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O.k here's the question. My friend has a Dell laptop and wants to load a new operating system on it because the last HD crashed. Now The dell laptop has No Cd rom, No Floppy and booting from a USB port is not an Option In the Bios. So what Now? How does he load the operating system? He wants to load Windows XP.
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It will depend on how much you like your friend
![]() If he's a good friend, have a look here : http://www.syschat.com/install-windo...py-cd-463.html It will take time, but should work.
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If the drives and/or BIOS are password protected and he doesn't have the password, it's a different story. |
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Thanks Guys.
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what model of dell laptop is it ?
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You can buy an external cdrom drive, floppy drive, etc.
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pretty sure u can install over a network too, if it's got an ethernet card
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Oh and the laptop bios also needs to support it Last edited by Zac; 10-17-2007 at 03:59 AM. |
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and if its an old and nasty lappy without cdrom etc (wtf) then is it going to be powerful enough to cope with xp and will the hd be big enpugh
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