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Install windows 2000 without the cd

  • 30-04-2008 3:07pm
    #1
    Surrender
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭


    My cd drive is buggered and I want to downgrade to 2000. I've made a win98 boot (from usb stick) and have a seperate fat32 partition with the I386 files.

    I try to run the winnt.exe from windows 98 and it copies all the setup files but then it asks for a reboot to continue and I end up back at my xp logon screen.

    Any ideas? Am I going about this the wrong way?


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  • #2
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Sounds like you're doing everything right to me.

    Did you start smartdrv before launching winnt?


  • #3
    Surrender
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭Surrender


    I tried starting smartdrv but it gave me an invalid command message at the prompt. I'll give it another go and see


  • #4
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Is smartdrv on the stick?


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