dannieboy Posted March 27, 2007 CID Share Posted March 27, 2007 Hey. I was wondering if it was possible to reinstall windows from an external CD/DVD-RW drive. The problem is that when I put in the OS cd, it doesn't recognize it. Is there any way to get the external drive to recognize the cd? I tried putting a different CD in and it works perfectly so I'm guessing its just the OS cd. Thanks. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/18291-reinstalling-windows-from-an-external-cd-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted March 27, 2007 CID Share Posted March 27, 2007 Is the disc bootable? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/18291-reinstalling-windows-from-an-external-cd-drive/#findComment-215366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannieboy Posted March 27, 2007 Author CID Share Posted March 27, 2007 Does the cd drive require drivers to be installed first? Actually, I wanted to install windows on a normal internal harddrive. I just wanted to install it FROM an external CD/DVD-RW drive. Sorry for the confusion. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/18291-reinstalling-windows-from-an-external-cd-drive/#findComment-215369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted March 27, 2007 CID Share Posted March 27, 2007 I read your post too fast. I thought you were making reference to an external hard drive. Being that the disc isn't being recognized, it makes me think that it's not bootable. Is it a backup copy? If so, maybe it wasn't burned correctly. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/18291-reinstalling-windows-from-an-external-cd-drive/#findComment-215371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannieboy Posted March 27, 2007 Author CID Share Posted March 27, 2007 Nope. Its 100% original copy. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/18291-reinstalling-windows-from-an-external-cd-drive/#findComment-215378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo321 Posted March 27, 2007 CID Share Posted March 27, 2007 You need to change the boot priority in the BIOS. Are you saying it just won't load the setup screen when you restart, or it simply doesnt read the disc altogether while in Windows? In any case, you need to tell the BIOS to look for an OS on the optical drive, BEFORE it reads the hard disk. In other words, put the devices in this order. Your floppy drive goes first (if you have one), your optical drive second, and your hard drive third, in the boot priority configuration. If you do not know how to do this, I can possibly walk you through it if you tell me what motherboard is in your system. Edit: I didn't really understand your question at first, so let me ask you this. Are you trying to install windows while its loaded, or trying to do it when you reboot? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/18291-reinstalling-windows-from-an-external-cd-drive/#findComment-215391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted March 28, 2007 CID Share Posted March 28, 2007 Installing Windows from an External CD Drive Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/18291-reinstalling-windows-from-an-external-cd-drive/#findComment-215512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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