[Elvandil]

There is no DOS in XP and you won't find it no matter how hard you look. There is an emulator within XP that can run some DOS programs, but by no means all.

You will not be able to simply move the installation of XP from one machine to the other. Even if you succeeded in determining what to move (and that would be pretty much everything), the second machine would almost certainly not boot. You need to install XP on that machine so that it can install the drivers specific to that hardware. You will need to buy an XP CD.

[dvk01]

You cannot copy XP from a working computer and hope that it will install on a non working computer

If the other computer has an XP disc use that but it sounds like you don't have any install media and with 2 XP computers and NO install media sounds decidely dodgy

IF you haev a working computer then use that one to download the XP boot discs from MS & use them to boot the non working one to teh recovery console & fix it

AND XP DOES NOT HAVE DOS

yes it has a disc operating system but IT IS NOT DOS

[~Candy~]

Originally Posted by weaton

I have a separate computer that also came loaded with XP...I want to copy XP onto a CD so I can load that onto the troubled computer.
Who can tell me exactly what to copy to get the entire XP operating system burned onto a CD??

You cannot put one copy of XP onto two different systems, it's illegal and we won't help you to accomplish that, IF it could even be done. Some OEM versions of Windows won't install on another computer to begin with, it looks for identifying features on the system it came with.

[zippeth]

I tried booting into safe mode using the option in msconfig , and when I tried to boot the computer it goes into safe mode and then login and then drop right back out to boot in to safe mode again ( yes it loops) I dont know how to stop it looping - ps I think that this machine has the zlob trojan on it as well!!!!

[zippeth]

I have tried the F8 option aswell on this computer its F12 and it hardly ever works!!!! something to do with zlob again!!!!

[~Candy~]

Hi and welcome. You need to start your own thread, This is a very old thread.

Closing.