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lettuce:


--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on June 04, 2008, 02:24:27 pm ---Just get yourself a nice big USB flash drive and then you don't need one installed.

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What and the copy the contents of my windows xp disc to the flash drive, and setup so my pc boots from the flash drive?

RayB:

used goods store... old cd-rom drives are plentiful

its useful for loading more files, though you could also go the USB drive way,,,,,

Ginsu Victim:


--- Quote from: lettuce on June 04, 2008, 02:58:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on June 04, 2008, 02:24:27 pm ---Just get yourself a nice big USB flash drive and then you don't need one installed.

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What and the copy the contents of my windows xp disc to the flash drive, and setup so my pc boots from the flash drive?

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Meh....I didn't read the part about setting up windows. I just meant instead of having a DVD drive. I installed windows, then took the drive out and only use flash drives to add to the cabinet.

severdhed:

a cd/dvd drive is by far the easiest way to get windows setup and working.   once you have windows installed, then you really don't need one in the cabinet, you can always install from a flash drive, or over the network.   you should be able to pick up a dvd rom drive online for around $20 shipped..or if you have one in another pc, it would only take a few minutes to swap one out.    if not, check a local pc repair shop, i'm sure they would have spares lying around they'd let you have for next to nothing.

NickG:

You can install windows from the hard drive you intend to install in the cabinet, but you will have to attach it to the other computer to copy many files onto it first.  Basically, you copy the Windows CD setup files to that hard drive, and also install a bootable DOS image to the drive.  Then you connect the drive to your cabinet PC, boot to DOS from it, then start the Windows installation from the command prompt.  There is a bit a detail lacking in this explanation that you can probably find here:
http://www.overclock.net/faqs/101421-how-install-windows-xp-hard-drive.html
There are a few more guides 'round the net and you can probably find one that tells how to do this from a USB drive if yours has enough capacity for the files, and if your PC can boot from USB.
P.S. , almost forgot you can most other Windows versions and some Linux distro's this way, too.

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