Installing Windows XP to laptop
 

Windows on my laptop has completely crashed so I think I need to reformat the hard disk and reinstall windows. It does not have a floppy drive and when I tried booting from the CD an error message was displayed. Does anyone know of a way around this i.e. installing to a lap top with no floppy drive and no bootable cd drive.

There are, though we need a little more information before we can make any firm suggestions.

What is the make and model of the laptop and, more importantly, what exactly is the error message displayed when you try to boot from your XP disc?

Before going this route, under the tutorials

you may wish to provide us with as many details as possible and perhaps we can get one of your drives in working order.