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installing ME on laptop
I have a laptop with no os on it, there is no disk drive, just a cd drive.
how do i install ME on it? I do have an ME Os disk. |
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installing ME on laptop
"Piedmont" wrote in message
... I have a laptop with no os on it, there is no disk drive, just a cd drive. how do i install ME on it? I do have an ME Os disk. Is the CD-ROM on your laptop bootable? If so, I've done this once. I made up a bootable CD which came up thinking it was A: then installed from the WinME CD-ROM. No, I don't remember how I made the bootable CD as this was quite some time ago. I *think* I got the install ISO from http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and, perhaps, even the information on how to make the correct bootable CD. - Bill |
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"Bill Leary" wrote in message news "Piedmont" wrote in message ... I have a laptop with no os on it, there is no disk drive, just a cd drive. how do i install ME on it? I do have an ME Os disk. Is the CD-ROM on your laptop bootable? If so, I've done this once. I made up a bootable CD which came up thinking it was A: then installed from the WinME CD-ROM. No, I don't remember how I made the bootable CD as this was quite some time ago. I *think* I got the install ISO from http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and, perhaps, even the information on how to make the correct bootable CD. - Bill I downloaded and it requires a floppy which I don't have. |
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installing ME on laptop
There are a set of ISO images available here
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Downr...ownload s.htm (I haven't tested that particular one, but it looks OK) -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Piedmont" wrote in message ... "Bill Leary" wrote in message news "Piedmont" wrote in message ... I have a laptop with no os on it, there is no disk drive, just a cd drive. how do i install ME on it? I do have an ME Os disk. Is the CD-ROM on your laptop bootable? If so, I've done this once. I made up a bootable CD which came up thinking it was A: then installed from the WinME CD-ROM. No, I don't remember how I made the bootable CD as this was quite some time ago. I *think* I got the install ISO from http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and, perhaps, even the information on how to make the correct bootable CD. - Bill I downloaded and it requires a floppy which I don't have. |
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Nice!
"Noel Paton" wrote in message ... There are a set of ISO images available here http://www.answersthatwork.com/Downr...ownload s.htm (I haven't tested that particular one, but it looks OK) -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Piedmont" wrote in message ... "Bill Leary" wrote in message news "Piedmont" wrote in message ... I have a laptop with no os on it, there is no disk drive, just a cd drive. how do i install ME on it? I do have an ME Os disk. Is the CD-ROM on your laptop bootable? If so, I've done this once. I made up a bootable CD which came up thinking it was A: then installed from the WinME CD-ROM. No, I don't remember how I made the bootable CD as this was quite some time ago. I *think* I got the install ISO from http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and, perhaps, even the information on how to make the correct bootable CD. - Bill I downloaded and it requires a floppy which I don't have. |
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"Piedmont" wrote in message ...
I have a laptop with no os on it, there is no disk drive, just a cd drive. how do i install ME on it? I do have an ME Os disk. Go into the BIOS setup, find "Boot Sequence" and make sure it is set to "CD, C:". If it isn't, change it and save the new settings. Then insert the Windows ME CD and restart the computer. If this doesn't help, please repost with more information, including the manufacturer and model of the laptop. Ben |
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Isn't the floppy indispensable for ME despite the boot sequence and couldn't
a floppy be installed on a laptop? (Just a thought). H. "Ben Myers" wrote in message ... "Piedmont" wrote in message ... I have a laptop with no os on it, there is no disk drive, just a cd drive. how do i install ME on it? I do have an ME Os disk. Go into the BIOS setup, find "Boot Sequence" and make sure it is set to "CD, C:". If it isn't, change it and save the new settings. Then insert the Windows ME CD and restart the computer. If this doesn't help, please repost with more information, including the manufacturer and model of the laptop. Ben |
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Update - installing ME on laptop
What happened was I had to activate the partition, which I'd never heard of
unless i downloaded The Ultimate Boot CD and another, Boot 98se CD. After that I was able to install 98se, then used my upgrade to ME cd, thanks all. "Piedmont" wrote in message ... I have a laptop with no os on it, there is no disk drive, just a cd drive. how do i install ME on it? I do have an ME Os disk. |
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Update - installing ME on laptop
It is good to see you got sorted out successfully, Piedmont.
Didn't realize myself this was possible. This group is still the best. Harry. "Piedmont" wrote in message news What happened was I had to activate the partition, which I'd never heard of unless i downloaded The Ultimate Boot CD and another, Boot 98se CD. After that I was able to install 98se, then used my upgrade to ME cd, thanks all. "Piedmont" wrote in message ... I have a laptop with no os on it, there is no disk drive, just a cd drive. how do i install ME on it? I do have an ME Os disk. |
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Update - installing ME on laptop
Ah - you obviously wiped the drive, and used fdisk to create new partitions?
The option to 'make active' is present there - it's just not obvious if you didn't use FDISK - what did you use to create the partition in the first place? -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Piedmont" wrote in message news What happened was I had to activate the partition, which I'd never heard of unless i downloaded The Ultimate Boot CD and another, Boot 98se CD. After that I was able to install 98se, then used my upgrade to ME cd, thanks all. "Piedmont" wrote in message ... I have a laptop with no os on it, there is no disk drive, just a cd drive. how do i install ME on it? I do have an ME Os disk. |
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