I have a Dell P3 550 and no OS on it now. I would like to put Win2000 Pro on it.
Do not have access to CD-Burner, only floppys HELP
2006-08-04 12:16:57 · 10 answers · asked by arcman 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
if the new compy has a USB port get a USB external CD or maybe a CD/DVD burner they are less than 80 these days
2006-08-04 12:21:43 · answer #1 · answered by admiralgill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to say, you can't use floppies for that. That is exactly the reason they are extinct now because they are too small and too slow. You would be using about 500 floppies if you actually tried to do that...not to mention you would have to break the entire OS into little pieces to make them fit into floppies.
If you don't have access to a CD-burner, then go out and buy it. In fact, get a DVD burner, its a lot better. On top of that just to let you know, you can't just "copy" windows from one computer to another. You need the original CD (or in image or something) of the entire operating system and its installation files. If you don't have that either, then go and just buy a new operating system. It will be expensive but will really save you a lot of headache.
2006-08-04 19:24:20 · answer #2 · answered by The Prince 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would take 450 floppy disks so just buy a CD Rom drive for 35 bucks from www.newegg.com
2006-08-04 19:21:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can get your CD working with a boot disk you can install 2000. There is even a way to avoid the product key requirement but that is another question for someone to ask
2006-08-04 19:24:58 · answer #4 · answered by alcavy609 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
floppys would take HOURS and MILLIONS of discs, other than that, a CD Burner would be the way to go, about 4-8 CD's
2006-08-04 19:19:45 · answer #5 · answered by Mr B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what you should do is make a boot disk... the boot disk usually has a generic driver for your cd drive. Then use the promt to selet the windows 2000 cd in the drive and run setup.exe or whatever and you are ready to go.
2006-08-04 19:21:25 · answer #6 · answered by Mosh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you could (which you cant) youd be fooling with over 500 floppy disks, which I dont think youd want to anyway...
2006-08-04 19:19:40 · answer #7 · answered by kl0wnie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call dell and ask them for a backup cd of your OS
they should send you one free of charge
2006-08-04 19:21:26 · answer #8 · answered by Ðêù§ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't...
Buy a cd drive...
2006-08-04 19:19:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
network install -- lamer
2006-08-04 19:21:45 · answer #10 · answered by ★Greed★ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋