re: Help needed: W2K reboots constantly Monday, December 1, 2003 at 3:59 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Marc (51 messages posted) That's seems reasonable. Many thanks Bob Can I ask another one: someone suggested that I could boot from the floppy (it works) and then launch the install from the CD. How about the second part? Would it work? If yes, how would I install the driver for the CD player? On Sunday, November 30, 2003 at 11:17 am, Aspen Bob wrote: >Marc ,,,your right it will not work because it's for a USB port not for a pcmcia >cd rom....need to read the text file that came with it... >"in another (different) " I would not because it's laptop take in to a desktop and >try it ... >Unplug the one that's in the desktop and plug the laptop HD in..... >Then boot with the win2k cd and let in format the drive. >DON'T install win2k just format the HD... >Or you can download a bootdisk for win98se and format the drive,,,from bootdisk.com >You says what's with all the format stuff...??? >If you install win2k on the laptop drive in the desktop pc it will use the hardware >in the desktop and not the laptop,,,,,and you don't have a way to fix it on the laptop >with out a cd drive....(to run the repair item to find the hardware on the laptop...) >So anyway after you have formated the drive go to the win2k cd and copy the I-386 >dir to the drive.. >it will be on the cd under winnt/I-386. >copy to the laptop HD i.e. C:\>I-386setupNT >Then put it back in the laptop and restart the laptop with the win98se boot disk,,,then >go to >C:\>I-386setupNT dir and type winnt.exe in it will install and set it up to run >on the laptop....... >I know it looks hard but it's not, just takes time....with a out boot cd rom drive... > > > Written in response to: re: Help needed: W2K reboots constantly (DEX: Sunday, November 30, 2003 at 11:17 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Help needed: W2K reboots constantly (Marc: Mon, Nov 24, 2003, 12:29 pm) re: Help needed: W2K reboots constantly (DEX: Mon, Nov 24, 2003, 1:21 pm) re: Help needed: W2K reboots constantly (Marc: Mon, Nov 24, 2003, 2:24 pm) re: Help needed: W2K reboots constantly (DEX: Mon, Nov 24, 2003, 5:29 pm) re: Help needed: W2K reboots constantly (Marc: Tue, Nov 25, 2003, 4:04 am) re: Help needed: W2K reboots constantly (DEX: Tue, Nov 25, 2003, 11:43 am) re: Help needed: W2K reboots constantly (DEX: Tue, Nov 25, 2003, 12:07 pm) re: Help needed: W2K reboots constantly (Marc: Sat, Nov 29, 2003, 8:51 am) re: Help needed: W2K reboots constantly (DEX: Sat, Nov 29, 2003, 10:05 am) re: Help needed: W2K reboots constantly (Marc: Sun, Nov 30, 2003, 9:03 am) re: Help needed: W2K reboots constantly (DEX: Sun, Nov 30, 2003, 11:17 am) re: Help needed: W2K reboots constantly (Marc: Mon, Dec 1, 2003, 3:59 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum