I have an Averatec 3200 series. I had just started to wipe the drive and reinstall Windows when the drive stopped reading the disc. I have an external dvd drive but I don't know how to get it to work as I have no OS. I've read other threads that say to configure BIOS to recognize peripherals but it all sounds like greek to me. I really need some step by step instructions on how to get Windows back on my laptop. Anyone? Please?
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Jump to PostHello what you need to do is reconfigure the boot priority to boot from the external dvd drive.
The first step should be getting into the BIOS. When you turn on the laptop you need to press a key like del or F10 to enter the BIOS.
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