!!!!!!!!!!! My ear
is about to fall off waiting for help on the phone with

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After years of an 'on-again, off-again' love affair with
my mostly working Win98 PC I decided to take the plunge
and go for Windows XP (home).
Years of battling with each successive Microsoft upgrade

While working on a project.Tried to go to Ms word.Comptuer
prompted that files were missing suggested to reinstall
window xp.Beginning of end.After reinstalling xp lost all
info. on file,Norton won't load propely,scanning line on

I had a time problem putting together a PC for a friend so I loaded my XP
Pro OS on the machine so he could load his programs while I was out of town.
Now he has his own XP Pro SP1a CD and we need to install it allong with his
serial no's. What is the best way to do that?

When i try to install Windows XP on my newly built
computer, it first runs setup, refomats the drive and then
starts copying files.  Then it reboots.  After it reboots
it says setup wil start and then detects that there is

I have upgraded Win98 to WinXP Home, and the XP install went into a
2GB partition.  I was dual booting Win98 with another OS, and when I
decided to upgrade to XP I deleted the old OS.
This meant that I had 3 partitions on my disk:

I am trying to setup XP on a new hard disk. I've had a
crash(?) on my original disk and am hoping that by loading
XP on a second drive, I may be able to clone the first
onto the second using Norton SystemWorks.