how to boot from external (usb) dvd drive?

[JJCarEnthusiast]

i tried to install windows xp through the built in dvd drive but i cant. yung cd na ginamit ko eh gumana naman sa ibang pc ko. kaya i thought it is just a matter of dvd drive. ewan ko bakit pero parang ganyan ang assesement ko. so bumili na ako ng ide to usb converter sa technomart para magamit ko ang ide drive ko sa laptop so parang external na. ngayon nagtataka ako kung aling first boot priority ang iseset ko sa bios ko. pag sinet ko sa cd drive ayaw. black screen lang palagi hanggang pinatay ko na. sinet ko naman sa usb device ayaw parin, may black screen parin. ano ba dapat gawin ko? aling setting ang gagawin ko sa bios ko? at pano ko malalaman kung ang bios ko eh may ability na mag boot sa external dvd drive? nga pala naka laptop ako kaya di pde basta basta palitan ng dvd drive. dell inspiron 1420

[tidus1203]

Ang hirap kasi is iba iba ang BIOS ng mga computers so each manufacturer has its own. Normally dapat madetect ng BIOS yung external drive tapos you have to choose to boot up using the exteernal drive. If hindi ma-detect ng BIOS then I am not really sure what is the problem unless we can see it.

[karlbo]

sa dell try mo ito..

try mo yung recovery niya baka di pa damage..

CTRL+F11 as soon as you turn on the system.
you should be able to see a PC RESTORE by SYMANTEC.. pag hindi..
try mo mga 3-5times..

pag wala pa rin effect malamang sa wala ng image yung hdd. so your off to manual OS reinstallation..

turn off computer.
turn it on and keep on tapping F12..

lalabas boot device menu..

hanapin mo kung onboard or USB dvd drive / cd rom drive.

tapos yun na..

HTH..

pag may tanung ka lang PM ka lang

[JJCarEnthusiast]

thanks you all for your replies

dir karlbo, i remembered from something i read here na your working in dell (tama ba? hehe) thanks you very much, andito lang pala ang makaka tulong sa prob ko hehe cge try ko bukas ang sinabi mo

[JJCarEnthusiast]

sa dell try mo ito..

try mo yung recovery niya baka di pa damage..

CTRL+F11 as soon as you turn on the system.
you should be able to see a PC RESTORE by SYMANTEC.. pag hindi..
try mo mga 3-5times..

pag wala pa rin effect malamang sa wala ng image yung hdd. so your off to manual OS reinstallation..

actually, my vista os isn't damaged. i just want to downgrade it to xp

[karlbo]

thanks you all for your replies

dir karlbo, i remembered from something i read here na your working in dell (tama ba? hehe) thanks you very much, andito lang pala ang makaka tulong sa prob ko hehe cge try ko bukas ang sinabi mo

yes sir... i am..

you can PM me anytime sir.

[karlbo]

actually, my vista os isn't damaged. i just want to downgrade it to xp

ooopppsss VISTA pala..

teka sir..

downgrade to XP?
you sure?

i think your dell laptop will not work on it.. hehe baka mag ka issue ka lang.
i doubt it will. all laptops na lumabas na vista. hindi pwede idowngrade. pero try mo pa rin sir. naka lock kasi sa board yung Vista OS niya. di tatanggapin yung XP.

eto lang option mo sa ngayon pag gusto mo downgrade to xp.


turn off computer.
turn it on and keep on tapping F12..

lalabas boot device menu..

hanapin mo kung onboard or USB dvd drive / cd rom drive.
press ENTER..

tapos yun na.. dapat mag boot na sa CD.

[leinahtan]

* JJC, to boot from your ext drive, you have to set your bios boot priority in such order that your external drive should be on top of the boot drive priority list. Restart your lappy and press F8 or F12 not sure though which key but it should be one or the other. Once you accessed your bios, switch to the page that says boot or boot priorities. Set your Ext usb dvd drive to no.1 , exit and save, that's it. Hope this helps.

OT: Heard that you're looking for this one here is the link where you can dl the vista look xp: http://www.warezrocker.net/softwares...e-edition.html
Good luck.

[JJCarEnthusiast]

* JJC, to boot from your ext drive, you have to set your bios boot priority in such order that your external drive should be on top of the boot drive priority list. Restart your lappy and press F8 or F12 not sure though which key but it should be one or the other. Once you accessed your bios, switch to the page that says boot or boot priorities. Set your Ext usb dvd drive to no.1 , exit and save, that's it. Hope this helps.

OT: Heard that you're looking for this one here is the link where you can dl the vista look xp: http://www.warezrocker.net/softwares...e-edition.html
Good luck.

thanks for the link. check it later.

ooopppsss VISTA pala..

teka sir..

downgrade to XP?
you sure?

i think your dell laptop will not work on it.. hehe baka mag ka issue ka lang.
i doubt it will. all laptops na lumabas na vista. hindi pwede idowngrade. pero try mo pa rin sir. naka lock kasi sa board yung Vista OS niya. di tatanggapin yung XP.

eto lang option mo sa ngayon pag gusto mo downgrade to xp.


turn off computer.
turn it on and keep on tapping F12..

lalabas boot device menu..

hanapin mo kung onboard or USB dvd drive / cd rom drive.
press ENTER..

tapos yun na.. dapat mag boot na sa CD.

WHAT THE HECK!!!!! :rant: is there a way to remove the lock? i will try later. i really hate vista, i cant get the most out of this rig

[Horsepower]

Check if your laptop requires SATA AHCI drivers.

If it does, the painless way to solve your OS problem is to install vista. Nothing happens because the southbridge cannot be activated. Hard way is slipstreaming several AHCI drivers to your xp image and burning several samples of this image.

[karlbo]

sorry guys..

ganun talaga mga bagong laptop ngayon na lumalabas..

by default its going to be vista. you will not be allowed to downgrade it to XP. it you are successful in downgrading, next issue will be drivers.

kahit sa compaq ganun din. kabibili ko lang ng compaq presario - tinanung ko muna if pwede install XP kasi DOS OS lang bibilin ko. para magamit ko mga cds ko dito. unfortunately hindi raw eh.

so no choice ako kundi gamitin ang vista kahit ayoko. upgrade nalang ng memory.. and bili ng softwares compatible to vista sa makati cinema square..

[JJCarEnthusiast]

are there any ways? :cry2: i heard several lappie owners that they downgraded theirs to xp. si MR naka vista daw lappie nya noon dinowngrade nya. pati classmate ko naka xp din. is there a way to remove the lock? maybe its just like installing mac on non mac hardware?

[JJCarEnthusiast]

oh remembered. i have 3 working xp cds. 1 sp2 which is the one i want to install here in my lappie and 2 sp3s. the other sp3 i tried to install before, it worked! kaso im having internet connection problems. i cant access the internet. i think nasira ang download file kasi download ko lang sa *******s yun. bakit yun gumana? nanibago nga ako kasi 5 secs lang boot time ko uninstall ko na kasi nga di ako maka access sa internet. bakit yun gumana eh itong sp2 ayaw? tinry ko din ang isang sp3 na download ko din sa *******. during download i didnt open the download file as suggested by an tpcer para daw di masira ang file. pero ganun padin sa sp2, ayaw padin may lacking file daw. i havent try it on another pc though.

[karlbo]

thats good to hear..

yung ibang dell laptops na ngayon lumabas, it really doesnt work. badtrip talaga..

pati sa compaq.. ampepe..

[JJCarEnthusiast]

thats good to hear..

yung ibang dell laptops na ngayon lumabas, it really doesnt work. badtrip talaga..

pati sa compaq.. ampepe..

its useless. i cant access internet with it. do i need to clean my dvd drive using a cotton bud and cleaning liquid? related kaya?

[karlbo]

its useless. i cant access internet with it. do i need to clean my dvd drive using a cotton bud and cleaning liquid? related kaya?

clean cotton bud nalang wag na liquid baka masira lens niyan..

sakit lang sa ulo yan sir. vista mo nalang.

[1D4LV]

tama si karl. i had that experience too two weeks ago lang. i am using a gateway lappie from the states with built in vista.

nung dinowngrade ko, namroblema ako sa drivers. most of them are incompatible even via the manufacturers website.

so what i did is to reinstall vista and just did a dual boot so that the other boot is on ubuntu. works better.

i just use vista now if i do not have any other choice.

[JJCarEnthusiast]

with drivers i have no problem (i think so) kasi tinignan ko na sa dell website meron naman sila mga driver for xp

[Horsepower]

Pareho pala tayo Karl, I recently assisted some nuns and priests into buying compaq intel cq40 computers.

I tried for 10days to slipstream AHCI drivers into xp, unsuccessful. lol

kaya Vista na lang.

Hindi naka-"lock" ang new computers sa Vista. The exact issue is, xp has no SATA AHCI drivers (usually IDE lang). Kaya during setup boot, di nakikita yung southbridge (where the storage is connected) so it fails.

If one has more patience, pwede naman i-slipstream yung AHCI drivers sa xp. Tedious lang.

[JJCarEnthusiast]

Hindi naka-"lock" ang new computers sa Vista. The exact issue is, xp has no SATA AHCI drivers (usually IDE lang). Kaya during setup boot, di nakikita yung southbridge (where the storage is connected) so it fails.

eto ba yung issue na hindi nadedetect yung hdd? u have to set it to IDE emulation in the bios.