Windows on my old PC has gotten extremely sluggish, no longer recognizes the internal DVD-ROM, and somehow recognizes a phantom floppy disk drive that simply isn’t installed anywhere on the tower. Since Windows stopped recognizing the internal DVD drive, I’m wondering if it’s still possible to reformat using an added external DVD drive, to get Windows to set up correctly, wipe the hard drive, and start fresh with Windows correctly recognizing the internal DVD (and that there isn’t a floppy drive at all)?
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Prashant t // Sep 28, 2008
u cant install xp using ext dvd rom ….it req an optical drive…..
copy all windows xp setup files in d drive using a pen drive then install xp from d drive but make sure u read the instructions carefully as it will ask u to formate u d drive first n u have to change the location to c: drive
2 N Jay // Sep 28, 2008
yes, you can reformat your windows xp using external drive, just plug the drive and set first booting priority to that drive under BIOS. just boot with a bootable disk as you do….
3 Lizz K // Sep 28, 2008
go into bios and tell your comp to boot to cd-rom first then use the windows instillation to delete the partiton and then make new partition and then format the drive. and place fresh copy onto windows.
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