- Help ~ How to recover/format hard disk??
- Posted by EL on July 6th, 2005
I have an IBM PC which konks off now and then. Since the DVD Rom drive is
not working, I have problem to get the PC to read the boot disk (ie the IBM
recovery disk) to reset the machine.
I do have an external CD writer & am wondering what can I do to get the PC
to boot from this external device instead?
Anybody can help?
Thx ahead.
EL
- Posted by pcbutts1 on July 6th, 2005
EL <emmie_leong@i-cable.com> wrote:
What is an ibm pc good for?
Wow, who hasn't, EL.
I bet you do!
You will have to look elsewhere for help.
Reread your statement.
Classic erroneous presupposition by someone who is overbearing, EL.
- Posted by pcbutts1 on July 6th, 2005
EL <emmie_leong@i-cable.com> wrote:
What is an ibm pc good for?
Wow, who hasn't, EL.
I bet you do!
You will have to look elsewhere for help.
Reread your statement.
Classic erroneous presupposition by someone who is overbearing, EL.
- Posted by Brian on July 9th, 2005
Check your bios settings and see if you can select the external device as a
bootable device then try booting to the recovery cd. The bios should have
boot options available, otherwise replace the DVD drive (and hard drive if
it's knocking) and try again.
