laptop came without 3.5 inch drive

[rookie1010]

Hello
I got my first laptop and discovered it came without a 3.5 inch drive. i was wondering what happened if something happened to the OS and i would have to reinstall the Windows XP, with my desktop i sometimes need the 3.5 inch drive since i dont have a bootable windows xp. so i go through the six 3.5 inch disk procedure for windows xp to get it going, since i dont have the 3.5 nch drve, what are the otpins availabel to me, is there any way i can use the USB ports to do the same thing that i used to do with the 3.5 inch drive?

 

[Trifid]

get a proper copy of xp for one thing, as they are bootable.

You could burn xp onto a cd that is bootable, I have no idea how, apart from when you slipstream xp onto a disk than it can be a bootable one.


other than that, ask a friend to burrow his xp.

 

[rookie1010]

what do you mean by
slipstream xp onto a disk

 

[T22 4me]

You could buy an external fdd(floppy disc drive).You didnt mention the Manufacturer and model of your laptop.

The Early IBM laptops came with an external fdd may of those are still available on ebay pretty cheap.

My current IBM T22 has a swappable fdd inserted after you remove the DVD drive.

Maybe what you bought has one or the other

 

[T22 4me]

Oh btw ;I bought an adapter that connects the ata Laptop hard drive to the Ide cables of your desktop.although I havent had time yet to try it.Im told this works though.....regards

 

[rookie1010]

it is a sony vaio
the new one
60 gig hard drive
512 MB RAM

pretty slick looking