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More info?)
thats true about future software, thanks
"Marty S." <SkoConsult@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I wouldn't do it that way because I don't have a lot of experience working
> across a network, especially trying to download software onto a machine
> without software.
>
> The path I would take is what I took with my cheap laptop -- go to Ebay
and
> find an inexpensive external CD drive (or borrow one from a friend)...
load
> a basic version of the CD's drivers (even if you have to load DOS first),
> then install XP from that CD. With Win2000 you can create 4 start-up
> floppies that put the basic drivers on your machine so you can then
install
> the operating system from the CD but I'm not sure what the procedure is
for
> WinXP. This probably isn't an "elegant" solution, but it worked for me.
> You'd need the CD drive to load things like a word processing program,
> spreadsheet, virus protection, games, etc., anyway, so why not breakdown
and
> spend the $25 to $50 on a PCMCIA drive or USB or serial drive?
>
> --
> Marty S.
> Baltimore, MD USA
>
>
> "Frank J Wolz III" <wolz.2@wright.edu> wrote in message
> news:c4s190$ngs$1@proxy1.wright.edu...
> > That site looks great, but i don't have XP on my computer yet, i want to
> get
> > it on there but the fact that it has no cd drive i can't. Someone
> mentioned
> > earlier you can do it from another computer via ethernet, how would you
do
> > this?
> > "Marty S." <SkoConsult@aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:GLCdneyHpaSRGOzdRVn-hw@comcast.com...
> > >
http
/www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
> > >
> > > I used these guidelines to put Win2000 on a 166mhz 48mb RAM HP
Omnibook
> > > 800ct without any problems (so far!!). I use the laptop as a
> stand-alone
> > > for notes and other school work. I have used it with a wireless
> network,
> > > MSWord/Excel 97, too. Before I started the process, I was using about
> > 80mb
> > > of RAM so my harddrive was always being accessed and it was running
very
> > > slow and it would take forever for applications to start and for
> webpages
> > to
> > > download. After following the guidelines to tweak Win2000 (there are
> also
> > > guidelines for WinXP) I now run at about 38mb or RAM in an idle state.
> Is
> > > this a gaming machine? NO! But it works "ok" for what I need.
> > >
> > > You need to click on the link to download the PDF document and follow
> the
> > > steps to disable or manually start several of the Windows built-in
> > > processes. This isn't a software download but just instructions,
> > depending
> > > on your level of skill and what you are trying to accomplish with your
> > > laptop. For example, I don't use my laptop as a server or for gaming
or
> > for
> > > any major graphics uses so I followed the instructions and turned off
> > those
> > > processes from starting. There are probably 30+ processes that you
can
> go
> > > through and turn off (disable), turn on manually only when needed, or
to
> > run
> > > automatically. Many of the processes that take up significant RAM
> (wasted
> > > RAM) you will never need.
> > >
> > > Good luck!!!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Marty S.
> > > Baltimore, MD USA
> > >
> > >
> > > "Frank J Wolz III" <wolz.2@wright.edu> wrote in message
> > > news:c4rtom$k1n$1@proxy1.wright.edu...
> > > > I just got a hand me down IBM Thinkpad which is pretty old. Aside
> from
> >
> > > the
> > > > fact that the hard drive is very small, is there any way to get XP
> onto
> > > it.
> > > > It came with 98 when it was first released. It has no cd-rom, but I
> do
> > > have
> > > > an external floppy I bought and a network card. From these two
things
> > is
> > > > there any way to get XP. I have the CD for XP, but no CD drive.
Any
> > way
> > > to
> > > > hook it up to the network and use another computers cdrom drive, or
to
> > put
> > > > the necessary xp files on a floppy? thanks for any help.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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