how to install xp without a cdrom drive

[razer121]

Need abit of help from some gurus....Long story short ive a msi wind u100 and need to reload windows XP onto it....but i dont have an external cd rom drive! now i do know there is a way to copy files to the hdd and install like that or from a usb stick but i cant be doing with all the messing about and just want a simple and easy soloution! so does anyone have any good suggestions?

thanks!

[MadduckUK]

buy a USB CD drive :|

or if you want to do it manually, repeatedly strike the installation medium against the display, it will take eventually.

[Flibb]

I use one of these and just grab a DVD drive out of my desktop
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-SATA-I...item35b2540880

various versions around, tthe one I have does all IDE and SATA drives including desktop and laptop

[Agent]

Install it from a USB drive. Loads of tutorials out there. Microsoft even do an official tool for it IIRC.

[Kumagoro]

Win to flash

http://wintoflash.com/overview/en/