Install Windows XP on a Mini-Notebook

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I was helping out a friend today, and he had a notebook which didn't have a CD drive, and when he tried to boot his computer, an error message came up saying he was missing a file called hal.dll. Couldn't find any method to fix it online, and I was wondering how to reinstall XP on to his notebook, since he didn't have a CD drive. Then I came upon this site, and followed the instructions to make a bootable USB drive that can install XP. And it worked! Now his computer is fixed and everything's working. So I just decided to post the link I found here, because it might help some other person sometime, and considering how long it took for me to find this site, it'll be easier to find too.

Link: http://www.liliputing.com/2008/04/install-...i-note-usb.html

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I was helping out a friend today, and he had a notebook which didn't have a CD drive

I just looked at a Sony and Dell mini-notebook at Staples the other day and didn't realize they probably wouldn't have an optical drive. The Sony was so over priced though, so much that I could get a full sized laptop or desktop computer.

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Good link Ice, the intructions on it are very well written.

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Here

http://www.askvg.com/a-bootable-usb-utilit...ver-2008-and-7/

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Yeah that's also a great link Ishan. :)