How To Install windows XP over LAN

noreply@blogger.com (ADHYT) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:47:00 +0000

INSTALING WINDOWS VIA NETWORK

it’s useful for installing windows on a computer without a DVD drive or without external DVD drive boot support and without USB boot support, . This method uses PXEboot .

Step 1: Preparation

Windows 2000/XP CD (to get the i386 directory off it)
PC running 2000/XP
Tftp32 .exe , download here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V04T7KQ8
smartdrv.exe, download here SMARTDRV.EXE
pxelinux.0 memdisk menu.c32 bartdisk.IMA

Create a folder for save the Tftp32 .exe, smartdrv.exe, pxelinux.o , memdisk, menu.c32, bartdisk.IMA , create it at c:\SP2

Create folder WINXP, Copy i386 folder from Win XP and smartdrv.exe into this folder. After that share this folder

Once you’ve collected all of the above, lets begin;

Tftp32 .exe and extract the contents
Install TFTPD
Click settings and match the screenshot below:

after you setting DHCP on TFTPD now follow this instructions :

boot PC from LAN

select bart network disk
select manual
follow further instructions
if it came to the LM host, check the command
wait until screen blank
on screen type ip addres server and name of the computer,like 198.168.2.100 CaLEnG
ALT+X
format the Disk with format C:
after format disk, now install windows
Q:\NET\ type NET USE X: \\CaLEnG\SP2
X:
SMARTDRV.EXE
CD I386
WNNT
wait until the copy process is complete
press enter, unplug the network cable ‘n installing u’r windows

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How To Install windows XP over LAN