TDR Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Hi Guys Im trying, to install XP to my laptop which dsnt have a CD rom, (Toshiba Potrtege M200) Im trying to install it with Network support, Or are there any Better ways? Need help Urgently, Can some 1 give any options? Thanx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Get a USB CD drive. You can install XP over a network, but you need a computer running Windows Server 2003/2008 (Advanced?) to do it I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Use the media option in the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 to produce a bootable USB stick that installs XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDR Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 Thanx everyone for your Options, I will Try them, And Any different options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 You could also just use the HP USB boot tool (google for it), format a USB disk with this and then manually start the setup from the dos prompt when you boot from it. Combine this with nlite and driverpacks and you can slipstream all your drivers etc. I preffer MDT 2008 as you can do more configuration and add drivers, and its the best practice option.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autofix Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Try Unetbootin. Another USB boot tool and it was shown on Hak.5 episode 414. Makes any ISO bootable from USB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Try Unetbootin. Another USB boot tool and it was shown on Hak.5 episode 414. Makes any ISO bootable from USB. To the best of my knowledge, Unetbootin only works for Linux ISO's, and not just any ISO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Hunter Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Try these: http://unattended.sourceforge.net/ http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=install+x...8&fr=megaup http://www.lockstockmods.net/2008/04/25/in...twork-with-pxe/ How to do it from a 1GB+ USB drive http://wiki.eeeuser.com/windowsxpusb http://wiki.eeeuser.com/restore_1000h http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/installin...b.html?fe5f1540 http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=eee+insta...8&fr=megaup Or just boot dos usb with xp install on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDR Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 Hmmm thanx for the help guys, :) One thing, This is a Toshiba Portege M200 Bit old one, so This thing doesnt boot up with USB :( I managed to Boot with PXE, and came to DOS prompt some how. and Trying to Run XP setup, and on the way. :) If I success I will Post an Article here. I think It will be something worthy. :) Thanx again for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawty Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 To the best of my knowledge, Unetbootin only works for Linux ISO's, and not just any ISO. Unetbootin works with any ISO, but you need to allow it to make a one of it's built in ones first so you get the correct boot block on the disk. Iv'e had it booting from UBCD-WIN and few other goodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawty Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Hmmm thanx for the help guys, :) One thing, This is a Toshiba Portege M200 Bit old one, so This thing doesnt boot up with USB :( I managed to Boot with PXE, and came to DOS prompt some how. and Trying to Run XP setup, and on the way. :) If I success I will Post an Article here. I think It will be something worthy. :) Thanx again for your help. You can use this on another windows box to make a PXE network boot server http://tftpd32.jounin.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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