network upgrade

patrickv · 04-10-2007, 06:39 PM

can i do a network upgrade from a shared cd rom drive over the network to a PC ? the pc to be upgraded cant use its cd rom so i shared mine.
it is a windowsXP home and i will make it a windows XP professional

jjsevdt · 04-10-2007, 08:21 PM

It should work if the bios on your board support network booting. I've shared daemon drives for office installs and other apps, but never an OS install.

patrickv · 04-10-2007, 08:30 PM

well it's not install as such but upgrading the HOME to PRO.

johnb35 · 04-10-2007, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrickv

can i do a network upgrade from a shared cd rom drive over the network to a PC ? the pc to be upgraded cant use its cd rom so i shared mine.
it is a windowsXP home and i will make it a windows XP professional

You will find it a lot easier to use the drive in the computer itself then to share a drive from a different system. Why can't the existing drive be used? Is it broke? Get a new drive if it is, less hassle and time consuming...

patrickv · 04-10-2007, 08:41 PM

it's a laptop.sorry. and i cant get a cd drive for a laptop right now

patrickv · 04-10-2007, 08:42 PM

also if i connect external cd drives it shows up as unkown devices. it alsohas viruses which im trying to sort out right now

jjsevdt · 04-10-2007, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrickv

well it's not install as such but upgrading the HOME to PRO.

Yeah, but when your computer restarts it needs to be able to find that drive.

patrickv · 04-12-2007, 05:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjsevdt

Yeah, but when your computer restarts it needs to be able to find that drive.

No worries. I did it and i'll tell you how. I used the boot disk of win98 and win98SE itself. I booted from the floppy, loaded cd-rom drivers (which worked), formatted C drive, coppied 98 setup files to C drive. Run the 98 setup.
Presto works.

After windows 98 was installed i reformated again and installing XP.

NOTE : while 98 may be dying and MS not supporting it.Its a good idea to have its boot diskette and its cd

jjsevdt · 04-12-2007, 01:36 PM

I keep all my previous os disks, 98, 2000, xp home.

04-10-2007, 06:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,850	network upgrade can i do a network upgrade from a shared cd rom drive over the network to a PC ? the pc to be upgraded cant use its cd rom so i shared mine. it is a windowsXP home and i will make it a windows XP professional __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,120GB SATA -winXP ProSP3 Work:CoreDuo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB Sata II HD - XP PRO SP3 Broken: Dell Optiplex 210L @ 2.8ghz P4HT,512MB DDR2 533, 80GB HD- OSX 10.5.2

04-10-2007, 08:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 25 Posts: 1,108	It should work if the bios on your board support network booting. I've shared daemon drives for office installs and other apps, but never an OS install. __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock Penryn1600SLI-110dB 4GB DDR2 800 1 - 750GB \| 1 - 120GB \| 1 - 60GB HDD PNY nVidia 9600GT Vista Ultimate 64bit All Powered by: RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 530W PSU PSN: JjSeVdT Steam: JjSeVdT

04-10-2007, 08:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,850	well it's not install as such but upgrading the HOME to PRO. __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,120GB SATA -winXP ProSP3 Work:CoreDuo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB Sata II HD - XP PRO SP3 Broken: Dell Optiplex 210L @ 2.8ghz P4HT,512MB DDR2 533, 80GB HD- OSX 10.5.2

04-10-2007, 08:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,850	it's a laptop.sorry. and i cant get a cd drive for a laptop right now __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,120GB SATA -winXP ProSP3 Work:CoreDuo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB Sata II HD - XP PRO SP3 Broken: Dell Optiplex 210L @ 2.8ghz P4HT,512MB DDR2 533, 80GB HD- OSX 10.5.2

04-10-2007, 08:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,850	also if i connect external cd drives it shows up as unkown devices. it alsohas viruses which im trying to sort out right now __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,120GB SATA -winXP ProSP3 Work:CoreDuo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB Sata II HD - XP PRO SP3 Broken: Dell Optiplex 210L @ 2.8ghz P4HT,512MB DDR2 533, 80GB HD- OSX 10.5.2

04-12-2007, 01:36 PM	#9 (permalink)
jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 25 Posts: 1,108	I keep all my previous os disks, 98, 2000, xp home. __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock Penryn1600SLI-110dB 4GB DDR2 800 1 - 750GB \| 1 - 120GB \| 1 - 60GB HDD PNY nVidia 9600GT Vista Ultimate 64bit All Powered by: RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 530W PSU PSN: JjSeVdT Steam: JjSeVdT

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