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thornton
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_ 		25. August 2007 @ 19:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
so the cd rom/burner on my sony vgn-b100b behaves pretty badly. so, i am unsure that it will read CDs properly. Now i need to re format my hard drive coz the thing is slower than congress.
So, can i a) reformat from the recovery discs loaded onto an external hard drive or b) from an external dvd burner, which i assume can read basic cds.

your thoughts please
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i am such the newbie
PeaInAPod
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_ 		25. August 2007 @ 22:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You would have to make sure your bios can boot from a USB device which in your case is a DVD burner. Also option B is the only option that will work.
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"Some people have no damn sense." - Nephilim, March 27 2007 @ 18:08
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