NoteBook Needs Windows... NO CD ROM

[bradley10]

Hello i have a LTE ELITE notebook... how do i install windows on it?

I heard that i could hook up my Note book to my PC and use it's CD ROM.

Can anyone Help me?

Thanks, Bradley

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[Ghost_Hacker]

If you enabled "file sharing" in Windows9X or the "server" service in NT you can right click the cd-rom icon in "My computer" and choose "sharing.." Then choose "share this folder" and type in a share name. This is all there is to it if you already have a network connection or a crossover cable.

If you don't have a network connection. Make sure file sharing is on and follow these instrutions:

• connect a parallel or null-modem serial cable.
• on the "host" ( the one with the CD) computer click "start" then "programs","accessories" and choose "direct Cable Connection"
• Click "host" and follow the connection wizard.
• On the "guest" computer follow the same steps except choose "guest" instead of "host".
• On the "host" computer reopen "direct cable connection" and choose listen.
• On the "guest" computer reopen "direct...." and choose "connect".

Remember to "share" the CD-Rom.

Good luck


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[This message has been edited by Ghost_Hacker (edited 05-08-2001).]

[hiredgoonz]

That will work if both pcs already have Windows and are networked like Ghost said, but if I'm reading your question right you want to use the cdrom on your desktop to install windows on your notebook (which does not have a cd drive)?

That's kinda tricky and unless you already have an OS installed on it, I don't know how you can do it, but if you have the computer networked to another computer, you can copy all of the setup files to a seperate partition on your laptop's hard drive and then, (theoretically at least, run the setup from there...

This link has some pretty good info on how to do that:
http://www.hexff.com/win98_install.html

But it's for a system that has a cddrive already...I'm not sure if it will work in your case...if not, you may need to get a pcmcia cdrom drive to do it...good luck

[Reid]

According to the specs I found, your processor could be a 40MHz 486 DX2 or a 75MHz DX4. Even Windows 95 might be a strain for it, especially with standard RAM installed of either 4M or 8M with a max of 32M. It was built in the era of Windows 3.1 which did not demand much resources and fit on six (seven?) floppy disks.

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[Ghost_Hacker]

Hired's right, you need an OS on both computers for my method to work. (DUH!! what was I thinking???) Anyway to connect them you would need to get a DOS network bootdisk. There are plenty out there but any that you download will have to be customized for your NIC card. I've never downloaded one that worked without having to customize it. Most of the time I end up making my own which is a real pain in the rear. (I have to recall old netware knowledge I haven't used in years) So, unless you have some networking experince I wouldn't recommend it. (Plus I use them to connect a workstation to a server, nerver used one to connect a workstation to another workstation.)


Here's a link to program that can link and transfer files between computers using a parallel cable. ( not freeware) It runs on 98/DOS/NT.
If it works for you may be able to copy the install files to your hard drive and run the install from there.
Data power


Go here to get Netcopy version 2 another DOS serial cable "link" program. ( freeware)You'll need to boot to DOS on both computers for this to work.
Netcopy


I'v nerver used any of these programs so I can't say how easy or fast they are .There are many more out there so a search at Google for " DOS link" should bring up a few.

Good Luck


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Comment heard from a Klingon programmer.

"Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters'. They have 'arguments'....and they ALWAYS WIN THEM!"



[This message has been edited by Ghost_Hacker (edited 05-09-2001).]