Hi there, I need to format my samsung nc10 netbook, it doesn't have the cd driver so I wonder if I can format it by running the windows cd from an external cd driver. WOuld that work or will the installation abort?
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Jump to Postit should work ,set the boot order option to usb device/cdrom
Jump to PostHI caperjack,
thanks for that. I thought that the installation would stop when the system tries to install the usb drivers. Any chance that could happen?no,if you get the option to boot from a usb device in the BIOS,or boot option [sometime found when hitting f10 or f12 on …
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it should work ,set the boot order option to usb device/cdrom
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HI caperjack,
thanks for that. I thought that the installation would stop when the system tries to install the usb drivers. Any chance that could happen?
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HI caperjack,
thanks for that. I thought that the installation would stop when the system tries to install the usb drivers. Any chance that could happen?
no,if you get the option to boot from a usb device in the BIOS,or boot option [sometime found when hitting f10 or f12 on bootup ] it will not need to install usb drivers
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try hitting f10 on bootup it may give you access to the factory recovery partiton
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Brilliant I will give it a go and post back, thanks
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