Question : copy xp setup files to hard drive

Working on a laptopw/out a floppy and a bad cd-rom. I want to attach the laptop hard drive to our tech server, fdisk the mbr, fdisk the partition, re-format, & copy the setup files to it from an XP Home cd-rom disk(OEM). I know how to do this w/95, 98, ME, but not w/XP. I was told it was a different proceedure - but of course not how it  is different.  Any info greatly appreciated!  

Answer : copy xp setup files to hard drive

Jim,

That's correct, Fdisk the laptop drive, format it with the FORMAT /S switch to place the MSDOS boot files on the laptop hard drive. Boot to DOS, change directories to i386 and then type WINNT .