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reinstalling computer

  • 30-12-2004 7:31pm
    #1
    flodis79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,820 ✭✭✭


    I have a computer where I need to reinstall Windows. I only have an external cd drive, not an internal cd drive. Can I still use this for installing Windows or do I need to get an internal as well so it can be initialized properly?

    Thanks!!


Comments

  • #2
    popey21
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭popey21


    Do you have a floppy drive. Maybe you can make a boot disk to boot off and load the driver for the external drive. have you tried google the name of your drive and loading windows. you could copy the cab files from the OS cd , boot of a bootable floppy and run the setup or winnt


  • #3
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    Is the drive USB?
    Your BIOS might support booting from it, check the cmos setup options.


  • #4
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Why not just setup the boot sequence in the bios to

    1. FLOPPY
    2. CD-ROM
    3. HARD DISK

    Put the windows CD into the drive, reboot and if it detects the external drive than you shouldn't have any probs.


  • #5
    popey21
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭popey21


    what OS are you installing


  • #6
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    popey21 wrote:
    what OS are you installing

    It's Windows.


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  • #7
    popey21
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭popey21


    windows 3.11, 98, Millennium ,2000 ,Xp??????


  • #8
    flodis79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,820 ✭✭✭flodis79


    Thanks everybody for the help! Finally I could get resuscitate the computer by "simply" running scanreg. It detected some configuration errors with the registers and repaired it, so now it's working just fine again!

    Thanks for all contributions to this thread.

    The external driver is USB and it could't be found by the computer.

    I had a floppy disk and I found a downloadable start disk for my OS, Win ME, on the net... So that made my day...

    Happy new year!!


  • #9
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Happy new year to you too !

    Glad it worked. It's always worth having a bootdisk for XP/98 hanging around somewhere :)


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