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September 18th, 2005, 07:35 AM
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Format and Reinstall Windows XP w/0 a CD Rom Drive
How can I reinstall Windows XP without a CD Rom drive? I have a Dell Laptop Inspiron 5100 with an internal CD Rom drive that crapped out. It also does not have a floppy drive. I do not want to replace the cd drive right now but the machine needs to be formated and Windows reinstalled. I have an external USB hard drive that I can use. Is there a way to copy the Windows CD onto the USB hard drive and then use that to format the laptop?
I have the original XP CD that came with this laptop so what about installing the hard drive into another machine and formating and installing the entire cd onto the hard drive and then replacing it back into the Dell laptop to run the Windows setup? Is this possible? How do I do this?
Last edited by jpw2ch; September 18th, 2005 at 08:02 AM.
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