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ismart

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i have 4 patitions,and copied winxp cd to d:..i have formatted my c drive and there is no operatin system.now i want to install xp from that cop in drive d.is it possible if yes HOW?
 

Vishal Gupta

Microsoft MVP
Try to boot using 98 Setup CD or any bootable floppy and then at command prompt, give following commands:

D:
CD WinXP\I386
winnt.exe


Here replace WinXP with the actual folder name, where u hv copied the CD. It'll start the XP setup.
 

nileshgr

Wise Old Owl
siddharth_2463107 said:
If u hav Inbuilt Dos u can install it by running th setup

Wrong! From dos you can install Win98 but not Win2000/xp
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Vishal Gupta said:
Try to boot using 98 Setup CD or any bootable floppy and then at command prompt, give following commands:

D:
CD WinXP\I386
winnt.exe


Here replace WinXP with the actual folder name, where u hv copied the CD. It'll start the XP setup.

Your suggestion may work, only if his FS is FAT/FAT32. I have w98 dsk. in its dos mode, it does not detect NTFS drives. Only when i input fdisk commmand, it shows that there is NTFS. You can't change to D:/ if it is NTFS.
 
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abhijangda

Padawan
Vishal Gupta said:
Try to boot using 98 Setup CD or any bootable floppy and then at command prompt, give following commands:

D:
CD WinXP\I386
winnt.exe

Here replace WinXP with the actual folder name, where u hv copied the CD. It'll start the XP setup.
My friend Vishal Gupta, u have give ismart the wrong file. It is not winnt.exe rather it is winnt32.exe. If u didn't believe me then u can see in Digit's Feb 2006 Fast Track i.e. Windows XP. Open it's 40th page. In 3rd point u will know which file to run.
 

abhijangda

Padawan
Vishal Gupta said:
Try to boot using 98 Setup CD or any bootable floppy and then at command prompt, give following commands:

D:
CD WinXP\I386
winnt.exe

Here replace WinXP with the actual folder name, where u hv copied the CD. It'll start the XP setup.
My friend Vishal Gupta, u have give ismart the wrong file. It is not winnt.exe rather it is winnt32.exe. If u didn't believe me then u can see in Digit's Feb 2006 Fast Track i.e. Windows XP. Open it's 40th page. In 3rd point u will know which file to run.
 

abhijangda

Padawan
Vishal Gupta said:
Try to boot using 98 Setup CD or any bootable floppy and then at command prompt, give following commands:

D:
CD WinXP\I386
winnt.exe

Here replace WinXP with the actual folder name, where u hv copied the CD. It'll start the XP setup.
My friend Vishal Gupta, u have give ismart the wrong file. It is not winnt.exe rather it is winnt32.exe. If u didn't believe me then u can see in Digit's Feb 2006 Fast Track i.e. Windows XP. Open it's 40th page. In 3rd point u will know which file to run.
 

n2casey

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ismart said:
i have 4 patitions,and copied winxp cd to d:..i have formatted my c drive and there is no operatin system.now i want to install xp from that cop in drive d.is it possible if yes HOW?
Can u find the word ntfs or NTFS in his post??????
 

Vishal Gupta

Microsoft MVP
@abhijangda
Its not "Winnt32.exe", its "winnt.exe". ;)
Winnt32.exe will not run in DOS mode!
But I'm not sure, so let him try both of them. :)
 
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ismart

Journeyman
Vishal Gupta said:
Try to boot using 98 Setup CD or any bootable floppy and then at command prompt, give following commands:

D:
CD WinXP\I386
winnt.exe

Here replace WinXP with the actual folder name, where u hv copied the CD. It'll start the XP setup.
BUT it say this programme can not run from DOS.
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i use FAT32....
 
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