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Floopyless lapytop pc

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by w.hhutch

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How would one install xp on a laptop with no floopy drive? I have an external floopy but I can't get the laptop to recognize it. When I go into the bios I can't change the boot sequence, I get a supervisory error. It says that all items on menu cannot be modified in user mode. If any items require changes, please consult your Supervisor..........

Help Bill

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by boxfiddler

Though given your final sentence if your IT department is sharp you won't be able to.

Is this your laptop?

by w.hhutch

Purchased this thing from a swap meet on yesterday, looks real good but the guy told me that he had formatted the drive. For the price I couldn't go wrong ya no. I just don't have a cd rom, all i have is a usb external floopy.He was traveling so I'm like lost....the info that I forstated is what I get when I try to boot from da floopy.

Thanks in advance
Bill

by boxfiddler

to boot from the external floppy, I'm at a total loss.

No CD/DVDRom drive???

by w.hhutch

Tell me about!

I can't change the boot preference in the bios no matter what I do, If I could maybe I would invest in an external usb cd rom. Don't want to sink to many duckets in this thing yano!

O well

thanks for ur input ok

Bill

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