How to install Win2k without a CD drive?

nolonemo

nolonemo

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OK, here's another question for y'all.

I have an old laptop with a PCMICA CD-ROM. No Win2k drivers for the CDR exist.

I want to install Win2k on it.

I tried installing from CDR, but after initial install deal, the system reboots without support for the CDR so the install can't continue.

I tried copying Win2K CD to a directory on HD and running setup from HD, but Win2k won't let me run setup from DOS or Win98. I can't figure out a way to get to a command prompt in Win2k without first installing Win2k (no boot from floppy option as with 98se). Sort of chicken and the egg deal.

Any ideas?
 
daveml

daveml

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there should be an option to make a 4 floppy set up file.
this saves your basic settings and should allow u to install via cdrom afterwards.
 
nolonemo

nolonemo

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Thanks, but that's where the problem comes in. After booting with the 4-disk set, the setup program looks for the CD drive, but doesn't see it because the PCMCIA CD drive does not work under Win2K (no drivers for it, and believe me I've looked), and the setup program doesn't care about the win2k directory I've created on the HD that contains all the files on the windows 2000 CD.

If there was someway I could get the setup program to look for setup files on the HD instead of a CDR I'd be in business (I think)
 
Duracell

Duracell

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Trolley is right!
Winnt.exe is the setup start in DOS;
so boot with a W98 boot disk and use Winnt.exe;

Greetings from
Duracell
 
nolonemo

nolonemo

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The collective wisdom of this forum blows me away!! I fired up winnt.exe, told it where to find the install files on the HD, and setup is busily copying files as I type this. My hat's off to you guys!
 
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