re: Re-install w/o CD, have USB pen and setup/boot floppies Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 8:12 pm Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Jerry (901 messages posted) "You need the 2k cd." Well, maybe you do, and maybe you don't. I've installed Win2K on machines without a CDROM before using a parallel-port ZIP drive to transfer the files. I used a DOS-boot floppy disk to format the hard drive with FAT-32, and loaded the DOS system files onto the hard drive. Then I used Iomega's free GUEST.EXE driver loader (on a floppy) to load the necessary drivers for the parallel-port ZIP drive. You need all the files in the I386 folder on the Win2K install CD, but nothing else. (You may have these files on your USB stick.) Once the I386 folder is on your hard drive, reboot and let the computer bring itself up in the DOS you put on the hard drive. Then, Change Directories and put yourself in the C:\WINNT folder. Start your installation with the WINNT.EXE file. Jerry Written in response to: Re-install w/o CD, have USB pen and setup/boot floppies (Peter Van Aken: Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 3:25 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Re-install w/o CD, have USB pen and setup/boot floppies (Peter Van Aken: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 3:25 pm) re: Re-install w/o CD, have USB pen and setup/boot floppies (Jim O'Calaghan: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 5:08 pm) Who needs an onboard CD drive on a laptop? (DNA: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 10:54 pm) re: Re-install w/o CD, have USB pen and setup/boot floppies (DEX: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 7:53 pm) re: Re-install w/o CD, have USB pen and setup/boot floppies (Jerry: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 8:12 pm) Another way to do this (DNA: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 9:15 pm) re: Another way to do this (DEX: Mon, Dec 31, 2007, 3:23 am) Sorry, DEX, I'll clarify.... (DNA: Mon, Dec 31, 2007, 7:47 am) re: Sorry, DEX, I'll clarify.... (DEX: Mon, Dec 31, 2007, 9:50 am) To answer your "install from pen drive" question (DNA: Mon, Dec 31, 2007, 8:39 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum