My sister completly trashed her PC and her CD-R is not working anymore. I've reformatted my computer once but with the CD that came with it but I am not sure if it is possible to use a jump drive instead of the CD. Help!
2007-02-22 12:24:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Nope. You will need the CD.
2007-02-22 12:28:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not unless the mobo can be set to boot from a usb device and I doubt that your PC has this feature in the bios. I aint even sure the newest mobos can do this yet! I dont know where all these other hamheads get their info but in order to load an operating system, the drive has to be seen by the bios!
2007-02-22 20:27:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually you can create a recovery disc that includes a boot sector. This means you can boot the computer and then it installs a generic CD driver.
I'm not sure if this can be done with a jump drive, or if you need a floppy.
2007-02-22 20:27:15 · answer #3 · answered by FCabanski 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your Best bet is to replace her CD-Rom as the recovery disk is going to be the easiest fix. A CD Burner should cost about $35.00 at your local computer store and they should put it in for under $50.00
Cheers Rik
2007-02-22 20:30:18 · answer #4 · answered by rik1938 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most newer systems (last 18 months or so) support booting from USB devices. The last thumbdrive I bought included an option to make it 'bootable'. Therefore it can be done if you meet those requirements
2007-02-22 20:35:03 · answer #5 · answered by Gene M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can use a jump drive in place of a CD-R and it's probably easier to format and go back
2007-02-22 20:26:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
most jump drives wont hold enough info to recover the hard drive.
cd rom drives are cheap, if you are sure it is not working buy a new one
2007-02-22 20:27:07 · answer #7 · answered by just me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I do not believe you can boot the computer from a thumb drive
2007-02-22 20:27:25 · answer #8 · answered by trentdozier 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you could, if you copied all the files to the drive.
2007-02-22 20:27:04 · answer #9 · answered by You may be right 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes if you have the files on the usb drive
2007-02-22 20:26:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋