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by xabalb

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My laptop diskette drive unit is damaged. I need restart it because of a virus.

How Could I create a system CD-ROM plus the Windows installation files and start the PC fom
CD-ROM DRIVE? How can I configure CD-ROM system files?

Thanks in advance.

Xabier Alberdi
Caracas Venezuela

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by jimandkathy

Assuming your laptop can boot to a CD you may need to set the BIOS to boot first to a CD. Many CD coping programs (Roxio) can make a CD-Bootable. Norton Anti-Viurs CDs allow you to boot from the CD and scan for virues.

Jim

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