Copy XP to floppy?

Is it possible to copy Windows XP to a floppy disk? I "inherated" a computer
recently but it only has a floppy drive. There is no operating system
installed either. I have a Windows XP disc but can it be copied to a floppy?
If not, does anyone have any suggestions about how I can install Windows to
the laptop, other than using an external disk drive? The simplier the better.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
Llegssssss

Llegssssss wrote:

> Is it possible to copy Windows XP to a floppy disk? I "inherated" a computer
> recently but it only has a floppy drive. There is no operating system
> installed either. I have a Windows XP disc but can it be copied to a floppy?
> If not, does anyone have any suggestions about how I can install Windows to
> the laptop, other than using an external disk drive? The simplier the better.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thank you
> Llegssssss

It's too big. Get an external CD drive or network the laptop and do a
network install.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 00:01:02 -0800, "Llegssssss" <Llegssssss@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Is it possible to copy Windows XP to a floppy disk? I "inherated" a computer
>recently but it only has a floppy drive. There is no operating system
>installed either. I have a Windows XP disc but can it be copied to a floppy?
>If not, does anyone have any suggestions about how I can install Windows to
>the laptop, other than using an external disk drive? The simplier the better.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>Thank you
>Llegssssss

There's no 'simple' way to do this.

It requires removing the HD from the laptop, using an adapter to convert the the 2½ drive
connector to a 3½ IDE connector, installing it as a slave in a PC that has a working OS,
formatting it as a FAT32 drive with an active partition, 'sys'ing the drive to make it bootable,
copying the i386 folder to the drive, then putting it back in the laptop and running 'winnt.exe'
from the i386 folder. I've left a few steps out, but you can see that it's not at all "simple".

If it's pretty new, and the BIOS supports booting to a PCMCIA device, you could beg, borrow,
rent, or buy a PCMCIA CD-ROM drive and do the install that way.

If you have access to another computer, you could use a boot floppy with network support to do a
network install. You'll need another shave by the time it installs that way tho...

"Llegssssss" <Llegssssss@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> Is it possible to copy Windows XP to a floppy disk? I "inherated" a
> computer
> recently but it only has a floppy drive. There is no operating system

If the computer is so old that it doesn't have a CD drive, I think it's
unlikely that WinXP will run on it...

--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

Thank God Opinicus pointed that out. Hopefully the chap that posted the
question read that.

"Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:uddIg7cEGHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
: Llegssssss wrote:
:
: > Is it possible to copy Windows XP to a floppy disk? I "inherated" a
computer
: > recently but it only has a floppy drive. There is no operating system
: > installed either. I have a Windows XP disc but can it be copied to a
floppy?
: > If not, does anyone have any suggestions about how I can install Windows
to
: > the laptop, other than using an external disk drive? The simplier the
better.
: >
: > Any help would be appreciated.
: > Thank you
: > Llegssssss
:
: It's too big. Get an external CD drive or network the laptop and do a
: network install.
:
: --
: Rock
: MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Talk about being in between a Rock and a hard place....

- Winux P

> If the computer is so old that it doesn't have a CD drive, I think it's
> unlikely that WinXP will run on it...

I'm glad someone said it.......

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Regards

John Waller

No.


"Llegssssss" <Llegssssss@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CF29BCF1-2191-4D1E-969C-E77FB4E3740E@microsoft.com...
> Is it possible to copy Windows XP to a floppy disk? I "inherated" a
> computer
> recently but it only has a floppy drive. There is no operating system
> installed either. I have a Windows XP disc but can it be copied to a
> floppy?
> If not, does anyone have any suggestions about how I can install Windows
> to
> the laptop, other than using an external disk drive? The simplier the
> better.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thank you
> Llegssssss

Llegssssss wrote:
> Is it possible to copy Windows XP to a floppy disk? I "inherated" a
> computer recently but it only has a floppy drive. There is no
> operating system installed either. I have a Windows XP disc but can
> it be copied to a floppy? If not, does anyone have any suggestions
> about how I can install Windows to the laptop, other than using an
> external disk drive? The simplier the better.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thank you
> Llegssssss

No.

I just don't see a way unless you have network resources [Windows Servers
that can provide remote installation facilities] or somesuch. Otherwise, I
think you will have to consider an external drive.

Or

Windows 95 and 98 used to be available on floppy disks. If you can get your
hands on a set you might install one of those instead?

You can do what you want but you'll need 100's of floppies. Get a USB/Serial/Network canle and create a network connection. Copy to disk that way.

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"Llegssssss" <Llegssssss@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CF29BCF1-2191-4D1E-969C-E77FB4E3740E@microsoft.com...
> Is it possible to copy Windows XP to a floppy disk? I "inherated" a computer
> recently but it only has a floppy drive. There is no operating system
> installed either. I have a Windows XP disc but can it be copied to a floppy?
> If not, does anyone have any suggestions about how I can install Windows to
> the laptop, other than using an external disk drive? The simplier the better.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thank you
> Llegssssss