Ok so I need to use my recovery CD's but my main cd drive is busted. How can I use my external CD/DVD burner to boot my recovery disk when my bios doesnt have the option to boot from USB?
2006-09-20 17:13:14 · 3 answers · asked by Apocalypse 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
You can convert them to ISOs, save them to hard disk, and download a free virtualization program that will let you boot from a mapped drive.
I have no way of knowing what filetype your recovery CDs are.
Assuming they ARE already ISOs or that you can convert them, you now just need software/driver to let you boot from networked drive. There is software for this and the steps are extremely simple. Go to http://mark.cervarich.com/tm/archives/000067.php and read. It says you can't use a "local drive" -- that just means the partition Windows is on. You can use any other partition or any other device that windows can recognize with a drive letter (such as your USB port).
There is also a free CD-burning program that you may be able to use to convert to ISO if needed, called "CDBurnerXP Pro", which you can get at http://cdburnerxp.se for free, and there are user forums at http://cdburnerxp.se/forum/index.php if you have questions.
2006-09-20 17:44:14 · answer #1 · answered by Teh L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be able to boot from the drive letter. It makes no difference that it is on a usb connection.
2006-09-20 17:17:43 · answer #2 · answered by Dusty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
add a new drive name like f: then boot from there.
2006-09-20 17:17:20 · answer #3 · answered by c0mplicated_s0ul 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋