Thanks Ady
Yes you are right. I was just looking for a bootable option to read my second DVD drive - the SATA one.. and I didnt know if UBCD would do the trick.
I will stop here. Thanks guys. If anyone wants to add something more then please do other wise this can just be closed in a week or so.
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ady wrote:
I don't get it.
Whether you wipe out your HDD or not, I don't understand StopSpazzing's suggestion.
If you cannot boot this system with a DVD, then Windows Seven cannot be installed by booting from its own DVD.
That is correct, however I appreciate ideas before I give up.
I am not so sure that this system is a match for Win7, unless you have additional resources (such as RAM, enough HDD space,...).
I know its ok, I had it up and running for a while based on updating an existing XP partition.
In any case, if this system can boot from USB, you could build a USB flash drive so to install Win7 from it and use the resulting USB drive to boot this system just once and install Win7 from it onto the internal IDE HDD, optionally having a "clean" HDD.
I know the 2003 Dell will read USB, but the BIOS doesnt give any option to boot from USB. BUT as I have never prepared a booting USB maybe its an option I will look at.
Or, instead of a USB drive, you could, perhaps, use the internal drive for the same purpose.
Perhaps copying the installation files to the internal IDE drive and launching the Win7 setup from FDUBCD / FreeDOS might work? I don't really know / recall.
AHA! This sound likea workable option. I presume I can simply just copy all the W7 OS files onto this partition?
All these potential alternatives are off-topic in this UBCD forum, and I would suggest, before anything else, double-checking that this system can actually run (a usable) Win7. You might find out that it could be better to keep XP in this system, or to use some alternative lighter OS.
Whether you wipe out your HDD or not, I don't understand StopSpazzing's suggestion.
If you cannot boot this system with a DVD, then Windows Seven cannot be installed by booting from its own DVD.
That is correct, however I appreciate ideas before I give up.
I am not so sure that this system is a match for Win7, unless you have additional resources (such as RAM, enough HDD space,...).
I know its ok, I had it up and running for a while based on updating an existing XP partition.
In any case, if this system can boot from USB, you could build a USB flash drive so to install Win7 from it and use the resulting USB drive to boot this system just once and install Win7 from it onto the internal IDE HDD, optionally having a "clean" HDD.
I know the 2003 Dell will read USB, but the BIOS doesnt give any option to boot from USB. BUT as I have never prepared a booting USB maybe its an option I will look at.
Or, instead of a USB drive, you could, perhaps, use the internal drive for the same purpose.
Perhaps copying the installation files to the internal IDE drive and launching the Win7 setup from FDUBCD / FreeDOS might work? I don't really know / recall.
AHA! This sound likea workable option. I presume I can simply just copy all the W7 OS files onto this partition?
All these potential alternatives are off-topic in this UBCD forum, and I would suggest, before anything else, double-checking that this system can actually run (a usable) Win7. You might find out that it could be better to keep XP in this system, or to use some alternative lighter OS.
Yes you are right. I was just looking for a bootable option to read my second DVD drive - the SATA one.. and I didnt know if UBCD would do the trick.
I will stop here. Thanks guys. If anyone wants to add something more then please do other wise this can just be closed in a week or so.
