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How could you install Windows XP in a PC which do not have CD Rom driver and in its BIOS program there is not a way to boot with USB flash disk ?

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Question added by Bekhouche Liamine , Assistant Director of IT Departement , Algeria Post
Date Posted: 2013/12/05
Saqib Mehmood
by Saqib Mehmood , Technical Team Lead/Safety Supervisor , Xchange Technology Group

With external CD/DVD ROM or from network PXE boot

Jayson Aglubat
by Jayson Aglubat , Graphic Designer/Information Technology , Local Government

 

What do you mean sir there is no usb input too? but if there is an usb input..

Yes.. You can still use a portable CD or DVD Drive connected on usb input.. :-)

Mohd Sajid Hussain
by Mohd Sajid Hussain , Sr. System Engineer , Mahindra Satyam

Hi, Ideally there should be an option to boot the device through USB, however if this option is not available, Try using external CD/DVD device, also you may try once using USB port if availble on computer or through Network servers available online.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

I think that the best way for you to install your windows XP In this case (Without USB input and without a CD/DVD Rom ) is by a network

 

Here Are a couple of links that could be helpful :

Link1

Link2

 

Syed Farhan Mustafa
by Syed Farhan Mustafa , IT Engineer , Zen Zero Payment Services

Through Network PXE interface

Ehab shana
by Ehab shana , System Engineer , Vodafone International Services

In this case we have3 options 

 

1st one is boot from network and get the instlation files from shared folder at the network bath 

2nd one is use sccm and push the windows instlation by it

3rd one  use windows deployment service (WDS) or Remote Installtion service  to install windows on remote computer 

 

Ahmed Radwan
by Ahmed Radwan , IT Service Desk Engineer , IDEMIA

There's another way you can Install Windows XP From the Hard Drive via DOS but it takes little long time than USB & CD or DVD

 

Requirements:

Windows98SE Boot Diskette w/smartdrv.exe

Windows XP saved to hard drive (You need to have a separate FAT32 partition where XP install files are saved.)

Use the following steps to install Windows XP from the hard drive:

1. First, copy your Windows XP Setup CD contents to your hard drive. I recommend saving the XP install files/folders to a partition separate from where you are going to install XP. (e.g., Have setup files at d:\\winxp\\, and then install XP to c:\\ drive.)

2. Now, boot your PC with the Windows98 SE boot disk with smartdrv.exe on the floppy (This increases data transfer speed by ten-fold in DOS.). You do not need to boot with CD support since you are installing XP from the files on your hard drive (in my example, D:\\winxp\\).

3. At the command prompt, format the partition where you are installing XP (e.g., the c:\\) by typing: format driveletter:. Replace the drive letter with the drive (e.g., format c:). Then go through the prompts.

4. Once that finishes, change drives to the drive with XP on it.

In my example, D: then Enter.

Then: CD WINXP (change directory to winxp folder) and Enter

Now, enable smartdrv by typing smartdrv and then type it again. The second time you type it and hit Enter, it will show the status of the drives and cacheing.

5. Now, change the directory to the i386 folder by typing cd i386 (In my example, this folder’s full path would be D:\\winxp\\i386\\.).

Then type winnt to start the installation.

Finally, install XP as usual.

- See more at: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/578/windows-xp-installing-from-harddrive/#sthash.fYNVB7Pu.dpuf

Ali Waqas Bhatti
by Ali Waqas Bhatti , Electrical Engineer , Lakson Group of Companies

either an external CD/DVD rom can be be used or Remote installation can also be considered .....

Joel Mutiso
by Joel Mutiso , Cyber/ Computer Crime Investigator, Trainer & Consultant , Alphax Techbiz

Install through the  network boot PXE from a machine that has the operating system

 

JAYENDRA PARMAR
by JAYENDRA PARMAR , Support Engineers , Dunia finance LLC

It's steel posible to install xp when pc has no cdrom or usb drive ...

From RIS (Remote installation service) in windows2003 server and WDS (windows deploy service) in windows8 server..

This are the service provide the facility to install xp and windows7 remotely. only requirement is you have to configre your pc is boot from lan card

OK 

Deleted user
by Deleted user

WE CAN INSTALL WINDOWS XP FROM SERVER USING NETWORK BOOT

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