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1lThu May-29-03 07:01 AM
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"install win2000 on external cd drive"


          

i'm having a hard time trying to clean install win2000 os from an external cd drive. Before my internal cd drive screwed up, i can pop the win2000 cd in, reboot, and it would activate the cd and install. Now, i put the win2000 os cd in my external cd drive, reboot, the cd could not automatically load when computer first boot. Even with the win2000 cd in the cd drive, the computer would just load up its original os instead of prompting to do a clean install.
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doctormidnightThu May-29-03 07:19 AM
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#1. "RE: install win2000 on external cd drive"
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I doubt your computer even recognizes the external CD drive until you actually get into windows. You might check in the BIOS and make sure "boot from other device" is enabled. Other than that, you might try using a startup disk to boot, then seeing if it will recognize your CD ROM. If it does, and you get through the initial copying over of crap to the HD, you should be able to complete the install no problem.

Might just be easier to borrow a CD drive from someone, or just go down and buy a cheapo internal drive.

  

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MaggieThu May-29-03 01:46 PM
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#2. "RE: install win2000 on external cd drive"
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Thu May-29-03 02:03 PM by Maggie

  

          

Your probably going to have to download the setup floppies for XP. Then your install will go ahead with the CD. I used to only have SCSI cdroms and I had to start with the floppies. I bought an IDE cdrom just to avoid that.

OOPS Windows 2000 instead of XP Sorry

  

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