Ok George, many thanks for the advice and the speedy reply! Cheers, Amro ----- Original Message ----- From: George Bell To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 4:59 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Reformating question Your only hope is that your system is capable of booting from a USB drive connected to it. However not only does this mean you need a USB CD drive, you also need to get into the BIOS to set it up. Best to get your CD drive fixed first me thinks. george. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amro Bilal Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 4:43 PM To: Access-UK Subject: [access-uk] Reformating question Hi all, I want to reinstall XP on my computer, but the problem is that the CD drive isn't working so I'm not able to use the recovery CD's I have. So, would anyone possibly have a suggestion other than repairing my CD drive? I have another computer with a working CD drive that I can network to this computer I'm formatting, as well as an external hard drive that can be linked to either of my computers. Does this spark any ideas? Many thanks for any help, Amro