Install Windows from 2nd partition

March 10, 2008

I need to reinstall Windows XP on an elderly laptop without a currently

working optical drive. The I386 folder is already on the data partition of

the drive - used earlier for running SFC.

Is the < winnt.exe /s: d:\I386 > command suitable for the install - after

first navigating to that folder with a boot floppy? That partition is FAT

formatted.

A replacement optical drive is on order but will take a week to arrive. And

this laptop needs to be up and running today (an involved story). A very

recent back-up image of the system exists - on an optical disc! And I don't

have the right adapter handy to hook up the drive to a working desktop to

restore it directly.

TIA for any insights.

Valmiki

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March 13, 2008

Re: Install Windows from 2nd partition

"Valmiki" <valmiki@bharat.duniya> wrote:

>I need to reinstall Windows XP on an elderly laptop without a currently

>working optical drive. The I386 folder is already on the data partition of

>the drive - used earlier for running SFC.

You said that already.

Don't expect the entire world to jump when you ask it to jump.

Be patient.

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