"create_share" wrote in message
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Hi!

My CD Rom is not working and i don't have floppy in my Laptop. I have
window98 CD and a desktop computer with windows xp on it. I have removed
the
harddisk of my laptop and connected to the desktop. How can i transfer
system files on the first partition of the external harddisk from windows
98
CD so that i can boot from the harddisk directly?

Thanks!



Disconnect the harddrive from the desktop
and with just the laptop's HD connected...

Boot up with a cd support floppy and copy your win98 folder to the HD

also from the A: drive

issue the command sys C:

that should transfer the system files to make the drive bootable in the
laptop...
then when the drive is back in the laptop, it should boot .
You can then run setup from within the win98 folder


Note: if your desktop does not have a floppy, the win98 cd may be bootable