mazigh Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Hi, Is it possible to Install Windows XP or 7 (Lite Edition) from Internal Hard Drive?, I'm asking because a friend gave me an Old PC... I tried to boot from CD but.. I found it not Working.. Then I made a bootable USB..but the Old PC don't support it!, So I have no solution! Hope Someone have some good solutions :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangkungan Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 yeah, but it would be limited to FAT32, if you want it readable in DOS mode.. that's what I always did before migrating to NTFS.. you access a specific folder in your drive, using a bootable DOS drive.. mine before had a bootable DOS img burned to CD, when floppy wasn't available..maybe an easier solution is simply to yank out the "apparently" old and faulty CD drive and replace it with something working.. it might be a tad bit work, but once it's up and running, there really is no stopping you right?if you don't have spare hardware lying around, maybe you can ask help from other geeky friends.. they might have something lying around for you.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangkungan Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 try finding some goodies over at: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 never mess with a bootable usb. is it in an image? can you make an image on another cmoputer with it and then make a burn disk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackerz14 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 have you try this? http://download.plop...lpbt-5.0.13.zip -Boot Computer From USB or CDROM Using PLoP Even If BIOS is Not SupportedExtract to any folder of your choice then...To add the boot manager quickly to the windows boot menu, use the batch file "InstallToBootMenu.bat" under windows folder of plop, restart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazigh Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 Thanks for replay... I tested hackerz14 solution...but at the end it didn't worked.. I press USB but it doesn't start loading..anyway thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Then I made a bootable USB..but the Old PC don't support it!, So I have no solution!As far as Windows 7 is concerned, you don't have to install it at boot. Just explore your way to the USB drive from within Windows and run it. However, I'd suggest partitioning your drive beforehand. And yes, you're not restricted to FAT32. ;)I've never tried this with XP, so sorry. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pr1xsel Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Make a primary partition on some other harddrive ( Computer > Manage > Disk Management ), you make a small primary partition where you can extract all files from iso and then make restart and you can start installing. Really can't get working CD/DVD rom? Sometimes you need to change in BIOS to enable USB boot or load CD before HDD or maybe CD has too many scratches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anuraag Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 You can do it using WinNTSetupI use WinNTSetup to install my win7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner308 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 you can using some programs such as UltraISO or PowerISO to for creat virtual optical drive and then mount the iso file to the drive and normally install windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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