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My DELL Inspiron 710m Laptop's hard drive died. So I replaced it and now need to install Windows XP on it--here's the problem: The DVD drive is broken (can't just replace the drive either because the ...

"Disk Error" appears when attempting to install Windows XP via Boot Camp Occasionally users who are installing Windows XP on their Mac receive a message reading, "Press any key to boot from CD.

Here is a question from reader Danny. “I have XP Pro installed at the moment and I would like to format my hard drive so that I can install 2000. Apart from hooking my drive up as a slave to another ...

Using a Windows XP upgrade CD The Boot Camp installation instructions claim that a valid full Windows XP SP2 disc is required and that upgrade discs cannot be used ...

My Dell C400 does not have a CD driver or floppy and will not boot to usb. Also I don’t have access to a usb floppy drive or usb cd-rom drive. I can install the C400 hdd onto a desktop so I can load ...

What is a boot disk and why do I need one? A boot disk is a floppy or a CD that you can use to boot your computer into a state in which you can use it to fix a problem. There will be times that your ...

To find out if this is the case, start the computer with a system disk or CD-ROM installation of your operating system (via the Recovery Console), and type "Dir C:" to check if the contents of the C ...