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cant boot with usb cd-rom

luv2liv

luv2liv

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my sharp mm10 doesnt have a cd-rom. so im using one of those external usb cd-rom. the problem is, the laptop wont recognize the ext usb drive upon booting up. windows xp has not problem with the ext drive.

i need to do a clean install of windows or even a nice n small linux. how can i force the laptop to see the ext drive upon booting? is there a trick? maybe create a usb flash drive thats bootable?f

thanks!
 
Whatever boot device you attempt to use, the machine's BIOS will have to bring the boot support for it. Check there whether you can enable something in this direction.
 
i have usb boot enabled. apparently this thing is picky with usb cd. it has to be a certain type....

im hoping theres a way to dump the windows xp install files onto usb and fool the pc to think its a bootable cd
 
That won't work. Bootable CDs are special in their fundamental format - it's not in the files, simply speaking.
 
Sharp Actius MM10 Recovery Disk with USB CD-ROM

"The Sharp MM10 is a very lightweight notebook computer with no internal floppy or cd-rom drive. If you need to reinstall the operating system, there is a recovery disk included, but no obvious way to use it. Several calls to support generated the following information:

The default CMOS setup is programmed to ignore the CD-ROM drive, but you can set the system to boot from the USB cd-rom drive:

1) restore factory defaults
2) set CD-ROM first in the boot sequence
3) set USB Boot to "enable"
4) set Plug&Play to "NO" under "advanced"
5) Disable Quick boot
6) Disable Quiet boot (???)

These settings must be correct for the CD-ROM to be used as a boot device, although only a couple are mentioned in the manual or known to any one technician. The big surprise is turning off plug and play, since of course XP Home is a plug and play compatible OS. During the OS restore, the CMOS settings will be automatically modified to reverse all the above settings and disable 802.11b system."
 
Most times the BIOS will recognize that there is an external CDROM drive. Does it recognize it when you go into the BIOS settings?
 
rebatemonger, i saw that and tried it already. too bad it didnt work. im thinking the usb cd has to be special. maybe my plug n play usb cd is not good enough 🙁

the laptop's recovery cd is xp home edition. surprisingly, when i put my xp media center, i was able to install it within the windows os!! 🙂
 
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