windows XP Installation from DOS

3 days ago i contact microsoft from online support, and i ask them if i can
install Windows XP Home from DOS 6.2 and they tell me that installation is
imposible to make, so i am computer technician, and i know some DOS commands,
i keep trying and thinking about that installation, then finally i made it. I
would like to tell that when you don't know its better not to talk. This
microsoft technician, don't know anything about that question, so i would
like to be in his position, its a joke, but the only thing i want to tell to
everyone is that is posibble to install Windows XP from DOS 6.2

Thanks

philo
Mon May 05 12:02:56 PDT 2008


"Bryan Carmona" <BryanCarmona@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 3 days ago i contact microsoft from online support, and i ask them if i
can
> install Windows XP Home from DOS 6.2 and they tell me that installation is
> imposible to make, so i am computer technician, and i know some DOS
commands,
> i keep trying and thinking about that installation, then finally i made
it. I
> would like to tell that when you don't know its better not to talk. This
> microsoft technician, don't know anything about that question, so i would
> like to be in his position, its a joke, but the only thing i want to tell
to
> everyone is that is posibble to install Windows XP from DOS 6.2
>
> Thanks


It *cannot* be peformed from an ms-dos 6.2 boot disk...
but it actually can by using a win98 bootdisk with cd support

I have done it and here is how:


First, the HD must be formatted as fat32...
if you require NTFS the drive may be converted after the install.

Next you *must* load smartdrv.exe

so if smartdrv.exe is not already on your boot floppy
get it and copy it there.

if it's on the floppy


simply type and enter the following: smartdrv

IIRC you should see a message the smartdrv is loaded

now from within the i386 folder just run the command : winnt

and the installation will begin

Note: do not run "setup" from the dos prompt you must run : winnt


I have done that and it worked...but it was a while back


and I can't recall if I first copied the i386 folder to the HD...
but think that's the best way to do it

Shenan
Mon May 05 12:08:58 PDT 2008

Bryan Carmona wrote:
> 3 days ago i contact microsoft from online support, and i ask them
> if i can install Windows XP Home from DOS 6.2 and they tell me that
> installation is imposible to make, so i am computer technician, and
> i know some DOS commands, i keep trying and thinking about that
> installation, then finally i made it. I would like to tell that
> when you don't know its better not to talk. This microsoft
> technician, don't know anything about that question, so i would
> like to be in his position, its a joke, but the only thing i want
> to tell to everyone is that is posibble to install Windows XP from
> DOS 6.2

DOS 6.2? Is that Windows 98 DOS?

http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

--
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MS-MVP
--
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http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

philo
Mon May 05 12:20:38 PDT 2008


"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Bryan Carmona wrote:
> > 3 days ago i contact microsoft from online support, and i ask them
> > if i can install Windows XP Home from DOS 6.2 and they tell me that
> > installation is imposible to make, so i am computer technician, and
> > i know some DOS commands, i keep trying and thinking about that
> > installation, then finally i made it. I would like to tell that
> > when you don't know its better not to talk. This microsoft
> > technician, don't know anything about that question, so i would
> > like to be in his position, its a joke, but the only thing i want
> > to tell to everyone is that is posibble to install Windows XP from
> > DOS 6.2
>
> DOS 6.2? Is that Windows 98 DOS?
>
> http://unattended.sourceforge.net/
>



No Dos 6.2 is the "old" dos...
it does not have fat32 support.

That's why I suggested to the OP to use a win98 boot disk
as that's dos 7.1 and has fat32 support.

(Though a win95B/C or WinME bootdisk would be fine too)

J&P
Mon May 05 12:32:59 PDT 2008


"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uk6S6NurIHA.5068@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Bryan Carmona wrote:
>> > 3 days ago i contact microsoft from online support, and i ask them
>> > if i can install Windows XP Home from DOS 6.2 and they tell me that
>> > installation is imposible to make, so i am computer technician, and
>> > i know some DOS commands, i keep trying and thinking about that
>> > installation, then finally i made it. I would like to tell that
>> > when you don't know its better not to talk. This microsoft
>> > technician, don't know anything about that question, so i would
>> > like to be in his position, its a joke, but the only thing i want
>> > to tell to everyone is that is posibble to install Windows XP from
>> > DOS 6.2
>>
>> DOS 6.2? Is that Windows 98 DOS?
>>
>> http://unattended.sourceforge.net/
>>
>
>
>
> No Dos 6.2 is the "old" dos...
> it does not have fat32 support.
>
> That's why I suggested to the OP to use a win98 boot disk
> as that's dos 7.1 and has fat32 support.
>
> (Though a win95B/C or WinME bootdisk would be fine too)
>

Philo, the OP does not appear to be asking for help to install XP home. He
says he has actually managed to install it from within DOS 6.2 ????

philo
Mon May 05 12:42:40 PDT 2008


"J&P" <jopam@beeteeinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:ekWlUTurIHA.2492@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:uk6S6NurIHA.5068@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> Bryan Carmona wrote:
> >> > 3 days ago i contact microsoft from online support, and i ask them
> >> > if i can install Windows XP Home from DOS 6.2 and they tell me that
> >> > installation is imposible to make, so i am computer technician, and
> >> > i know some DOS commands, i keep trying and thinking about that
> >> > installation, then finally i made it. I would like to tell that
> >> > when you don't know its better not to talk. This microsoft
> >> > technician, don't know anything about that question, so i would
> >> > like to be in his position, its a joke, but the only thing i want
> >> > to tell to everyone is that is posibble to install Windows XP from
> >> > DOS 6.2
> >>
> >> DOS 6.2? Is that Windows 98 DOS?
> >>
> >> http://unattended.sourceforge.net/
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > No Dos 6.2 is the "old" dos...
> > it does not have fat32 support.
> >
> > That's why I suggested to the OP to use a win98 boot disk
> > as that's dos 7.1 and has fat32 support.
> >
> > (Though a win95B/C or WinME bootdisk would be fine too)
> >
>
> Philo, the OP does not appear to be asking for help to install XP home.
He
> says he has actually managed to install it from within DOS 6.2 ????
>
>
>
>
Wow...I re-read the post and see that I missed something !

The only possibility is that he used the method I described...
but installed XP on a fat16 partition.
Since a fat16 partition would have to be 2 gigs max...
it would be a trifle impractical...
but I guess it must be possible then.

I sure like to fool around and experiment a bit

but that's something I would not have thought of trying...

ClueLess
Wed May 07 17:10:52 PDT 2008

On Mon, 5 May 2008 14:44:38 -0500, "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote:

>Since a fat16 partition would have to be 2 gigs max...
>it would be a trifle impractical...
>but I guess it must be possible then.

Yes, that is possible. Once I installed XP in 2gb FAT16 partition just
for experimenting and it did.


--

Thanks for your time and attention

ClueLess