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Win95+WinNT
Boot the machine with a dos disk and then format the disks on this intended machine (even if they are already formatted, then create them as described next. I've even run the I386 setup WINNT.EXE file and allowed it to create the $WIN_NT$.~LS folder and files on the hard drive, then rebooted with the Setup Boot

Cannot run setup in DOS mode?
Boot with the Windows 98 boot disk (make sure smartdrv.exe is on it), then run smartdrv.exe, then put the Windows XP cd in, and go to X\i386(where X is your CD drive designation), and run winnt.exe ,NOT setup.exe. setup.exe is a WINDOWS program..winnt.exe is the DOS-mode installer,and will run from the DOS-mode

How do I run SMARTDRIVE so I can run Win2k setup from DOS?
kk7gw kk...@yahoo.com microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support Either boot directly from the CD, or run winnt.exe from the \i386 directory on the CD. setup.exe is -----Original Message----- I just purchased XP, reformated c: and was going to run XP setup and it tells me that it can't be run in dos mode?

My system boots into Win98 during NT setup (1st reboot after ...
On Wed, 17 May 2000 07:39:09 GMT, wallyb6@nospam (Wally Bass) wrote: winnt.exe in the CD's i386 directory will make the floppies, I believe. It will run under DOS or Win9x. winnt /w is the correct incantation, I think. Winnt32 in the i386 directory will do the same thing, I think, if you have another Win NT system

Cannot run setup in DOS mode?
relic reply...@newsgroup.com alt windows-xp joey wrote: HI... so that means relic, if i run the winnt.exe in dos command and then go back and run setup it should work. and to load smart drive it should be in the bootdisk Run Smartdrv.exe from the bootdisk, then run winnt.exe (in the i386 directory of the CD) only.

Clean install question
If you don't have them, you can create them by running the "winnt.exe -b" install program that is located on the CD. Or you could just install from the CD and keep the dual boot option until you are comfortable with NT, then remove the DOS files and edit the boot.ini file to remove the DOS option from the boot menu

running setup from dos mode?
T. tlhernl...@hotmail.com microsoft public win2000 windows_update No, Winnt32.exe is the 32-bit version of setup for running it from Win9x and NT. I've never tried it under pure DOS (Winnt.exe works every time for me) but I don't think it would work. You're most likely right. I did it awhile back and I remember

No file to make setup FDs?
\Netfx\i386\netfx.cab Winnt.exe - Installation from DOS: 1. Local unattended installation a. Created two partitions: C = certain size, active, d: = remainder b. Copy the I386 and CMPNENTS trees to D: c. Boot to DOS floppy and type command below (you can put it in a batch file) d:\i386\winnt /2:d:\cmpnents

network install
3) At the A: prompt type X:\I386\WINNT.EXE where X: is your CD-ROM drive. 4) Proceed with the install. Install Windows 2000 to a different partition than XP DOS R BX 0 R CX 200 W Q 3) Save the file to the Win98/Me Startup Disk as READ.SCR 4) Boot the computer with the Win98/Me Startup Disk and at the A: prompt

question on a clean install
Jim -----Original Message----- Have you copied smartdrv.exe to your DOS boot disk and then ran it from the A:> prior to launching i386\winnt.exe ? -- Harry Ohrn Expert Zone I'm developing unnattended installations and I'm having problems with running setup from DOS 6.22 and the WINNT setup command.

2 preguntas
Malcolm malco...@blueyonder.co.invalid alt os windows2000 I think you could have tried: [cd-drive]:\i386\winnt.exe.

pb commande dos!
En cuanto a la segunda pregunta, no es posible, MS-DOS no existe en XP. Cortesia de Doug Knox, MS MVP-DTS: How do I install Windows® 98/Me after I've installed XP? 3) At the A: prompt type X:\Win98\Setup.exe (for Win98) or X:\Win9x\Setup.exe (for Win Me) where X: is your CD-ROM drive.

Problem with Boot & Setup with a MS-DOS Net boot floppy disk
3) At the A: prompt type X:\Win98\Setup.exe (for Win98) or X:\Win9x\Setup.exe (for Win Me) where X: is your CD-ROM drive. does not support booting from CD-Rom, you should also be able to boot with a 98/Me Startup disk, and run WINNT.EXE from the I386 folder of your XP CD. 6) Insert your XP CD and boot from it.

XP Question 1: Clean Install..Help!
If you do not have DOS installed you should boot off of a DOS boot disk with a driver for your CD-ROM and again run SETUP.EXE. Every time I try to install NT, it just reboots into Win98 on the 1st reboot. How can I continue installing NT? I've tried to run winnt.exe from dos and from within Win98. -Alain.

SBS 4.5 Eval Install problem
John R. Copeland jcope...@columbus.rr.com alt os windows-xp i1her boot your CD and install from there, or find Winnt.exe on your CD and run it from the DOS prompt. ---JRC--- "Student, TUE" <YourN...@student.tue.nl> wrote in message news:1fzM7.31141$c8.5638880@zwoll1.home.nl... With the message: Could not load

Installing: Dos cannot find specified hard drive
What does "dir \winxpsp1\winnt.exe" say? Well, it lists the file (winnt.exe), size, date, etc. as expected. 03/04/2003 09:21 84939 WINNT.EXE 1 File(s) 84939 bytes 0 Dir(s) 13217341440 bytes free Why can'tI can'tI successfully run setup from dos using Winnt.exe? And one other question that is sure to show my limited

running setup from dos mode?
terri AssocExp...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsxp newusers If for some reason you can't boot from the CD, then you can boot from DOS. Make sure you have smartdrv.exe included on your boot disk and install it or XP will take a long time to install. Go to the i386 folder and run winnt.exe to install.

installing win XP from a: disk boot (DOS)
MS mi...@online.microsoft.com_(Mike_Lin microsoft public windowsxp setup_deployment Hi Nabeel, Setup.exe is not intended to be run from MS-DOS mode for Windows XP. To run Setup from MS-DOS, you can run Winnt.exe from the I386 folder on the Windows XP CD-ROM. Type <drive>:\i386\winnt.exe" (without the quotation

CAN'T INSTALL FROM DOS PROMPT?
Matt s...@protection.plus comp os ms-windows nt setup hardware Gordon Man wrote: Hi, I want to install Dos, Win95 and WinNT to a system. Anyway...within Win95, pop in your WinNT CD and run WINNT.EXE. This will use three floppies for it's setup procedure. After this, it should prompt for you to reboot.

Installing Windows NT 4 form Dos
Try try reformatting the drive in fat16, install dos reboot and see if dos boots(The system works). load cdrom drivers in dos(if NT setup fails to find your cdrom, you indicated this is the case) Run the file winnt.exe in the i386 directory if in dos if in win95 run winnt32.exe, incase you want win95 instead of