Vilioshaz Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Hello. I have a laptop with a cd-rom, which isn't working and i also have another pc (winxp pro) which is in my lan behind router (in my house too (SMC)). My laptop supports booting from lan. After some big lag's happening i decided i need to reinstall my windows. The point is that only way to read the cd is through the other pc. So can someone tell me how could i make this installation happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idontwantspam Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Fix the CD drive in the laptop? There are ways to do network installs, but that requires a domain and an installation server and other complicated stuff, I think. I've never tried it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamins Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Fix the CD drive in the laptop? There are ways to do network installs, but that requires a domain and an installation server and other complicated stuff, I think. I've never tried it though. Yeah, you'll need an RIS (Remote Installation Services) server, or some other remote deployment tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Sorry guys but your wrong,you can copy the cd to the network somewhere and boot into dos and run \\server\share\winnt32.exe or winnt.exe and it will begin the installhowever you may have to tinker with local security policies in order to get a dos client to authenticate with another machine, i think the policy is something like "digitally sign communications" set to never if you need any more help il look into it latercheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 if you need any more help il look into it laterI think he'll need help booting into DOS without working cdrom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youlian Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 i found a easy waygoogle for sysangelit's the best tool ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 if you need any more help il look into it laterI think he'll need help booting into DOS without working cdrom.what about a 98 boot disk?and whats sysangel?.......*goes to find out* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 what about a 98 boot disk?People replied to his idea of starting the install trough Network PXE boot, I assumed there was no floppy drive either on his laptop. If not, maybe read Jaclaz's guide and create a bootable USB stick ?... wating for Jaclaz to come by and post 5 link in a row ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
severach Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Have you plugged a USB CDROM in to see if the BIOS is smart enough to boot from it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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