Installing XP with NO CD (Legal)

[2hondas]

Hey everyone,

My school (University of Waterloo) has a strong relationship with Microsoft, and allows students to download free copies of Microsoft software, for FREE, LEGALLY. Here is proof:

http://www.housing.uwaterloo.ca/resnet/incoming/page2.html

If you don't have Windows XP or Windows Vista, you can download a copy, free of charge, from IST's website.

So I decided to download Windows XP Pro SP2. The file is an .EXE file. I want to install this on my MacBook, via Bootcamp. However, Bootcamp requires a Windows CD, correct?

How do I install this using the .EXE file only?

Thanks.

 

[Schtumple]

Erm the link seems to suggest they give out free versions of anti-virus software for Windows and Linux. How big is the .exe file...?

 

[2hondas]

Post edited.

Its weird, the .exe file is 404 kb...

 

[dukebound85]

my school had the same thing, called msdn

the exe file is the file thats needed to download the iso if its anything like mine

soooo go to your labs, download it and then burn the iso to a cd

 

[cwedl]

Is the exe file self extractable? may be it extracts to a location and will have either an iso file (as a download would be from technet) or a directory that you can just burn to disc.

Thanks

 

[2hondas]

Okay, so I should go on my Windows desktop, and open the .exe file, download, then burn it on a CD?

 

[dukebound85]

Okay, so I should go on my Windows desktop, and open the .exe file, download, then burn it on a CD?

yea, burn it as a bootable iso

 

[OllyW]

Check again and make sure you haven't downloaded the SP2 Service Pack?
Edit: I had missed the 404 kb.

I've downloaded full versions of Windows from Microsoft in the past and they have all been disc images, which you can burn straight to disk.

 

[dukebound85]

Check again and make sure you haven't downloaded the SP2 Service Pack?

I've downloaded full versions of Windows from Microsoft in the past and they have all been disc images, which you can burn straight to disk.

well from my experience at my school with this, the exe is a program you run that then downloads the iso file

 

[2hondas]

yea, burn it as a bootable iso

Okay, the file I download is an ISO file.

How exactly do I burn it as a "bootable iso"? Do I just burn it like any other data file?

 

[dukebound85]

Okay, the file I download is an ISO file.

How exactly do I burn it as a "bootable iso"? Do I just burn it like any other data file?

you can do it with nero disk burner if you have it. otherwise you can move that iso over to your mac and use disk utility to do it

just open the disk image in disk utility, select it and hit burn
heres a link describing the steps
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060619181010389&query=burn+ISO+file

 

[2hondas]

you can do it with nero disk burner if you have it. otherwise you can move that iso over to your mac and use disk utility to do it

just open the disk image in disk utility, select it and hit burn
heres a link describing the steps
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060619181010389&query=burn+ISO+file

Thanks! I am gonna try it tonight.

 

[Nordichund]

I'm doing a part time IT course and the college I attend have the Microsoft deal. I actually came across this problem. To cut a long story short I borrowed a DVD with XP SP3 already on it, and used the installation key Microsoft sent me, and it worked brilliantly.
It's amazing I can download ALL Microsoft software for free, and I don't want any of it, unless it's part of the course.

 

[SHADO]

It's amazing I can download ALL Microsoft software for free, and I don't want any of it, unless it's part of the course.

LOL that's why you get a mac!!