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Name: coachelle
Date: September 2, 2008 at 12:31:50 Pacific
OS: Win XP
CPU/Ram: ???
Product: Toshiba Protege
Comment:

Can anyone tell me how I would reload my rescue disc to my computer if the computer doesn't have a drive? I bought an external drive to try, but it needs Win XP to be already loaded on the computer to read it.
Thanks!




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Response Number 1
Name: tonysathre
Date: September 2, 2008 at 13:08:44 Pacific
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Response Number 2
Name: jefro
Date: September 2, 2008 at 13:52:16 Pacific
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Do you mean you have an external CD reader? Does your computer support booting from a USB-CD? See bios selections for that. If so select the boot to usb-cd or usb device as first boot device.

There are also other ways to boot from usb flash and floppies. You can make a set of boot floppies for xp or as above a boot floppy with cd and usb support.

"Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10


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Response Number 3
Name: coachelle
Date: September 2, 2008 at 13:58:41 Pacific
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I'm not sure if it does support booting from a USB-CD. I know it won't recognize it if I just plug it in. The guy who installed my new drive told me that I could press F12 or Delete to get to a list where I could choose from a list, but neither key works.
Thanks for your help on this!


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Response Number 4
Name: aegis
Date: September 2, 2008 at 15:41:04 Pacific
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Try these to enter the bios setup program:
F1
F2
F3
F10
esc
del
ctrl+alt+esc
ctrl+alt+s
ctrl+alt+ins
ctrl+alt+del


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Response Number 5
Name: coachelle
Date: September 3, 2008 at 07:33:05 Pacific
Reply:

okay, I got into the system setup - now what do I do?


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Response Number 6
Name: tanuj_chadha
Date: September 3, 2008 at 09:18:10 Pacific
Reply:

If you don't want to save the data then
delete all the partitions & then install the
windows. If you want to save data then do a
repair re-install. Commands would be given on
each screen on the bottom of the screen on
the Grey line.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. - Karl Marx


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Response Number 7
Name: coachelle
Date: September 3, 2008 at 12:08:04 Pacific
Reply:

The hard drive has already been wiped out - a new one was put in. Now, I just need to figure out how to reload Windows off the resuce disc.


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Response Number 8
Name: jefro
Date: September 3, 2008 at 14:41:57 Pacific
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You need a bootable media. As you say your hard drive is not bootable.

So, you need to see the owners manual for your machine. It will tell you how to select a different boot media if it is supported.

Did you see any boot choices in bios?

The guy that said f12 may have been trying to access a boot choice menu. Some computer use F12 as a network boot forced choice.

"Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10


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