http://www.askageek.com/2009/03/26/is-there-any-way-to-use-an-external-hard-drive-to-create-a-boot-disk/ Where Geeks Answer Your Computer and Tech Questions! Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:41:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.askageek.com/2009/03/26/is-there-any-way-to-use-an-external-hard-drive-to-create-a-boot-disk/comment-page-1/#comment-8633 Cruncha Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:03:38 +0000 http://www.askageek.com/?p=2282#comment-8633 And that'll wipe the virus, along with anything else i dont need? Thanx for the help, i'll get right on it. And that’ll wipe the virus, along with anything else i dont need? Thanx for the help, i’ll get right on it.

]]> http://www.askageek.com/2009/03/26/is-there-any-way-to-use-an-external-hard-drive-to-create-a-boot-disk/comment-page-1/#comment-8614 Mark Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:01:57 +0000 http://www.askageek.com/?p=2282#comment-8614 Yeah, you're not going to be able to do a fresh install of windows without it. I'd suggest just dumping all your important files to your external drive, unplugging the external drive and then just doing a fresh install from the windows xp cd. Yeah, you’re not going to be able to do a fresh install of windows without it. I’d suggest just dumping all your important files to your external drive, unplugging the external drive and then just doing a fresh install from the windows xp cd.

]]> http://www.askageek.com/2009/03/26/is-there-any-way-to-use-an-external-hard-drive-to-create-a-boot-disk/comment-page-1/#comment-8612 Cruncha Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:58:14 +0000 http://www.askageek.com/?p=2282#comment-8612 no i bought the laptop off a relative with it already on there. thats one of the reasons it's so clogged, hasn't been cleared out in years. i could probably get it though, will i need it? no i bought the laptop off a relative with it already on there. thats one of the reasons it’s so clogged, hasn’t been cleared out in years. i could probably get it though, will i need it?

]]> http://www.askageek.com/2009/03/26/is-there-any-way-to-use-an-external-hard-drive-to-create-a-boot-disk/comment-page-1/#comment-8600 Mark Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:01:47 +0000 http://www.askageek.com/?p=2282#comment-8600 Do you have an XP install disk? Do you have an XP install disk?

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