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Install xp on a second hard drive

  • 14-12-2009 2:17am
    #1
    Noviceman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 176 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I have a PC that cannot boot from cd and has a new hard drive, i want to install xp on the hard drive. I want to put the hard drive into another xp machine and install xp onto it from cd. I have done this previously using certain dos\command prompt commands but can't find where i got them from, i'm obviously not searching for right thing or just got a brain block.

    Can someone point me in right direction on web, so I can bookmark this time round? Ta :)


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  • #2
    Noviceman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 176 ✭✭Noviceman


    anyone help me out with this, i know someone out there knows where to find this, bascailly it's command prompt instructions for initiating an install of xp within windows


  • #3
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    why not disconnect the hard drive with xp on (physically) wire up new hd install xp from cd? Remove hd with nice new xp on it and replace it in the pc with no cd drive.


  • #4
    Noviceman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 176 ✭✭Noviceman


    yes, i suppose i could do that, but this other way is handy, i found it anyway, very useful, see below

    1. Remove the HDD from the old PC, plug it to your other PC and make a partition (e.g. D:\) for the new XP.

    2. Put in the XP CD and run the winnt32.exe in the I386 folder with following switches:

    /tempdrive
    /syspart
    /makelocalsource
    /noreboot

    Start -> Run -> ...\i386\winnt32.exe /tempdrive:d /syspart:d /makelocalsource /noreboot

    3. VERY IMPORTANT step if you want the drive letter to appear as C:\ on the old PC:

    Go to D:\$WIN_NT.~BT\ and delete the MIGRATE.INF file.

    If you skip this step, your Windows partition will stay as D:\ or whatever drive letter appeared on the other PC.

    4. Unplug the HDD, plug it back to the old PC, boot up, and continue the rest of the installation.


    Quote:
    /makelocalsource

    Instructs Setup to copy all installation source files to your local hard disk. Use /makelocalsource when installing from a CD to provide installation files when the CD is not available later in the installation.

    /noreboot

    Instructs Setup not to restart the computer after the file-copy stage of Setup finishes, so that you can execute another command.

    /syspart

    On an x86-based computer, this parameter specifies that you can copy Setup startup files to a hard disk, mark the disk as active, and then install the disk onto another computer. When you start the computer onto which you have installed the disk, it automatically starts with the next phase of Setup. You must always use the /tempdrive parameter with the /syspart parameter.

    You can start Winnt32.exe with the /syspart option on an x86-based computer running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP Professional. The computer cannot be running Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition.

    /tempdrive

    Directs Setup to place temporary files on the specified partition. For a new installation, Windows is installed on the specified partition. For an upgrade, the /tempdrive option affects the placement of temporary files only; the operating system is upgraded in the partition from which you run Winnt32.exe.

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc782342.aspx


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