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March 17, 2004 at 06:11 AM
an_it_guy

How to install OS without CDROM from DOS

by an_it_guy . Updated 22 years, 3 months ago

Hi All,
Recently the hard-disk of my Sony notebook (PCG-R505TSK) crashed. The docking station has a floppy & a CD-ROM drive. The CDROM is no longer detected and I dont know how to install Windows on it
I bought a new 20GB HDD, got a Win98 bootable floppy, formatted the 20GB and transferred DOS to it. Tried installing various CD-ROM drivers, but no use. The BIOS doesn’t recognise it, whereas the floppy drive, serial, parallel & network ports on the dockin-stn are identified!
How do I install windows on this system without spending a lot of money buying external CD Drive etc.
I have Network boot option in BIOS, how do i use it to point to a network pc having shared CDROM?
Or any other method to get the installation done?
Any help will be appreciated. Thankyou.

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