i reformat often and would like to know how i can install XP from the hard drive itself because i dont have a floppy and a cd drive.

unfortunately I dont have access to a desktop right now and i cant do the tutorial i just read here that looks nice and easy.

anyway i was experimenting with my laptop and accidentally deleted everything.. hahaha

so i now can start from scratch. i believe this can be done through dos? I downloaded the dos 7.1 intaller cd here, thanks to the uploader Sami.

I would really appreciate if we could build a tutorial from my problem to help also anyone in the future.

Many thanks and more power to this site.

Without access to another computer...there is nothing that can be done!

i sincerely doubt that and always, there is something that can be done.

Whatever!

Let me get it straight so that I and everyone can understand this..

You want to install XP from the harddrive because you :
1) Have a computer where the CD/DVD player is either missing or does not work
2) Have a computer where the floppy drive is either missing or does not work.
3) you don't have access to a desktop and because of that you can't do the tutorial that you read here
4 and being the moron that you are...you were playing around with your laptop and accidently deleted everything hahahahaha
5)And now you can start all over from scratch.
6) yet somehow you are inteligent enough to determine that you can reinstall XP through DOS. and even downloaded a CD installation disc of DOS 7.1 from this site

1,2) No where do you mention any other ports that can be used to connect to another computer so I and everyone that reads this must believe they are non existent or you would have mentioned them.
"I reformat often" 4,5,) this really got to me because I had a hard time trying to figure out what you did to accomplish this with the information that you gave. "I reformat offen".... How could you possibly do this??? Windows will not allow you to format an active system from within itself so you must have downloaded and installed some third party program to accomplish this and again must have either made different partitions with some other third party downloaded program and made it bootable to the formating program. But you managed some how and to delete all the files by your playing around and now you wish to start fresh!
6) this was the killer...you have no CD/DVD player so why on earth would you determine to download the DOS 7.1 installer cd from this site and expect to use it to be able to re-install the XP operating system from scratch!

This sounds like the same garbage that this other poster b1caez01 tries to pull.

How do you plan to get any type of data on the hard drive if you have no access to it?

Best bet would be to shop around for an external drive and install your OS (as low as $30 if you shop around).
Newegg.com - $25 - $50, External CD / DVD Drives, CD / DVD Burners & Media, Computer Hardware

@squirrelnmoose

i access the hard drive through a USB flashdrive with DOS.

@lurkswithin

if you are stupid enough to give up on such a simple problem, dont blame those who persevere.

if you still dont know that a reformat can be done with a usb flashdrive, you are so behind.

and for your 'killer', i knew i wouldn't use the cd moron, what i needed were the setup files.

obviously you are so chained on your traditional ways and know not to improve your skills and think outside of the box. a slave of the old ways. haha

i've read that you have quite a reputation here of being the moron.

i may be a beginner on such things as these but at least i'm not the one with an immature and stupid manner.

anyway if you're the only active member here,, not much use after all for this site.

That's great, but I still don't understand how you plan to get files onto the hard drive if you don't already have the USB configured to do so. With no access to another PC you are stuck with what you currently have.

If you had a bootable flash drive that could access the internet then you probably could download and install linux. But finding a virus free downloadable cooy of XP that will accept your XP key, good luck.

actually what i really want to do is have DOS installed on my computer, and if possible via usb. i've seen a program DOS-ON-USB which boots a computer into dos via a flashdrive and installs dos into the flashdrive. can this procesas be manipulated and have dos installed into the hard drive instead of the flashdrive?


and just confirming if XP could be installed via DOS as i have read in some pages.

as for linux i have zero knowledge regarding this but would be very interested to learn. first of all what will be for the drivers if i install linux?

for XP i could install it via flash drive as always..

No doubt that you are that moron b1caez01 using a new screen name.
But that ois fine...just shows that you are truely the moron here.

You definately can't read a post just like b1caez01. Had you been able to you would have read that you needed to use a third party download to format the disc to screw it up like you said. Which again just like that moron
b1caez01 you can't even adequately describe the issues...like you are trying to deliberately trap someone...the only one that you trapped is yourself.

Next time you have a problem try relating all the information instead of only half of it. Better yet why don't you grow up little baby and act like you have some sense about you! trying to use this site to flame people shows your mentality.

Your statement here verifies how you just used this site for flaming purposes moron...you stated that you can do what you asked us to do for you at anytime....if so then why ask us about it.

Just another little baby in the wide world web!

Sami You should see this for what it is and ban this moron and block his IP from ever being able to sign up again!