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| 773505 | 2009-05-13 04:01:00 | Hi Guys, I need help here... I have my Father visiting me to NZ, he has his laptop Toshiba M110 (www.pcworld.idg.com.au). Laptop has gone so so slow in past few months. We have backed it up and now decided that we will do fresh install. Now my problems starts. Laptop DVD drive is not working. I have WinXP Pro cd with me but I can not use it in laptop as dvd drive is broken What do I do ? How can I install fresh copy of windows on my dad's laptop ? I have Installed XP before using dvd drives on my and my friends desktops many times BUT Please help in details as I am not a Pro... Thanks in advance SPECS : Toshiba M110 Intel Core Duo processor T2250 RAM 2G |
babip (14282) | ||
| 773506 | 2009-05-13 04:10:00 | It should have the recovery partition on the hard drive already so you shouldn't need the CD. Have a look under Toshiba on the Start menu - Programs and see if there is a Recovery option. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 773507 | 2009-05-13 04:15:00 | Thanks CYaBro, What are other option if I do not found that recovery partition ? |
babip (14282) | ||
| 773508 | 2009-05-13 04:20:00 | It has either a Recovery partition or a set of Recovery CDs. If you have neither you could try ringing them to see if you can get another set. Failing all that you will need the exact O/S (Home oem or Pro OEM) plus all the drivers, which you should find on Toshibas website, audio, LAn, modem, graphics, chipset etc etc. And not having a working DVD makes it more of a pain, you could try getting an external one. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 773509 | 2009-05-13 04:22:00 | Thanks pctek, But my problem is dvd drive is not in working condition. I do have cd(OEM and Drivers) but how can I use it if dvd drive is not working ? |
babip (14282) | ||
| 773510 | 2009-05-13 04:46:00 | www.defectivekit.net articles.techrepublic.com.com |
pctek (84) | ||
| 773511 | 2009-05-13 04:53:00 | www.defectivekit.net articles.techrepublic.com.com seems like I will be doing more reading tonight... Long Black with Extra Shot please... Thanks pctek, I will update this thread as soon as I get some action. Cheers. |
babip (14282) | ||
| 773512 | 2009-05-13 06:37:00 | this is why i copy some CDs to the hard disk, especially windows installs (3.11,95,98 ME, 2k, XP) if the laptop can boot off a pendrive, make a disk image of the CD and "burn" it to a 1 gig pendrive and try booting off it | williamF (115) | ||
| 773513 | 2009-05-13 09:26:00 | this is why i copy some CDs to the hard disk, especially windows installs (3.11,95,98 ME, 2k, XP) if the laptop can boot off a pendrive, make a disk image of the CD and "burn" it to a 1 gig pendrive and try booting off it That won't work unless you make the drive bootable, with diskpart possibly. Try this: www.lockergnome.com Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 773514 | 2009-05-13 22:06:00 | That won't work unless you make the drive bootable, with diskpart possibly. Try this: www.lockergnome.com Blam Cheers, blam6 I realize very late night yesterday that I need bootable usb to work this thing out.. cheers for the link. This guide is real Rockin help. :punk |
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