New X60s w/ out an optical drive. How to fresh install XP?

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New X60s w/ out an optical drive. How to fresh install XP?

#1 Post by rja » Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:37 pm

Hello everyone,
I need to do a fresh install of XP SP2 and have a few questions. Is it possible to install XP by booting and installing from a USB key? Does the ethernet adapter on the x60s support network boot? Is it possible to use an external USB DVD drive to install Windows?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I don't know what I would do without this forum.
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#2 Post by sugo » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:24 pm

Using USB optical drive will work and it's probably the easiest. That's how I fresh installed XP on a X60s.

X60s supports network boot.
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#3 Post by pianowizard » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:28 pm

sugo wrote:That's how I fresh installed XP on a X60s.
That's also how I did it. rja, make sure you get into the BIOS and change the boot sequence so that the USB drive precedes the hard drive.
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#4 Post by rja » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:04 pm

Thanks for the responses. It looks like I will use a USB optical drive.
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#5 Post by yogibear » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:37 am

Yup. I fresh installed XP Pro SP2 on my X60s after I booted it with external USB optical DVD driver.
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#6 Post by zyphria » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:52 am

sugo wrote:Using USB optical drive will work and it's probably the easiest. That's how I fresh installed XP on a X60s.

X60s supports network boot.
I've yet to find a single guide for loading Windows XP through network boot.
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#7 Post by brumwald » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:00 am

zyphria wrote:
sugo wrote:Using USB optical drive will work and it's probably the easiest. That's how I fresh installed XP on a X60s.

X60s supports network boot.
I've yet to find a single guide for loading Windows XP through network boot.
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#8 Post by ZPrime » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:28 am

pianowizard wrote:
sugo wrote:That's how I fresh installed XP on a X60s.
That's also how I did it. rja, make sure you get into the BIOS and change the boot sequence so that the USB drive precedes the hard drive.
Or you can keep hitting F12 during POST to get yourself a boot menu, and choose the device from there. :)
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#9 Post by GomJabbar » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:36 am

ZPrime wrote:Or you can keep hitting F12 during POST to get yourself a boot menu, and choose the device from there. :)
I am not certain about this, but it seems I have read that this method does not work for installing Windows. If someone has used this method successfully for installing Windows, please respond.
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#10 Post by boon » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:12 pm

I know you can use networking to install windows 95/98 But not sure on xp. Even if it does, it is still not as simple as just put the cd and boot in usb optical drive.
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#11 Post by sugo » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:04 pm

GomJabbar wrote:
ZPrime wrote:Or you can keep hitting F12 during POST to get yourself a boot menu, and choose the device from there. :)
I am not certain about this, but it seems I have read that this method does not work for installing Windows. If someone has used this method successfully for installing Windows, please respond.
F12 does work for selecting boot device. It has nothing to do with installing Windows.
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#12 Post by GomJabbar » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:34 pm

sugo wrote:F12 does work for selecting boot device. It has nothing to do with installing Windows.
I realize F12 selects the boot device. My foggy memory was trying to recall something about the way drive letters are assigned to the CD drive and a Ram Drive when installing Windows (not sure which version) under certain circumstances. It was a mismatch of drive letters that was causing some to have a problem installing Windows. I was thinking that the CD drive letter is fixed when set in the BIOS boot order before the hard drive, but might be changed on reboot if a Ram Drive was set up before the CD drivers loaded. Maybe all this is wrong. I just don't remember exactly what I read now, and I am not sure I am explaining myself very well.
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