Ok so i am going to be sending an old computer to a friend and i replaced the hard drive for him(the old one was corrupt as hell wouldn't even boot or be read anymore) HOWEVER now i can't install windows because the disc drive is broken(he knows this and doesn't care he has an external). Now this machine is not the type where i can replace the disc drive(already checked with a friend as in took it apart) and for some reason i can't get an external disc drive to work not as a boot disc at least. So i was wondering what i could/should do. I Had this problem back when i was using it and found SOME way to get windows on but i can't recall how.
So yeah ANY help would be appreciated. oh and we're talking XP here and i HAVE tried changing the boot priority with the external disc drive plugged in.
Oh and a second query is it possible to set up an external harddrive as an OS based drive? I wanna have XP to be able to run some older games.