Are you able to boot from a USB stick (check in BIOS, most modern motherboards can)
If you are able to, try creating a bootable USB stick using WinToFlash. It's a pretty simple procedure and may be a work around for you. If you do use this, just remember that when it's done installing and wants to reboot for the first time, that you either remove the USB or change the boot order back to HDD as first boot other wise it will just try to restart the process again via the still inserted USB. I use the program quite a bit as a useful workaround for notebooks or PC's with faulty CD Drives.
During the install process, you are also given the choice to format the disk as well using the NTFS file system (a quick or long one I believe are the choices.) and then carry on.
The reason this may work is due to you having issues with the CD Drive? You tried 2 different XP Disks and also tried to use DBAN via CD and all have failed, so a USB install might work.
You can also run DBAN from a USB as well. Here is how it's done. Remember though, DBAN will wipe the USB as well via autonuke, so remove the USB after DBAN has finished loading but before it starts wiping. Also, remove any attached devices when you wipe as you don't want to wipe anything that you don't want to. The program will look for all attached devices and try to wipe, so be careful.
If you are able to, try creating a bootable USB stick using WinToFlash. It's a pretty simple procedure and may be a work around for you. If you do use this, just remember that when it's done installing and wants to reboot for the first time, that you either remove the USB or change the boot order back to HDD as first boot other wise it will just try to restart the process again via the still inserted USB. I use the program quite a bit as a useful workaround for notebooks or PC's with faulty CD Drives.
During the install process, you are also given the choice to format the disk as well using the NTFS file system (a quick or long one I believe are the choices.) and then carry on.
The reason this may work is due to you having issues with the CD Drive? You tried 2 different XP Disks and also tried to use DBAN via CD and all have failed, so a USB install might work.
You can also run DBAN from a USB as well. Here is how it's done. Remember though, DBAN will wipe the USB as well via autonuke, so remove the USB after DBAN has finished loading but before it starts wiping. Also, remove any attached devices when you wipe as you don't want to wipe anything that you don't want to. The program will look for all attached devices and try to wipe, so be careful.
