How to format Windows XP Professional SP 2 over the network?

[Susan]

Dear all,

I have a laptop which has DVD ROM broken. I would like to re-format
it. I have searched on the internet about how to re-format over the
network and I have found to do RIS but it is on Windows Server 2000.
Currently, I have only Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Furthermore, I
have never done that before.

Could anyone please help me to detail about how to re-format windows
XP over the network?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks in advance,

Yours sincerely,


Susan

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: How to format Windows XP Professional SP 2 over the network?


"Susan" <metrey007@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e69cf938-8586-4518-8618-00b9b1fae8f1@b2g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Dear all,
>
> I have a laptop which has DVD ROM broken. I would like to re-format
> it. I have searched on the internet about how to re-format over the
> network and I have found to do RIS but it is on Windows Server 2000.
> Currently, I have only Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Furthermore, I
> have never done that before.
>
> Could anyone please help me to detail about how to re-format windows
> XP over the network?
>
> I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Susan

Did you want to format your laptop's hard disk over the network? You can't
do this, and if you could then there would be nothing left on it. What
exactly is your aim? Do you want to reload Windows? If so then have a look
at this recent thread:
http://help.wugnet.com/windows/Reinstall-XP-Home-Hardrive-ftopict630117.html.

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: How to format Windows XP Professional SP 2 over the network?

>I have a laptop which has DVD ROM broken. I would like to re-format
>it. I have searched on the internet about how to re-format over the
>network and I have found to do RIS but it is on Windows Server 2000.
>Currently, I have only Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Furthermore, I
>have never done that before.
>
>Could anyone please help me to detail about how to re-format windows
>XP over the network?
>
>I look forward to hearing from you.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Yours sincerely,

Well, if the laptop is not too old and does have a USB port, you can
use a tool out there to format and make bootable a USB drive and then
boot off the USB drive to do a format. Of course, you should Google
and do a search on the specifics as there are many sites out there
that describe the logistics.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[HeyBub]

Re: How to format Windows XP Professional SP 2 over the network?

Susan wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have a laptop which has DVD ROM broken. I would like to re-format
> it. I have searched on the internet about how to re-format over the
> network and I have found to do RIS but it is on Windows Server 2000.
> Currently, I have only Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Furthermore, I
> have never done that before.
>
> Could anyone please help me to detail about how to re-format windows
> XP over the network?
>
> I look forward to hearing from you.
>

The BEST solution is to get the CD-ROM drive replaced/fixed.

The next-best solution is to remove the laptop's hard drive and make it
accessible to another machine on which you run the format process.

I don't think you can format a system drive over the network.

The system on the target machine has to be running to handle requests for
disk activity done by a remote machine. If you could format the target
drive, there'd be no operating system on the target machine to handle
anything directed to the target machine.

For these reasons, once you do get the target drive formatted, you can't
re-install XP from a remote machine.