Repairing Windows xp blue screen help

[kingcoolryan]

Hello. I am trying to repair my old xp which has bluescreen. I am lucky enough to have my windows xp installation disk. Problem is i cant get the computer to want to boot from the cd drive. I have 3 options: 1st floppy disk, sm-hewlett-pack and pm-samsung sv04.please help

 

[Bernardo]

Are those the options you are seeing in your bios setup?

 

[kingcoolryan]

Yeah they are the only settings i see

 

[frankjohn]

By using the OS disc and doing a [format] you will not solve the pblm. The pblm is a hardware pblm

 

[kingcoolryan]

any advice on how to perform a format?

 

[Bernardo]

Your bios isn't seeing the cdrom drive. Is it connected? Is it working?

 

[kingcoolryan]

i will check...

 

[kingcoolryan]

yes cd drive is connected
the sm-hewlett-pack does have the dvd writer 3 ( full name)

 

[kingcoolryan]

ok i am able to boot from usb... Any 1 know what i need to put on it?

 

[Bernardo]

USB what?

 

[kingcoolryan]

On the boot menu i am able to select flash drive to boot. What do i need to put on the usb to boot with it?

 

[kingcoolryan]

Hey any1 know how to make a usb stick able to boot windows xp? That is my new Delmar

 

[Bernardo]

Is the drive large enough to hold the XP install disk?

 

[kingcoolryan]

usb is large enough. Has all the content of the disk ( 700mb). I get disk error when trying to boot. Usb is formated to fat

 

[Bernardo]

http://www.zdnet.com.au/boot-window...ql=&oq=how+to+boot+windows+from+usb+&gs_rfai=