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02-09-2006, 09:47 PM
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Sucess! Installing windows on a laptop with no cdrom
a little while back i made a post asking for instructions on installing windows 2000 on a laptop i have that has no cdrom. No one had a working solution for me, so I'm posting here how I did it, for those who might be in a similar situation.
My computer had windows 98 on it, I wanted to upgrade to 2000. It has no cdrom, but i do have a usb-cdrom (which you can't install from because the comp won't read usb devices until after windows loads.) First, using partition magic, I partitioned off a couple GB of my free space into its own partition. THen i copied the entire windows cd onto that new partition. THen I installed off of that partition, doing the new installation on the original C: drive (but not erasing over the second partition I made). It installed flawlessly. Now that windows 2000 is running, I can re-install partition magic, and merge the partitions back together. |
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02-09-2006, 10:28 PM
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Really ingenious, also useful
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02-09-2006, 11:15 PM
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Very cool. Nice job.
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02-10-2006, 10:19 AM
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jimmy really does RULE!
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02-10-2006, 03:13 PM
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The guy is inventive, no doubt!
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Symantec-free zone. To stay malware free: AVG antivirus/antispyware, Malwarebytes anti malware, Commodo Pro free firewall, ccleaner, Windows updates. or.... just install Linux Too many computers in this house to list. They are all my builds, some AMD some Intel... |
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02-11-2006, 11:44 PM
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