I have a Gateway Mx Notebook that was running XP but this installation is now corrupt.
There is an option in the BIOS menu to boot from LAN so i connected my laptop to a desktop running XP via ethernet and started them both up.
The laptop just says 'DHCP.......'(whilst the desktop is saying 'acquiring network address')
and then says 'no DHCP offers were received on the laptop
Could anyone please tell me how to configure this? and if it is all possible.
2006-10-21 04:34:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
I'm waiting for a recovery disk in the post.
However even then the C: drive would require formatting when i do reinstall windows.
So for the time being I want to try and run windows off of something else and see if i can salvage my files and documents on my C drive before i format and use recovery cd.
2006-10-21 04:42:47 · update #1
Thanks, i ve googled those links already, but they seem to skip steps when explaining how to set it up. I cant find anything that gives straight forward steps.
Is it possible to boot from an external hard drive that has xp installed via usb?
2006-10-21 04:47:29 · update #2
Is removing the hard drive for a laptop difficult. I know how to do it from a desktop but not a laptop?
this usb adapter? is this IDE to USB? please could you specify.
thanks
2006-10-21 05:24:13 · update #3
Even if you are able to boot from LAN eventually, that won't solve your corrupted installation problems. You need to reinstall or repair the installation of Windows XP. Do you have a recovery disk?
2006-10-21 04:37:50 · answer #1 · answered by IT Pro 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
LAN Boot...... that is the hard way
okay two things, you have a corrupt install, and you desire to retain certain files on your laptop
remove the laptop hard drive, plug it into a USB adapter, remove the files you desire to retain, reinstall the hard drive, then restore your laptops system.
There are other ways for sure to recover. but i have found that this is the surest and usually the quickest. If you know how to assemble a 'slip stream' disk it will simplify the process for you if there is a next time...
Download your current and updated drivers specific to your machine. and burn them to a CD.
Assemble all activation numbers and CD keys before install, this will make it easier on you.
note for future; back up, back up, back up
2006-10-21 05:17:25 · answer #2 · answered by mhp_wizo_93_418 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't have a software distribution server on your network, using PXE boot won't do anything for you.
If you do have a software distribution server on your network, make sure that DHCP is configured to hand out addresses via BOOTP to the PXE clients. Depending upon the design of the distribution system you may need to set the MAC address of the distribution clients on the server as well as provide other configuration information in advance.
2006-10-21 05:09:50 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
feels like your community card forgot a thanks to be a community card. Double verify the BIOS to make particular the community card is grew to change into on, it will be categorized as onboard community or onboard lan. in case your BIOS has a reset to defaults or reset to optimal try that still. And definite hitting F1 at the same time as booting is between the concepts that you'll get into BIOS it somewhat relies upon on your hardware configuration.
2016-12-05 01:56:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you need a server on your LAN to conduct a lan boot.
try these linx
http://www.kegel.com/linux/pxe.html
http://docs.hp.com/en/6838/LANBootOverview.html
http://hep.fuw.edu.pl/~msok/Boot_On_LAN.html
2006-10-21 04:39:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋