Have to do a floppy install

Forum: HD Install
Topic: Have to do a floppy install
started by: arew264

Posted by arew264 on April 05 2005,03:27

I have an old acer comp with a cd drive that it cant boot from. THe drive can also not read burn disks, so I have to do a floppy install. I really have no idea what to do so could someone please explain how to do it to me?

Posted by jls legalize on April 05 2005,08:07

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Posted by jls legalize on April 05 2005,08:51

I used 2 pc connected via parallel port with a cable.
The 2 pc have both a 50MB partitition.
I copied the dsl cd in the partition of the first pc.
I started both pc with norton ghost and copied the data from the first pc to the second.

Posted by arew264 on April 05 2005,12:00

actually I decided to put in a cd drive from another comp to get this to work, but I have to put it back. How would I go about installing from a boot floppy and the disk?

Posted by jls legalize on April 05 2005,14:18

the floppy should see the cd

Posted by jls legalize on April 06 2005,10:09

u can find the image of norton ghost (parallel version) floppy here:

< my_remote_disk >

To download it click on the box near nortonghostlpt7 anc press the red botton where is written scarica (download)