how do i reinstall my windows xp without a cd rom drive?

Question

i got a free laptop and it had a bunch of junk on it and i want to reinstall xp but it has no cd rom drive, how do i reinstall it without the xp disc?

Answer 1

Go to: http://www.bootdisk.com you can download it for floppy drives. It takes several floppys so go get at least 10

Answer 2

You can't, you need the XP CD, and of course a CD drive to run it. Your best bet is to go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and delete the junk programs. Chow

Answer 3

Get a CD-R,CD-RW from a desktop, connect it to a USB, or IDE or whatever Serial Cable IDE ? then good to go.
You may have to open it up to get to a lead, so download any manuals or stuff before you take anything apart.
I have an old AMS Tech that I put BeOS in then I put Win2k on it and the CD is broken.
So I know that is one way that worked for me. The CD is back in the Dell and the dell is still working fine.

Answer 4

Well....you don't. I have only ever seen WinXP installation discs as CD-ROMs. The information that has to be put on your computer is just entirely too large to fit on a floppy. You would need many floppy disks.

Bootdisk.com will only give you a boot disk, hence the name. They're only for booting up your computer if your computer is having a problem with starting up. They will NOT install the software to your computer.

Answer 5

u dont need to reinstall it. do a system restore see how far back u get it. u can go to add remove programs in the control panel remove all the junk and unwanted programs. and delete all the user files u no longer want or need. or external cdrom.

Answer 6

guess u dont, borrow a external cdrom drive. u CAN do it without a cd rom but damn!! takes forever and the files need to be allready in the HDD

Answer 7

you cant,unless you have the software on another drive,such as a second hard drive,or a usb storage device.you will need to 250 to 300 floppys if it were possible.