re: Another way to do this Monday, December 31, 2007 at 3:23 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by DEX (11846 messages posted) Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites Click Here that's true for most PC's but because it's laptop and the hardware is very proprietary win2k will not have the right drivers to load up most of the hardware.. The screen driver for just one of many,it will pop up a screen but it will not have the drivers for the modem or the lan card so getting them off the net will be a real pain. That's why most laptops come with a recovery disk. ============== Are you a wood worker ?,if so Click Here On Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 9:15 pm, DNA wrote: >You could remove the hard drive from the laptop and use an IDE(2.5")-to-USB adapter >(or a 2.5" IDE-drive external USB enclosure) to connect the 2.5" drive to a desktop. > >The adapter or enclosure is worth having around anyway, because you can retrieve >your data from the laptop's drive if Windows won't start, or if the laptop gets damaged. >The enclosure is even better, because you can put another hard drive in it, and use >it for general backup/file transfer purposes! > >When the drive is connected to the desktop, you can retreive any of your old data >off of it. If the drive is less than 32 binary GB (usually the case on older laptops), >you can format the drive as FAT32 from within Win 2K/XP, without 3rd party software. >Then, copy Setup.exe and the i386 folder to the root directory of the >laptop drive. If you need to install SP4 separately, you can copy W2KSP4_EN.EXE to >C: as well. > >Reinstall the drive in the laptop, and boot with your Setup floppy disk. Go to C: >, then type DIR, to make sure that Setup and the i386 folder are seen in C: by your >Setup disk. Then you can run Setup from that point. > >I've installed 98 and XP to my laptop in this manner, because Setup runs much faster >when the installation files are on a hard drive (vs. optical), and you save wear >on the optical drive. > Written in response to: Another way to do this (DNA: Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 9:15 pm) Responses to this message: Sorry, DEX, I'll clarify.... (DNA: Monday, December 31, 2007 at 7:47 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Re-install w/o CD, have USB pen and setup/boot floppies (Peter Van Aken: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 3:25 pm) re: Re-install w/o CD, have USB pen and setup/boot floppies (Jim O'Calaghan: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 5:08 pm) Who needs an onboard CD drive on a laptop? (DNA: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 10:54 pm) re: Re-install w/o CD, have USB pen and setup/boot floppies (DEX: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 7:53 pm) re: Re-install w/o CD, have USB pen and setup/boot floppies (Jerry: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 8:12 pm) Another way to do this (DNA: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 9:15 pm) re: Another way to do this (DEX: Mon, Dec 31, 2007, 3:23 am) Sorry, DEX, I'll clarify.... (DNA: Mon, Dec 31, 2007, 7:47 am) re: Sorry, DEX, I'll clarify.... (DEX: Mon, Dec 31, 2007, 9:50 am) To answer your "install from pen drive" question (DNA: Mon, Dec 31, 2007, 8:39 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