In FDISK, you will need to partition the hard drive and prep it so you can format it with FAT32. When you do this, you will need to boot to the floppy disk that you created. It’s ready to prep your hard drive for installation.Ĥ) You will need to take the hard drive that you want to install Windows to and install it to your working XP system. With the floppy still in the drive, open notepad (or whatever editor you want) and write this in…Īfter you save your config.sys file to the floppy, next you want to write an ‘autoexec.bat’ file for the floppy. “himem.sys”, “smartdrv.exe” “” “fdisk.exe”.ģ) Next you will need to write an ‘autoexec.bat’ and ‘config.sys’ for the floppy. Using the extract command in the CD, you need to extract the following files and put them on the bootable floppy. Using the windows 98 CD, you need to extract some files from the cabinet files on the CD (.cab files).
If you go to, you can download various bootdisk’s from various Windows OS’.Ģ) So you have your floppy that is bootable now. On this floppy, you need to format it so that it’s system bootable. The first thing you are going to want to do is make a bootable floppy with Windows 98. – Adapter to convert a laptop 2.5 inch to a 5.25 inch IDE Adapter (if you are trying to install to a laptop)ġ) So you’re ready to install Windows XP (or 2000) on a system with no working CD-ROM or floppy. – Working knowledge of Windows and some DOS (including fdisk) – A seperate system with Windows XP (that has a CD-ROM and floppy)
– A floppy bootable with Windows 98 (you can get one at )
This is a method I have divised using another computer, that will help you install Windows on a system with no CD-ROM available. There are many times where I have run across a system (mainly laptops) that I need to install Windows XP or Windows 2000, and the system doesn’t have a CD-ROM (or functioning CD-ROM). Guide: Install Windows without a CD-ROM or floppy drive
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