From: Andrew Webber (awebber_at_wwwebbers.com)
Date: Tue Dec 25 2001 - 15:21:35 EST
Thanks Bill! Actually it's my parents' new machine, so I want to
make sure it works before I go see them on the 27th. (It's a used
Dell, advertised as 64Mb but looks to me like there's only 32Mb :(
).
I found the
d:\bootdisk\makeboot a:
command both in Windows Help and from another poster, it seems to
create 4 diskettes from which one can boot, then you load the rest
from the CD.
Thanks again, and enjoy the rest of your Christmas!
andrew
On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 14:58:45 -0500, Bill Morrow wrote:
>try executing winnt.exe on the CD..
>it'll take a longer time, but it'll load..
>or copy the winnt directory to the HDD and then load from there..
>what're you doing working on christmas..? :-)
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Andrew Webber" <awebber_at_wwwebbers.com>
>To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 2:22 PM
>Subject: Help: can't boot from CD-ROM
>
>
>> I'm trying to set up a machine that doesn't offer an option (in
>> setup) to boot from the CD drive, and all I have is a Win2K CD.
>> The computer came with some stripped-down Win98 installed, it boots
>> up with a Win98 splash screen and then drops to DOS. Any
>> suggestions? I tried going to D: and executing setup.exe but it
>> says I can't do that in DOS mode.
>>
>> I do have a (Win95) Recovery CD-ROM Boot Diskette from my TP600,
>> could I use that to get far enough to use the Win2K CD? Or could I
>> build a Win2K recovery disk on my other machine to do this? I've
>> never encountered a machine that won't boot from CD (the options
>> are "diskette first" and "hard disk only").
>>
>> Thanks for any advice you can offer!
>>
>>
>> andrew [awebber_at_wwwebbers.com]
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andrew [awebber_at_wwwebbers.com]
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