How can I install XP on a second harddrive

I do not have a floppy drive to load XP drivers but I do have the XP boot disk set on floppies, can I use another computer to burn them to cd and then copy them to the second harddive before I try to install XP onto that drive? Will it recognize that the drivers are there durning the install?

Posted 1 year ago #

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LukeTurnbull

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You can add the drivers after installing xp on the machine.
you will just have as lot of unrecognised hardware when you check the device manager.

Posted 1 year ago #

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arundhamodharan

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I have a win vista Dell laptop. I would like to install win XP instead of having a dual OS. There are totally 2 drives. One has Win Vista installed and other is a backup. To install Win Xp what shall I do..please help me....

Posted 1 year ago #

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whs

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arundhamodharan, before you do anything make sure you find all the XP drivers for your Dell. Chances are they do not exist. Then you get stuck later. Question: Why did you buy a Vista computer supported by Vista if you wanted XP? You are going down a bumpy road.

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