Urgent problem with upgrading a laptop to XP Pro 1

[godfra]

I have to upgrade a windows 98 laptop to xp pro. It has an external cd drive (which i have the drivers for) but no floppy drive.

I am trying to do an in-place upgrade, but it fails each time as it can't find the external cd drive.

Is there any way I can store the drivers somewhere (maybe in the i386 folder on the CD) so that the XP installer is still able to use the external cd drive?

Any help would be great, as I have a very nasty deadline to meet

"Ring the alarm, another sound is dying" - Tenor Saw

 

[bcastner]

Copy the \i86 folder from the XP CD to the hard drive, then start the upgrade from the hard disk:

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q307/8/48.asp&NoWebContent=1

 

[godfra]

Cool, I'll give that a shot now and report back asap.

"Ring the alarm, another sound is dying" - Tenor Saw

 

[godfra]

That worked just fine. Thanks for the prompt response!

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"Ring the alarm, another sound is dying" - Tenor Saw