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24JPS42
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_ 		6. July 2008 @ 16:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a dell pc that needs a clean install of windows xp. The internal cd drive is fried so I have a external USB DVD drive connected. I need to know how to boot my xp install cd from this external cd drive. Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance :)
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dkiefer
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_ 		8. July 2008 @ 23:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I had a similar issue with having to reinstall windows xp. This was after I had to buy a new hard drive altogether. I didn't have an external CD drive. I did, however, have an external mass memory drive to be able to install the new hard drive. The problem I faced was that rebooting from this external drive caused windows to think it was the C: drive. This screwed a couple different things up. My point is to be prepared to deal with identity issues involving the boot drives.
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24JPS42
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_ 		13. July 2008 @ 17:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ya i just installed a new internal CD drive, i couldn't get the external one to boot the XP CD. So i guess problem resolved, thanks for the reply though .....
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_ 		14. July 2008 @ 06:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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