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Installing OS on laptop HDD

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by Wings13, Jul 8, 2009.

  1. Wings13

    Wings13 Member

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    My laptop had a terrible virus and i needed to reformat however my laptops cd drive is broken and I was unable to boot from a usb. So I took the HDD out and attached it to my desktop through an ide usb converter. It's recognized by the desktop, so my question is:

    what is the easiest way to install windows to the laptop drive now? Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

    Thanks
     
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    Wings13, Jul 8, 2009
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  2. cee43ja1

    cee43ja1 Active member

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    won't work. you need to install from the laptop. completely different hardware will break windows.
     
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  3. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    were you using an usb rom drive or what for usb? i had that problem with a customer's laptop & was able to boot off external rom drive.
     
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    If it will not boot from USB, but can still read from USB, you might be able to modify this method a little, just load bartpe to the laptop harddrive instead of the flash drive, then boot to the laptop hard drive to start the XP install. (I have never tried this)

    http://www.vandomburg.net/installing-windows-xp-from-usb/
     
    KillerBug, Jul 10, 2009
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