Hi, I have a LAN comprising 3 Win XP PRo boxes and also a laptop. I
recently needed to reinstall XP to the laptop, but had a few problems.
Is there a way that I can reinstall from my LAN using the laptop's copy
of XP and the booting facility inherent in the laptop's netwqork card?

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Not without setting up a server for the laptop to download the boot files
from. Windows 2000 server does this - it's called RIS (Remote Installation
Services).

If you've just got 3 computers and a laptop it will be far more hassle than
it's worth. You're better off just re-installing from the original CD's. If
you're asking about LAN installs because you've got a problem with the CD
Drive, your quickest and cheapest option would probably be to buy a USB
CD-ROM drive.

Ross

"Bob Moore" wrote:

> Hi, I have a LAN comprising 3 Win XP PRo boxes and also a laptop. I
> recently needed to reinstall XP to the laptop, but had a few problems.
> Is there a way that I can reinstall from my LAN using the laptop's copy
> of XP and the booting facility inherent in the laptop's netwqork card?
>
> --
> Bob Moore
>
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In article <7990B43A-2340-4993-800B-3B8E89175407@microsoft.com>,
Ross@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> Not without setting up a server for the laptop to download the boot files
> from. Windows 2000 server does this - it's called RIS (Remote Installation
> Services).
>
> If you've just got 3 computers and a laptop it will be far more hassle than
> it's worth. You're better off just re-installing from the original CD's. If
> you're asking about LAN installs because you've got a problem with the CD
> Drive, your quickest and cheapest option would probably be to buy a USB
> CD-ROM drive.
>
> Ross
>
> "Bob Moore" wrote:
>
> > Hi, I have a LAN comprising 3 Win XP PRo boxes and also a laptop. I
> > recently needed to reinstall XP to the laptop, but had a few problems.
> > Is there a way that I can reinstall from my LAN using the laptop's copy
> > of XP and the booting facility inherent in the laptop's netwqork card?
> >
> > --
> > Bob Moore
> >
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Can I use one of my Win XP boxes to simulate a server and run RIS?

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