Re: new hard drive

'Optical drive' is a generic term for a drive that reads and writes CDs, DVDs, and/or Blu-Ray discs. It's called 'optical' because the laser is focused through a lens.

You need to follow the instructions I provided, exactly as I wrote them.
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

harry wrote:
I'm not sure what an optical drive is. There is only a dvd/r-cd/r drive and a smallplace for my camera card.


"Leonard Grey" wrote:

To boot your computer from your Windows installation CD, enter your computer's BIOS and set it to boot first from the optical drive.

After exiting the BIOS, insert the CD into the optical drive, then restart your computer.
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

harry wrote:
I did a wipe clean on my hard drive and now it wont boot with my xp disk. Do I need a boot disk and where can I get one?
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