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Laptop Install Windows Problem
on: September 22, 2006, 22:57:38 PM
Ok, Ive got a laptop here that wont detect anything in the cd rom drive.
I need to install XP on there.  Any suggestions?

No floppy drive in there either.
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  • Offline Beaker

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Re:Laptop Install Windows Problem
Reply #1 on: September 22, 2006, 23:05:00 PM
tried removing the CD Drive and putting it back in again?
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Laptop Install Windows Problem
Reply #2 on: September 22, 2006, 23:12:34 PM
Three options I can think of:

A) Get a working CD-ROM drive
B) Take HDD out of laptop, put into a desktop, copy Windows installation files onto it. Run install files from hard drive
C) Use RIS
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Laptop Install Windows Problem
Reply #3 on: September 23, 2006, 13:41:17 PM
big hammer? ;)
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Re:Laptop Install Windows Problem
Reply #4 on: September 23, 2006, 14:42:38 PM
Checked if the system can boot from a USB device? If so copy the disk contents onto that, there are pages that tell you how to boot from one.

As a laptop HD wont fit the connectors in a normal PC put it into a dedicated USB2 enclosure and copy the files over.
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