DVD Drive doesn't work on laptop - How can I install XP?

[Naith]

Hi all

I have a SONY VAIO laptop with a DVD drive that is faulty - it's impossible to boot from the drive at all. I have copied the contents of the XP CD to d: via USB pen drive and am wondering if I can format c: then install XP from it's location on d: drive?

I hope you can understand what I?m trying to say!!!

Thanks

 

[charithrac]

Unfortunately there is no way to install from another HDD partition. Only option is to buy an external CD drive which is quite cheap these days.

 

[4Ryan6]

Simplest solution is to replace the faulty DVD drive, they're really cheap these days.