Booting my XP machine from a mapped drive on my vista machine   

To anyone,

Is it possible to boot one laptop on my wireless network from my mapped cd 
drive on another laptop on my wireless network. I know I can install 
software from my mapped cd drive to another laptop, because I did it this 
weekend. But now I want to take it one step further. I'm working on my 
friends laptop with an inoperable cd drive. We want to reformat his hard 
drive and reinstall the operating system. I want to know how I can get his 
laptop to boot from my mapped cd drive. I running Vista on my machine with 
the mapped drive and my friend is running XP on his machine with the 
inoperable cd drive. I need the step by step process on how this can be 
accomplished.

Thanks,

Ned

date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:56:41 -0400   author:   Ned

Re: Booting my XP machine from a mapped drive on my vista machine   

"Ned"  wrote in message 
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> Is it possible to boot one laptop on my wireless network from my mapped cd 
> drive on another laptop on my wireless network.

No.

> I know I can install software from my mapped cd drive to another laptop, 
> because I did it this weekend.

No you did not. You did not do what you think you did.  You installed that 
sofware on the local machine you were sitting at with the "mapped drive" 
being simply the Installation Location.  The Application did not install 
within the remote machine itself even though the application may be 
"sitting" on one of its drives.

> But now I want to take it one step further. I'm working on my friends 
> laptop with an inoperable cd drive. We want to reformat his hard drive and 
> reinstall the operating system. I want to know how I can get his laptop to 
> boot from my mapped cd drive. I running Vista on my machine with the 
> mapped drive and my friend is running XP on his machine with the 
> inoperable cd drive. I need the step by step process on how this can be 
> accomplished.

You have to replace the CD Drive with one that works.

-- 
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:57:40 -0500   author:   Phillip Windell

Re: Booting my XP machine from a mapped drive on my vista machine   

It's not possible.
-- 

"Ned"  wrote in message 
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> To anyone,
>
> Is it possible to boot one laptop on my wireless network from my mapped cd 
> drive on another laptop on my wireless network. I know I can install 
> software from my mapped cd drive to another laptop, because I did it this 
> weekend. But now I want to take it one step further. I'm working on my 
> friends laptop with an inoperable cd drive. We want to reformat his hard 
> drive and reinstall the operating system. I want to know how I can get his 
> laptop to boot from my mapped cd drive. I running Vista on my machine with 
> the mapped drive and my friend is running XP on his machine with the 
> inoperable cd drive. I need the step by step process on how this can be 
> accomplished.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ned

date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:01:42 -0400   author:   GTS x

Re: Booting my XP machine from a mapped drive on my vista machine   

Hi
Mapped drive or any other Network related function depends on a live working 
Networked computer.
When you reformat, or want to install form CD the computer in question does 
not have in the process a normal live Network.
If the laptop has the capacity to take a boot from External USB device you 
can get and external USB CD drive and use it to Boot the original OS CD.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"Ned"  wrote in message 
news:3F5138DA-1B74-4DE7-B789-DE1C636D2413@microsoft.com...
> To anyone,
>
> Is it possible to boot one laptop on my wireless network from my mapped cd 
> drive on another laptop on my wireless network. I know I can install 
> software from my mapped cd drive to another laptop, because I did it this 
> weekend. But now I want to take it one step further. I'm working on my 
> friends laptop with an inoperable cd drive. We want to reformat his hard 
> drive and reinstall the operating system. I want to know how I can get his 
> laptop to boot from my mapped cd drive. I running Vista on my machine with 
> the mapped drive and my friend is running XP on his machine with the 
> inoperable cd drive. I need the step by step process on how this can be 
> accomplished.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ned

date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:59:54 -0400   author:   Jack \(MVP-Networking\).

Re: Booting my XP machine from a mapped drive on my vista machine   

No.

The quick and easy way: borrow a working CD drive

The hard way:
google "RIS" which is short for remote installation service (or server?). 
You'll have to install a Windows 2000 Server. I think Microsoft changed the 
name to "Windows Deployment Service" on Windows Server 2003. Not sure what 
it's called on Windows Server 2008.

I successfully installed Windows 2000 Pro on a laptop that doesn't have any 
(internal/external) peripherals. The laptop only has an 10/100 ethernet 
port. It boots off the network. The laptop then looks for a RIS box and 
automatically kicks Windows setup. Btw, this isn't over WiFi though. I did 
it over wired connection (ethernet).

Might be worth a shot if you're into learning new stuff and have so much 
free time :-)

"Ned"  wrote in message 
news:3F5138DA-1B74-4DE7-B789-DE1C636D2413@microsoft.com...
> To anyone,
>
> Is it possible to boot one laptop on my wireless network from my mapped cd 
> drive on another laptop on my wireless network. I know I can install 
> software from my mapped cd drive to another laptop, because I did it this 
> weekend. But now I want to take it one step further. I'm working on my 
> friends laptop with an inoperable cd drive. We want to reformat his hard 
> drive and reinstall the operating system. I want to know how I can get his 
> laptop to boot from my mapped cd drive. I running Vista on my machine with 
> the mapped drive and my friend is running XP on his machine with the 
> inoperable cd drive. I need the step by step process on how this can be 
> accomplished.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ned

date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:34:58 -0700   author:   John a

RE: Booting my XP machine from a mapped drive on my vista machine   

A possible repair-scheme here is to boot into DOS or WinPE from a USB 'key' 
or USB hard-disk. You can then run the Windows install from a network share, 
if required, or from the USB disk. You cannot however boot from a network 
share. 

I'm assuming you don't have a floppy drive, of course. 

To run a Windows install you need the i386 folder from the Windows CD, and 
you run 'winnt.exe' from DOS or 'winnt32.exe' from WinPE to start the setup. 

Failing this, take the HD out of the laptop and connect it to a desktop 
computer with a 2.5/3.5 adaptor, SYS it with DOS, copy i386 (and subfolders) 
to it, put back in the laptop and proceeed. 

"Ned" wrote:

> To anyone,
> 
> Is it possible to boot one laptop on my wireless network from my mapped cd 
> drive on another laptop on my wireless network. I know I can install 
> software from my mapped cd drive to another laptop, because I did it this 
> weekend. But now I want to take it one step further. I'm working on my 
> friends laptop with an inoperable cd drive. We want to reformat his hard 
> drive and reinstall the operating system. I want to know how I can get his 
> laptop to boot from my mapped cd drive. I running Vista on my machine with 
> the mapped drive and my friend is running XP on his machine with the 
> inoperable cd drive. I need the step by step process on how this can be 
> accomplished.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ned 
>

date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:23:03 -0700   author:   Anteaus