installing win xp from cd on lan

[rcep]

Hello
i want to install a new windows xp on my PC
lately i had errors which prevented me frm having my pc booting from PC so i need to format the  PC and install a new window
How can i boot a window CD from a cd rom which is on the local network when i can't get in to my old window ?
i want a way to run the setup file on a CD on the local network from my pc somewhere before the pc boots from the HardDisk.
i think it works using a bootable floppy disk but i dont know the comands that will allow me starting the setup file in a cd room in an other PC than mine in my Local Area Network
limitations : No CD Rom on my pc
                 I dont see the crean that asks me to choose windows on start up( which operating system i want 0

Please help me

[GX1_Man]

You are making  this a LOT more complicated than it has to be.  Can your PC boot from it's CD? If not, why not? If the CDROM drive is bad, get anothere, at least for the install. Set the computer to boot from CDROM first in the BIOS, insert the CD and restart the machine.

It's that simple.

[rcep]

that's the problem man
the problem is that am using a laptop by which it's impossible to get for it a cd rom
am living in an isolated place at the moment so i can't find a cd rom for it

can you please give me a way to solve this problem . giving me a way to boot from a cd rom on the lan will be great
plz help guys



here is the poblem again (lots of errors in writing

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Hello
i want to install a new window on my PC
lately i had errors which prevented me frm having my pc booting from PC so i need to format the  PC and install a new window
How can i boot a window CD from a cd rom which is on the local network when i can't get in to my old window ?
i want a way to run the setup file on a CD on the local network from my pc somewhere before the pc boots from the HardDisk.
i think it works using a bootable floppy disk but i dont know the comands that will allow me starting the setup file in a cd room in an other PC than mine in my Local Area Network
ny the wa am in an isolated area at the moment i cant's get a cd rom so i have to use the cd on the lan .  Please tell me how can i start
hints : the pc can't boot from hard disk because my pc was hit by a virus attac
i created an other partision on my hd and installed a window on it but i messed around by a program used to manage partitions and messed stuff around which prevented me from booting from hd anymore
please i reallt need a way to format my hd from a cd on the local network
i still have the floppy disk booting if possible to be done by a bootable disk or so
please tell me how to run the setup from a pc on the local network i really need help
Please help me

[Rob Pomeroy]

Expect lots of pain!

Can you boot from a floppy drive?  Are you able to put your laptop's hard drive into another laptop (just to copy Windows files onto it)?

>BartPE< provides some extremely sophisticated possibilities, but as I said before, expect pain!

If you can access floppy drives, you could try a Linux install instead.  

[rcep]

well i can boot by floppy
linux is a good OS bbut not all games and programs work on it
but am definatly sure it works but i dont know the syntax of writing that address
plz help me guyz

[GX1_Man]

Check the link above, but you won't like what you have to do. Tougher than any game you want to play, I expect.  

[rcep]

man i could get that site
a direct link the what i need will be g8
by the way its verymuch possible

[rcep]

help plz

[Rob Pomeroy]

Just click on the link.  

[rcep]

man i cant get that
i dont have a cd rom in my pc

the only bootable thing is the floppy disk

[Rob Pomeroy]

C'mon - don't give up at the first hurdle!  Didn't you get as far as >this page<?

[rcep]

well man i already checked it and installed that program on my working pc but i cant get what have that got ot do with my problem

my laptop is completely down i cant enter the PC and i can'''t boot only from a floppy disk
:(::((((:

[Rob Pomeroy]

Does this laptop have a LAN port?  You could use Linux boot floppies and then connect to another networked PC that has a CDROM, and through that connection copy across Windows.