You need to install Windows XP Professional on a computer that does not have a CD-ROM drive. The computer has a network card installed in the ISA slot. A RIS bootable floppy disk is used to start the installation however, you are unable to connect to the RIS server. What should you do?
A)Move the Ethernet card to the first ISA slot
B)Replace the Ethernet card with one that is PXE compliant.
C)Create a network bootable floppy disk.
D)Insert the floppy disk and install Windows XP Professional from a shared location.

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If you want to install a copy of Windows XP on a computer that does not have any storage media, you must install a PXE network card.
Key Takeaway: Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE) is an environment used to boot computers using a network interface, independent of available data storage devices. Remote Installation Services is a Microsoft-supplied server that allows PXE BIOS-enabled computers to remotely execute the boot process. At the time of the boot, the PC that has been set to boot from PXE will issue a BOOTP request via the network. Once the request is received, the DHCP Server will supply an IP address the machine and the DNS server will point the client computer to the RIS server. The RIS server will issue a disk boot image. Once the OS Chooser environment has been booted, the user must authenticate the Domain Controller and then select a Windows image to install.

You Need to Install Windows XP Professional on a Computer