winxp install

[ismart]

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]

How will the computer start if there is no operating system in it

[Siddharth Maheshwari]

If u hav Inbuilt Dos u can install it by running th setup

[romeo_8693]

boot from a bootable disk,change drive to d:,then navigate to the folder and type "setup.exe"

[Vishal Gupta]

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.

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by siddharth_2463107

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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Originally Posted by Vishal Gupta

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]

wen did ismart say that he has copied xp in a ntfs partition

[Tech Geek]

Originally Posted by pathiks

wen did ismart say that he has copied xp in a ntfs partition

In the first line

[abhijangda]

Originally Posted by Vishal Gupta

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]

Originally Posted by Vishal Gupta

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]

Originally Posted by Vishal Gupta

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]

@ Tech Geek

Originally Posted by Tech Geek

In the first line

Originally Posted by ismart

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]

@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.

[thadhanihemant]

vishal is right winnt.exe works in dos mode..
haven't tried winnt32.exe.

[ismart]

Originally Posted by Vishal Gupta

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....