This is a very unusual situation I have. I have a Dell inspiron 4000 laptop and it just happens that i wanted to re-format my windows XP. but i realized that my cd drive isn't working anymore so i decided to hook my external CD burner to my pc. When the laptop is on, the cd is well recognized from that source. But my problem now is that i can't find a way to boot the cd from the external cd drive. How do i do it? Or does anyone have a better solution for me to format my laptop given that the internal cd drive isn't working?
and no, im not going to buy a new one right now.
Thank you for your help.
2007-02-28 02:50:10 · 8 answers · asked by ff9_terra 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
how does it hook to your computer? is it usb? lets say it's usb then you must go into the bios or setup as some call it when your computer first starts, ussually you have to hit F1 or F2 key but the first screen that comes up after your turn your computer on will tell you. Once into the bios browse around until you find the boot order and make the first boot device usb and then go down the list. Ussually boot order would be cdrom, floppy, hard drive
2007-02-28 03:00:35 · answer #1 · answered by salute222000 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Laptop External Cd Drive
2016-12-29 18:07:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
External Cd Drive For Dell
2016-10-19 05:13:35 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possible in u'r system, pal
just checked-out u'r system specs for inspirion 4000
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?c=us&docid=E101A212B3949B03E030A68F272815C6&journalid=382A3635C74611DBA220D5EC7168A39E&l=en&s=gen
usb boot is supported by 'legacy' bios in inspirion 4000
perfect solution ... no better ideas.,
To enter the BIOS, CMOS, Setup, or the System Setup on Inspiron systems, perform the following steps:
> press the < F2 > key as the system powers up
boot from usb device - first boot option
boot from hard drive - second boot option
save & exit
restart with win disk in external drive & follow on-screen options
u may need a few tries < F2 > ,,, if u miss the bus ... try again
best of luck
2007-02-28 03:16:45 · answer #4 · answered by sεαη 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there.
Put the bootable cd in the optical drive and restart your laptop.immediately when it starts,press F10.It will show you the boot menu and will ask you to select the device to boot from.Now select the external optical drive and you are done.
You must have the external optical drive jacked in the USB port and your laptop must have the support to boot from USB device.
2007-02-28 03:03:53 · answer #5 · answered by cool_head 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no need to boot from external cd drive bcoz from internal Cd drive there must not be set the boot sequence order properly set it from system settings(Bios)
or the cd you r using would not be bootable....
2007-03-01 17:53:12 · answer #6 · answered by akshay jain 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
attempting going into the BIOS by potential of returned and returned clicking "delete" whilst computing device first starts up. substitute the boot settings. yet be conscious: Messing with the Bios can harm your computing device.
2016-10-16 22:46:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would contact Dell if this is a continious problem.
If not i would contact Microsoft,
If not please do not hesitate to contact me.
Lee Thomas
Yahoo Answers Team
Computers
2007-02-28 02:58:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋