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| Thread ID: 37121 | 2003-08-29 02:45:00 | How to load an OS without CD Rom Drive | desdog (3014) | Press F1 |
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| 171411 | 2003-08-29 02:45:00 | I have a spare PC but the CD drive just won't read CD's, hence I am unable to load any OS off a CD. The hard drive is formatted, ready to go. How can I load an OS on to this machine? I could network the two boxes together but how do I set this up with a blank HDD? Any help would be greatly appreciated. NB: the CD drive is knackered and too expensive to replace (compaq slimline needed at about $200) - portable CD drive not an option at the moment either. Thx in advance! |
desdog (3014) | ||
| 171412 | 2003-08-29 02:52:00 | Why don't you just temporarily install the CD-ROM drive from your other machine to get the OS loaded? | Jen C (20) | ||
| 171413 | 2003-08-29 03:04:00 | install CD Drive for meantime while its hanging out - install windows. therefore less fuss and at the end disconnect the cd drive. no need to buy a slimline cd-rom. or u could create a DOS network bootdisk. do a google search.. it is complicated. this process prob take more time than to install windows from the CD, cos its not a automated process. it needs user intervention. one's here: appdeploy.com |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 171414 | 2003-08-29 03:15:00 | I have tried a number of CD drives and none seem to work - box just shuts down as soon as I plug them in - dunno why (power prob perhaps)! May take a look at the DOS network boot scenario. | desdog (3014) | ||
| 171415 | 2003-08-29 05:22:00 | try to pull the floppy out and any not essential cards then put the cdrom back in - does it fix it? | nomad (3693) | ||
| 171416 | 2003-08-29 06:52:00 | You could set up a network with a Dos network driver. I have found out how to do this in the past. www.wown.com There are very good step-by-step instructions, even though I never managed to get it going. One way - disk-span the OS's CD(s) onto floppy disks, and transfer it bit by bit - could take hours, but it would get the job done. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 171417 | 2003-08-29 08:44:00 | Most people are missing the essential basic fact. If the CDROM wont work then there is absolutely no point in loading an OS (other than a basic dos system and cd drivers off floppy), until that problem is resolved. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 171418 | 2003-08-29 09:00:00 | Why don't you take the hard drive out and connect it to another PC and installl the OS, and copy all drivers into hard drive as well. And then put it back, i think it probably the easiest way to sort it out. | zkeasy (3278) | ||
| 171419 | 2003-08-29 10:26:00 | Hah? You can have a PC with a fully functional OS without a CDROM installed. | mark.p (383) | ||
| 171420 | 2003-08-29 10:42:00 | Well, I suppose you can Mark, but these days most software, drivers, etc come on CD not floppies. Also if the CD drive/IDE controller has an inherent fault then that may reflect back on satisfactory operation of the system. I would have thought it was a question order of priorities. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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