How to put an OS on a vintage Sharp Actius MM10 sub-laptop computer that does not support USB Booting.

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iKokomo

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I have a vintage Sharp Actius MM10 (Windows XP) from 2003"ish". The hard drive died on this unit and I want to put an SSD in this unit.

The only problem is that this laptop (according to research) does not support USB booting (has 1 port) except to a specific CD drive. Since I don't have the drive, I was wondering how I can recover windows XP to this computer?
This is a sub-notebook, so there is no internal CD or FD.

Is there a way to "prepare" the hard drive with XP before putting it in the computer so that it will boot?

Fun Fact: This is the laptop that was thinner than the first Macbook Air that Steve Jobs mistakenly said was the thinnest ever. I would love to get this restored and running again. Everything else is working on this laptop.
 
Uhm. Unfortunately, you won't be able to put an SSD in that as it only accepts PATA drives, not SATA. Back then the manufacturer would send you a replacement drive with the OS on it already.
 
Considering the majority of the forum posts I can find on this laptop are from you on various forums, I think you're on your own.

I couldn't even find physical specs or even a picture of it taken apart.
 
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