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 Member 3660 Level 18.19 Mar 2006 
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You will need some kind of device to boot from. Floppy? USB?
Copy \i386\ from the install CD to your external drive. When you boot to the DOS prompt run \i386\winnt.exe to start setup. Do you have a floppy drive? Jam it back in, in the dark.  |
Member 3660 Level 18.19 Mar 2006
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Ok, make a boot disk on another PC. Do you have a windows 98 cd laying around? or a PC with windows 98 or ME? Boot the PC with the floppy. Run smartdrv (to speed up the install) then run winnt.exe from the external hard disk. Additional Spam: If you don't have a 98/ME CD or system sitting around, you can use a boot disk maker from this site. Make sure its windows 98 or higher. Also, you may have to create a FAT32 partition on the external drive if its NTFS. DOS can't read NTFS drives. Copy everything from it, format as FAT32, then copy the windows install files to it if its NTFS. There's nowhere I can't reach.
Last edited by janus zeal; Aug 21, 2007 at 05:08 PM.
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Member 3660 Level 18.19 Mar 2006
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Well I was giving directions for installing XP :P
98 would probably be better for an older system though. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Member 3660 Level 18.19 Mar 2006
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I've done that my self a few times, I assumed going the software route would be easier. :P
Don't those dells use laptop drives? I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
janus zeal