Windows XP Boot Disks Require 6 Floppies... - GoFuckYourself.com

Juicy D. Links · 10-03-2004, 11:28 AM

Great,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Got to reinstall a old dell 4150 ............ It wont boot off the CD for some reason after setting the cd as primary in the BIOS>

Juicy D. Links · 10-03-2004, 11:28 AM

now this means i gotta drag my ass to comp usa and buy floppies.

TwinCities · 10-03-2004, 11:33 AM

Juicy,

End the misery and just get a Mac already. Will be smooth sailing!

mardigras · 10-03-2004, 11:34 AM

Back when I formated my drive and upgraded to XP there was an XP installer program I downloaded that fit on a floppy (I think it was only 1 floppy).

mardigras · 10-03-2004, 11:35 AM

http://www.bootdisk.com/

Look for XP fresh install boot disc. You may be able to burn that to a CD.

Juicy D. Links · 10-03-2004, 11:38 AM

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Originally posted by mardigras
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Look for XP fresh install boot disc. You may be able to burn that to a CD.

tried that paid the guy 4 bucks for elite access to hi one floppy boot disk... didnt work... it was a pain trying to remeber DOS commands...

Juicy D. Links · 10-03-2004, 11:39 AM

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Originally posted by TwinCities
Juicy,

End the misery and just get a Mac already. Will be smooth sailing!

nah this aint my PC its a old one... its my little brothers. He fucked it up somehow and big brother gotta come and save his ass again and again

mardigras · 10-03-2004, 11:42 AM

Do you have an earlier windows boot disc? You can use that to get into DOS with CD drive access. Then possibly browse the XP CD for the install.exe

mardigras · 10-03-2004, 11:44 AM

Actually, if you can get into dos I think you should be able to switch to your CD drive (probably D) then type in
D:\install.exe

Juicy D. Links · 10-03-2004, 11:45 AM

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Originally posted by mardigras
Do you have an earlier windows boot disc? You can use that to get into DOS with CD drive access. Then possibly browse the XP CD for the install.exe

tried that...went into the i386 folder and typed winnt.exe and it said that this cant be executed or something in dos.

Ill try the 6 floppy thingy if that dont work , ill buy the little juicy a barebone Dell for like 5-600 bucks and shit.

Manowar · 10-03-2004, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TwinCities
Juicy,

End the misery and just get a Mac already. Will be smooth sailing!

mardigras · 10-03-2004, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by juicylinks
tried that...went into the i386 folder and typed winnt.exe and it said that this cant be executed or something in dos.

Ill try the 6 floppy thingy if that dont work , ill buy the little juicy a barebone Dell for like 5-600 bucks and shit.

Sounds like a plan... everybody needs a big brother like that

Juicy D. Links · 10-03-2004, 11:47 AM

btw i will be looking into Macs shortly.....

Prob will take me time to get used to it but all this Windows shit really gets to be a pain after awhile.

gwilkins · 10-03-2004, 11:51 AM

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Originally posted by juicylinks
tried that...went into the i386 folder and typed winnt.exe and it said that this cant be executed or something in dos.

Ill try the 6 floppy thingy if that dont work , ill buy the little juicy a barebone Dell for like 5-600 bucks and shit.

If it's a standard XP cd you probably just hit up the wrong install file.

Try dir *.exe and look for the other executables.

If you have a start up floppy with the correct cd-rom drivers you've got it made

Cman · 10-03-2004, 12:24 PM

who needs floppies anymore? i just boot from CD ROM now a days.

10-03-2004, 11:28 AM	#1
Juicy D. Links So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: N.Y. -Long Island -- Posts: 122,992	Windows XP Boot Disks Require 6 Floppies... Great,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Got to reinstall a old dell 4150 ............ It wont boot off the CD for some reason after setting the cd as primary in the BIOS>

10-03-2004, 11:34 AM	#4
mardigras Bon temps! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: down yonder Posts: 14,194	Back when I formated my drive and upgraded to XP there was an XP installer program I downloaded that fit on a floppy (I think it was only 1 floppy). __________________ .

10-03-2004, 11:35 AM	#5
mardigras Bon temps! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: down yonder Posts: 14,194	http://www.bootdisk.com/ Look for XP fresh install boot disc. You may be able to burn that to a CD. __________________ .

10-03-2004, 11:42 AM	#8
mardigras Bon temps! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: down yonder Posts: 14,194	Do you have an earlier windows boot disc? You can use that to get into DOS with CD drive access. Then possibly browse the XP CD for the install.exe __________________ .

10-03-2004, 11:44 AM	#9
mardigras Bon temps! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: down yonder Posts: 14,194	Actually, if you can get into dos I think you should be able to switch to your CD drive (probably D) then type in D:\install.exe __________________ .

10-03-2004, 11:33 AM	#3
TwinCities Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 492	Juicy, End the misery and just get a Mac already. Will be smooth sailing!

10-03-2004, 11:47 AM	#13
Juicy D. Links So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: N.Y. -Long Island -- Posts: 122,992	btw i will be looking into Macs shortly..... Prob will take me time to get used to it but all this Windows shit really gets to be a pain after awhile.

10-03-2004, 12:24 PM	#15
Cman Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 697	who needs floppies anymore? i just boot from CD ROM now a days. __________________ I could put stuff here, but you don't care.