windows xp boot up from flash

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stoner

hi,

bought a laptop with xp already installed, so i don't have the disks. have
the key etc if microsoft etc are after it to prove it's genuine.

there's no floppy disk drive, and the cd drive is a bit dodgy. is there a
bootup program available to get it to boot from flash?

the thing refuses to boot up as i believe it ran out of battery whilst in
the middle of an update...

any help greatly appreciated, not too keen on forking out for a new bit of
hardware.
 
Restarting and pressing F8 during the black screen right after the BIOS
screen should offer a chance to 'restore to factory defaults' If you did not
create a backup so far, that's about the best you can do.
 
I have never seen "restore to factory defaults" available in the F8 menu.
The OP can try using the "last known good configuration" option.
 
yes, you can boot up
from flash if

1) your laptops bios
supports booting from
usb and

2) if you have pre created/
installed the o.s. on a
flash and pre formatted that
flash with a "boot" sector.

without a working cd drive
you have little options to
gain repair the internal disk/
o.s.

thus marks suggestion
seems reasonable at this time.

perhaps you might be able
to install the laptops disk
as a slave and repair it from
on a functional computer.
 
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