External CD ROM Issue

Psychomachy · 08-02-2008, 01:31 AM

External CD ROM Issue
Okay, so I bought this external cd rom, and my laptop took a crap on me and my cd rom is broken, then I accidentally typed in the wrong combo for vista and it is deleting everything on my hard drive, now I need to reinstall vista with the right combo, but I can not get it to boot from that external USB cd rom, any ideas?

**TriggerFinger** · 08-02-2008, 10:41 AM

Use the laptop recovery partition. Refer to this (navigate to your laptop make/model)...Laptop Recovery Instructions

Psychomachy · 08-03-2008, 07:41 PM

This didn't work :(

**TriggerFinger** · 08-04-2008, 04:58 AM

Sorry to hear about that... well your best option is to have the CD drive replaced. The convenience of having one especially when you are doing a fresh install would pay for whatever it costs.

08-02-2008, 01:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
Psychomachy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 11 OS: Vista Home Premium	External CD ROM Issue External CD ROM Issue Okay, so I bought this external cd rom, and my laptop took a crap on me and my cd rom is broken, then I accidentally typed in the wrong combo for vista and it is deleting everything on my hard drive, now I need to reinstall vista with the right combo, but I can not get it to boot from that external USB cd rom, any ideas?

08-02-2008, 10:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,160 OS: Windows 7 Beta, Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: External CD ROM Issue Use the laptop recovery partition. Refer to this (navigate to your laptop make/model)...Laptop Recovery Instructions __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

08-03-2008, 07:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Psychomachy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 11 OS: Vista Home Premium	Re: External CD ROM Issue This didn't work :(

08-04-2008, 04:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,160 OS: Windows 7 Beta, Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: External CD ROM Issue Sorry to hear about that... well your best option is to have the CD drive replaced. The convenience of having one especially when you are doing a fresh install would pay for whatever it costs. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE