NETWORK SET UP DISK

12 Aug 2006 11:04 AM

Scottish Mo

Whilst going through the NETWORK SET UP WIZARD SCREENS, I can go through all
the screens until I come the " create network disk screen" when I choose NEXT
at this point, I get a message up saying

" the wizard had detected that the computer has no floppy disk drives or
other removable media you need such a device to create a network set up disk"

My pc is a laptop with CD/ DVD RW SO this is clearly not the case - it
woould appear that the wizard cannot detect the DVD drive

Can anyone help??

12 Aug 2006 6:05 PM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <49D245EC-E67D-4011-9572-016508B5A***@microsoft.com>,
Scottish Mo <Scottish Mo @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Whilst going through the NETWORK SET UP WIZARD SCREENS, I can go through all
>the screens until I come the " create network disk screen" when I choose NEXT
>at this point, I get a message up saying
>
>" the wizard had detected that the computer has no floppy disk drives or
>other removable media you need such a device to create a network set up disk"
>
>My pc is a laptop with CD/ DVD RW SO this is clearly not the case - it
>woould appear that the wizard cannot detect the DVD drive
>
>Can anyone help??

The Network Setup Wizard can't write to a CD or DVD. If you want to
run the Wizard on other computers, you can manually write its
executable file to a CD or DVD:

   C:\Windows\System32\Netsetup.exe

If the other computers have Windows XP, you don't need to create a
Wizard disk. You can run the Wizard directly on Windows XP by
clicking Start > All Programs > Accessories > Communications > Network
Setup Wizard.

However, despite what the Wizard tells you, you never have to run it
on other computers. On a computer running Windows 95, 98, Me, or
2000, you can make the settings manually in Control Panel > Network:

1. Add these network components if they aren't already present:

   TCP/IP protocol
   Client for Microsoft Networks
   File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks

2. Remove these network components if they're present:

   IPX/SPX protocol
   NetBEUI protocol
   Client for NetWare networks

3. Set the workgroup name to the same name as the Windows XP computer
uses (default for XP is MSHOME).

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