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BIG PROBLEM My DELL Inspiron 1545
Hi, my laptop DEll Inspiron1545, Windows 7, needs to be restored. Problem is my DVD drive is not working, I believe the drive is broken, hardware. So my audio won't play, says 'no driver installed.' It will not connect to the Internet. So I cannot use the factory recovery disk or the driver disk and I cannot connect to the Internet to download from there.
I am using my HP Desktop to write this. I put driver disk in this CD drive and was hoping I could copy it to my USB flash, and then use that to restore or install drivers. Am I crazy? Is there any help for my laptop. I really need it.
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March 30th, 2013 11:00
You can make a USB flash drive installable - but it's not as simple as copying the contents of the DVD to the flash drive. There is a procedure you must follow to make the flash drive bootable:
www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7vista-from-usb-drive-detailed-100-working-guide
Have you tried using the automated recovery (F12 at powerup - choose the Repair, then Restore from the boot menu)?