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ismart Original post #1
Feb 4, 2007 at 1:06 PM
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?
Tech Geek
Feb 4, 2007 at 1:13 PM
How will the computer start if there is no operating system in it
S
Feb 4, 2007 at 2:12 PM
If u hav Inbuilt Dos u can install it by running th setup
romeo_8693
Feb 4, 2007 at 2:59 PM
boot from a bootable disk,change drive to d:,then navigate to the folder and type "setup.exe"
Vishal Gupta
Feb 4, 2007 at 3:03 PM
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
Feb 4, 2007 at 3:46 PM
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.
Pathik
Pathik #7
Feb 4, 2007 at 3:52 PM
wen did ismart say that he has copied xp in a ntfs partition
Tech Geek
Feb 4, 2007 at 3:56 PM
pathiks said:
wen did ismart say that he has copied xp in a ntfs partition
In the first line
A
Feb 4, 2007 at 4:09 PM
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.
A
Feb 4, 2007 at 4:09 PM
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.
A
Feb 4, 2007 at 4:09 PM
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
n2casey #12
Feb 4, 2007 at 8:08 PM
@ Tech Geek

Tech Geek said:
In the first line
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
Feb 4, 2007 at 10:46 PM
@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. :)
T
Feb 5, 2007 at 2:51 PM
vishal is right winnt.exe works in dos mode..
haven't tried winnt32.exe.
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ismart #15
Feb 8, 2007 at 3:16 PM
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....