pre Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Wow, I have printed that off for my brother. Good Job (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyman Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Nice info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadJoker Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Cool guide. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I dont get this :s When can it be used??! To install XP from a HDD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elagizy Posted May 11, 2005 Author Share Posted May 11, 2005 I dont get this :s When can it be used??! To install XP from a HDD? 585901078[/snapback] yes, to install any OSs from DOS ;) , to install win XP by running SmartDRV.EXE then running the file which located at \i386\winnt.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyoung1616 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 (edited) We use this on some laptops that have no cd rom with them. If I'm in no hurry I skip the smartdrive part but it will take twice as long to install. I've even got laptops in that can't use usb in dos have no floppy or cd rom so I pop out the hard drive put it on my work server, fdisk, format then sys C:(you need a win 98 machine for this or use /s command at format ) so it will boot to a c prompt, make a directory I386, copy files over reinstall hard drive then run winnt from dos prompt, after cd to I386 of course. Cody Edited May 11, 2005 by cyoung1616 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted May 11, 2005 Global Moderator Share Posted May 11, 2005 nice.. but who uses FAT32 anymore? this is the dawn of windows XP... everyone is on NTSC :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elagizy Posted May 11, 2005 Author Share Posted May 11, 2005 nice.. but who uses FAT32 anymore? this is the dawn of windows XP... everyone is on NTSC :p 585904952[/snapback] If you have a small HDD ( 1 to 10 GB ) then convert it to FAT32, Its better to make it HDD StartUp. Besides NTFS format on this old HDDs will not make any difference in performance. at least it has a funtion instead of throwing it. :D or you can just install winxp on your new HDD using the DOS mode then convert the partition to NTFS by Partition Magic .. ( it won't take a minute ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blik Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 If this is done will windows get installed on D:\ ? And this should be much faster than the convetional cd install too... Thanks for the info :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngalt Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 in autoexec.bat:1- "EMM386.EXE" ( Google it ) <---this version needs to be compatible with the version of DOS that is on the drive 2- "HIMEM.SYS" ( Google it ) <---this version needs to be compatible with the version of DOS that is on the drive goto %config% <---this statement does what? :end if not "%ramdrive%"=="" %ramdrive% <---this statement does what? in config.sys: FILES=50 DEVICE=C:\test\HIMEM.SYS DOS=HIGH,UMB DEVICE=C:\test\EMM386.EXE NOEMS DOS=HIGH,UMB <--- this is a duplicate - and will not do anything at all.[/color the technically 'proper' way to do the config.sys is to have the device himem.sys and e,,386 lines first, dos=high,umb, next and Files=50 next. With modern systems, additional lines may make the system faster as well, such as increasing the # buffers as well as increasing the number / size of the stacks allowed. With anything over 128 MB make Files=100 at least. You have the memory for it. 585829828[/snapback] EDIT: Added the following: I added commentary in red. Also be warned that this will be a painfully slow installation on modern machines as a 1 GB drive will almost *always* have a very low on-board cache, be more than likely a 5400 RPM drive, and will have slow access times. Another thing to consider is what the poster above asked - about the drive letters being changed around and such.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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