I am trying to install Windows XP on a newer HP Pavilion laptop. The CD-ROM seems a little 'flaky' & I get errors about a file not found on the CD about 2\3 of the way through the installation.

My Dell C400 does not have a CD driver or floppy and will not boot to usb. Also I don’t have access to a usb floppy drive or usb cd-rom drive. I can install the C400 hdd onto a desktop so I can ...