How to install Windows XP from a hard drive without an optical drive

Many of my friends asked me what should I do if the optical drive on my computer is broken and I want to reinstall the system? Next I will introduce how to install the system from a hard disk.

I. Preparations

1. Prepare an original xp sp3 system and extract the i386 package directly with WinRAR. You only need to extract the i386 package.

If you are using a SATA hard drive, you must also integrate the SATA driver.ProgramFor the method, see create an XP SP3 System Disk integrating the SATA driver.

Find the installation serial number of the XP system and write it down for backup. This document describes the original operating system, so serial numbers are required. If you do not have an existing serial number, you can purchase it from Microsoft.

2. download and install the official version of dwarf dos toolkit 4.2. Click Next to complete the installation.

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3. Download the disk cache program smartdrv. EXE.

Location: http://www.qzcc.com/inhtm/smartdrv.htm

4. If the hard disk file system is NTFS (mainly a drive C and a disk that stores the installation files), download a paragon Partition Manager to convert the file format.

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If the hard disk file system is NTFS (mainly a drive C and a drive for storing the installation files), you must first use

Paragon Partition Manager converts the file format to FAT32. The method is as follows:

① Install the software. Click "general"> "Settings"> "local information", select "Beijing, Hong Kong, and Urumqi" in the time zone, and select "Chinese (PEC)" as the file name language.

② Right-click the NTFS disk, select "modify", and then select "convert.

③ Click "yes" on the dialog box ".

④ Close the page, click "yes", and then restart the computer ).

⑤ Other disks outside drive C can also be formatted in FAT32 format for DOS recognition.

5. Put the XP installation package i386 and the disk accelerator under the root directory of the FAT32 format disk just selected. This article describes how to store data on disk D.

Ii. Installation Steps

1. Shut down and restart. Select the dostoolbox and press Enter.

2. Next, select the first item by default, and press Enter.

3. Select the first item on the next screen (enter the dwarf dos tool disk) and press Enter.

4. Select the next screen (enter the doscommand line) and press the letter O key on the keyboard.

5. After Entering dos, enter D :\> and press Enter.

6. D: \>. Enter Dir and press enter to confirm that the root directory contains the smartdrv and i386 files. Then, format the C drive.

7. D :\>, enter a :\> enter.

8. A: \>, enter format C:/Q, and press Enter. Note that there is a space between format and C, and note that the direction of the slash behind C is/rather \

A warning will appear on the screen. Are you sure you want to format drive C, Y/n? Press Y and press Enter.

After the screen is static, a prompt will appear. You just need to press enter to ignore it!

9. Enter D :\> and press Enter.

10. D: \> enter smartdrv. If it fails to be loaded at a time, enter smartdrv again. For Help and type "smartdrv/?" appears on the screen /?" The load is successful.

11. D: \>, enter CD i386 (Note: There is a space between CD and i386), and press Enter.

12. D: i386 \>. Enter WINNT and press Enter.

Go to a blue screen and press enter to directly install the system. The following steps can be completed by prompting you to enter relevant information.

(Appendix:

Method 1

1. Restore the system

1. Create a folder on disk D, name it ghost, and put the system ghost backup file (for example, system. gho)

2. Install the dwarf dos Toolkit version 4.2.

3. restart the computer → select my dostoolbox with the "keyboard" and "keyboard" keys, press ENTER → select the ghost 8.2 wizard tool disk, and press ENTER → select 5. start manual ghost 8.2, press ENTER → click OK in the pop-up window (1 → click Local in the pop-up window, select partition in the sub-menu, select from image from the sub-menu. (2) → click "disks" in the pop-up window, select disk D from the drop-down menu → select the ghost folder → select system. gho (3) → OK (4) → OK (5) → select 1, then click OK (6) → click Yes (7) (then start to install the ghost system, it may take about 5 minutes. After 100% is completed, press CTRL + ALT + Delete at the same time and restart the computer .) Done!

Ii. Backup System

Create a folder on drive D, name it Ghost, install the dwarf dos Toolkit version 4.2, and then restart the computer → select my dostoolkit with the "keyboard" and "keyboard" keys, press ENTER → select ghost 8.2 wizard tool disk, press ENTER → select 5. start manual ghost 8.2, press ENTER → click OK in the pop-up window → click Local in the pop-up window, select partition in the sub-menu, and then select to image in the sub-menu. → Click "snapshot" in the pop-up window, select disk D from the drop-down menu, and select the ghost folder (select the location where ghost backup is stored) → name (such as XP, enter it as needed, but cannot use Chinese.) Click Save next to it, and then click no → yes. (Now it will take about five minutes to back up the system. After 100% is completed, press CTRL + ALT + Delete at the same time and restart the computer .) Done!

Method 2:

1. Restore the system

1. Create a folder on disk D, name it ghost, and put the system ghost backup file (for example, system. gho). decompress the attachment ghost8.2 to D: \ ghost.

2. Install the dwarf dos Toolkit version 4.2.

3. restart the computer. Select My dostoolbox with the "Courier" and "Courier" keys on the keyboard, and press Enter. Choose "Run dwarf tool room dostool disk". 4, press ENTER → select Continue to start → use the "continue" and "continue" keys to select. enter the doscommand line, press the Space key to select, then use the "Confirm" and "Confirm" key to select "OK (0) in the lower right corner, press ENTER → enter D at the DOS prompt :, press ENTER → enter: CD ghost, press ENTER → enter ghost, press ENTER → click OK in the pop-up window (1 → click Local in the pop-up window, select partition in the sub-menu, select from image from the sub-menu. (2) → click "disks" in the pop-up window, select disk D from the drop-down menu → select the ghost folder → select system. gho (3) → OK (4) → OK (5) → select 1, then click OK (6) → click Yes (7) (then start to install the ghost system, it may take about 5 minutes. After 100% is completed, press CTRL + ALT + Delete at the same time and restart the computer .)

Ii. Backup System

Restart the computer → select my dostoolbox with the keys "unlock" and "unlock" on the keyboard, and press ENTER → choose to run the DOS tool disk 4 in the dwarf tool room, press ENTER → select Continue to start → use the "continue" and "continue" keys to select. enter the doscommand line, press the Space key to select, then use the "Confirm" and "Confirm" key to select "OK (0) in the lower right corner, press ENTER → enter D at the DOS prompt :, press ENTER → enter: CD ghost, press ENTER → enter ghost, press ENTER → click OK in the pop-up window → click Local in the pop-up window, select partition in the sub-menu, select to image from the sub-menu. → Click "snapshot" in the pop-up window, select disk D from the drop-down menu, and select the ghost folder (select the location where ghost backup is stored) → name (such as XP, enter it as needed, but cannot use Chinese.) Click Save next to it, and then click no → yes. (Now it will take about five minutes to back up the system. After 100% is completed, press CTRL + ALT + Delete at the same time and restart the computer .) Done!

Note:

1. Dwarf dos_4.2 toolbox is a very useful tool with powerful functions. After you are familiar with it, you can find that there are many ways to back up and reinstall the system, such: 1. One-click Backup System (NTFs supported); 2. one-click Recovery System (NTFs supported); 3. Automatic Backup System (FAT32 only); 4. Automatic Recovery System (FAT32 only) and so on. I will not describe them here! We recommend that you use a dwarf because you can install the ghost system and enter DOS to do what you want, even if you do not have an optical drive or a soft drive.

2. Among many ghost systems, I like computer companies. (I now use the computer company ghostxp v13 (pure). I have downloaded the XP system on the Internet. After downloading it, there are many practical tools in the compressed package, including the dwarf dos Toolkit version 4.2 .)