my fiance has an HP and its like 4 yrs old.

It got a virus and couldnt get it off by the suggested program to remove it. Sent it to a fellow iclubber and they wiped it out, so now starting fresh.

Need to install the XP OS. But theres a few problems...

-Her cd disc drive does not work (Frys does not carry them instore or online)
-her laptop is too old and wont boot from a usb port (so cant load the OS from a flash drive)
-her HD is a PATA so it wont plug into my computer

So i bought a PATA shell and put her HD into it so now its acting as an external HD. Now I need to somehow load XP onto it thru my laptop or another computer. Anyone know how to do such a thing? I know it can by done by searching google but I think it might be beyond my capabilities

 

Take out the CD drive and try another one from a different laptop, they should be the same size. If it doesn't fit, it probably has an adapter on the back of the drive or you just need to take the face off of the tray. Some of them have rails that you need to take off or put on in order for it to fit. Good luck, you're doing too much work if you're trying to install XP on a completely different computer in hopes of getting the drive to work on the laptop there after - it won't work, sorry.

 

Yeah thomas sorry I haven't been much help lately, work is killing me, but yeah you cant install an os on 1 computer then transfer the harddrive over to another pc.

 

I think you can just install another copy of windows onto the drive and it'll just make your computer think you have a dual boot.

 

So if i just load the OS onto her HD acting as an external HD on my comp, and then put it into her laptop it wont work?

 

I'm missing something here, it won't boot off of USB, then it has a floppy drive? How I would do it.

1. Buy USB CD ROM drive. She'll need this to load all the other software too.
2. Win 98 boot diskette.
3. Install XP from external CD ROM.

 

ya we are just gettin a new cd drive from lanz0r cuz hes friggin sweet at helpin iclubbers out


then install the OS and all that good stuff..

but really the OS is the only reason we need the cd drive... i have microsoft office 2007 on a flash drive..

 

get Win7

 

idk if her comp with support it cuz its old as dirt

 

hope you get it fixed. Ive given up on my laptop it crashes whenever i download anything or run streaming video. I think the fan is broken or something but i got the comp super cheap in jan 06 so its time for an upgrade i guess.

 

well thats what i was telling her... you can get a brand new tiny net book for like $300.... so its like do you spend $75-100 on the old one or just save up for a new one?

She likes the comp and said this should be the last part shes buys for it... after that its donezo haha

 

im a mac guy personally. and i dont want to start a . HOWEVER, the little netbooks you get at target for like $300 with linux installed are just DOPE! perfect for almost every application!

 

yea i think that will be her next one.. maybe a suprise birthday or christmas gift

 

yeah ima try to get an i-mac too since they are huge and easy to use and I never move my laptop from the table...

 

yea i really dont take my anywhere.. its basically a desktop that i just move from the coutch to kitchen counter