Installing Win XP via Network Boot (PXE)

karhoe · 2nd Jan 2007, 08:31 PM

My laptop CDROM drive is broken and the only way to reinstall the corrupted OS is via PXE network boot. I did alot of Google but I am still quite blur about it. Can anyone brief me how can I perform a RIS?

I am using Windows XP, not Windows 2000 Server, wonder if there is a way.

Thanks

Adrian Wong · 2nd Jan 2007, 11:49 PM

Hmm.. Why don't you try installing from a USB flash drive?

karhoe · 3rd Jan 2007, 12:19 AM

Because that stupid Bios only allows me to boot from 4 options

1) CDROM - ATAPI not detected in BIOS
2) Floppy - lappie does not have
3) Hard Disk -
4) Network Boot - Last hope

Furthermore, I can learn new stuff

hyper_raider · 3rd Jan 2007, 02:14 AM

You will need a ghost server if you want to attempt to do this...

karhoe · 3rd Jan 2007, 03:04 PM

Can I do it with Norton Ghost ?

hyper_raider · 4th Jan 2007, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by karhoe

Can I do it with Norton Ghost ?

Yup you can, but you will need a ghost image of the computer you are going to ghost

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karhoe I'm a regular Join Date: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 293 Reputation: 11 Rep Power: 2	Because that stupid Bios only allows me to boot from 4 options 1) CDROM - ATAPI not detected in BIOS 2) Floppy - lappie does not have 3) Hard Disk - 4) Network Boot - Last hope Furthermore, I can learn new stuff

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