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New X60s w/ out an optical drive. How to fresh install XP?
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:37 pm
by rja
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:24 pm
by sugo
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:28 pm
by pianowizard
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:04 pm
by rja
Thanks for the responses. It looks like I will use a USB optical drive.
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:37 am
by yogibear
Yup. I fresh installed XP Pro SP2 on my X60s after I booted it with external USB optical DVD driver.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:52 am
by zyphria
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:00 am
by brumwald
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.
Check the last post on the first page and the rest.
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=19352
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:28 am
by ZPrime
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:36 am
by GomJabbar
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:12 pm
by boon
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:04 pm
by sugo
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:34 pm
by GomJabbar
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.