To install XP under DOS, take the WIN98 boot floppy as an example.

In order to increase the speed of the installation, you need to add the smartdrv.exe disk cache program to the boot disk, and run it before the installation.

smartdrv is a disk caching program called the smartdrive cache manager. Because applications can access the cache faster than they can access the hard disk, and because smartdrive can temporarily store data to be written to the hard disk when system resources are not free, and then write it to the hard disk when system resources are free, smartdrive can shorten hard disk read times, so running it before installing a system can shorten the time needed to install it.

First, go to the c:\windows directory on a computer with a 98 system, and copy the smartdrv.exe file to a 98 boot diskette (how to make a 98 boot diskette is an old-fashioned thing I won't talk about, and everyone on earth should know about it).

After the boot diskette is ready, you can use the diskette to boot the system and run the windows xp installation operation.

Press DEL to enter the BIOS setup when booting up, set the boot to "floppy", save and exit, and then the system will start booting up. WIN98 startup CD-ROM menu", select "1.start computer with CD-ROM support" (start and load CD-ROM drive), directly enter. (If you download XP on the Internet, choose the first and second items have nothing to do)

The next startup process, display some information, the most important is the CD-ROM disk drive, the XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, the system reads the disk to display the disk drive letter (if your C-disk is the NTFS format, the original CD-ROM symbol is G, and now shows that the H)

Defaults are A:>, in the root directory of the A disk, enter the following command:

A:>SMARTDRV.EXE (run SMARTDRV.EXE, enter, run the program without any prompts)

A:>H: (go to the disc where the CD is located in the directory, enter and enter)

H:>CD i386 (Into the CD-ROM I386 directory, if you are downloading XP, and assuming that the XP file decompression directory is F:>WIN XP, then this time you should enter the directory F:>win xp\I386, the method is to switch from disk A to disk F, and then F:> cd win xp

F:>win xp\cd i386

H:>i386>winnt (as above, at this point it is F:>win xp\i386\winnt, run the WINNT command, ready to execute the installer)

Press enter, the screen prompts the user to confirm the installation source path, directly enter can be.

Next, the system copies the files to a temporary directory, and after copying the files, the system reboots and waits for a few moments to enter the installation interface.

The next operation is exactly the same as starting the installation with the CD-ROM drive, it's a foolproof operation, very simple ^_^! ~~~

Installation of WIN 2000 and WIN 2003 SERVER under DOS and this is exactly the same Oh

However, all the hands are tired of playing, support ah! ~~~~

Of course, if the previous system is still there, the first in the DOS format C disk is a necessary step!

About loading SMARTDRV, you can refer to the following

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Note: The disk drive letter of the copied file must be non-NTFS, otherwise you can't see it under DOS, or else you can only copy the data to the hard disk under WINDOWS, and click on the setup.exe for a new Installation! (It can also be installed as a dual system!)