Ecstasy Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Hey guys i got a little problem with my laptop, i can no longer go into the bios because some loser put a pword in it. I have tried everything on this planet to try to reset it. Now it is set to boot off my floppy, hdd, cdrom. I cant install windows xp because its going into the hd before the cd. Is there a way to install XP from a boot disk? Without having to install Win98?Thx in advanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb582 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Hey guys i got a little problem with my laptop, i can no longer go into the bios because some loser put a pword in it. I have tried everything on this planet to try to reset it. Now it is set to boot off my floppy, hdd, cdrom. I cant install windows xp because its going into the hd before the cd. Is there a way to install XP from a boot disk? Without having to install Win98?Thx in advanced.What kind of laptop is it? A lot of bios manufacturers install a sort of backdoor...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Well, yes, you can install windows from CD by using a "normal" DOS/WIn9x boot floppy disk, as long as the bootfloppy has access to the CD. If the CD is an internal one (IDE/ATA/ATAPI), there are no problems ANY DOS/Win9x you can download from here have the needed drivers:http://www.allbootdisks.com/http://www.allbootdisks.com/index.php?opti...er&filecatid=10If it's external, PCMCIA or USB some more drivers will be needed.Once booted, at the A:> prompt, change to the CD drive letter , say D:, then change directory, CD i386, then run the 16 bit install program, WINNT.EXE.Alternatively, you can prepare the 6 (six) boot diskettes for XP install, make sure that you choose the right version of XP you have:http://www.allbootdisks.com/jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecstasy Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 Hey jaclaz, thx for the quick reply. Works like a charm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 NO prob, that was an easy one. jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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