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Re: can i repair vista using external hd or usb drive?

 
 
Jolly Polly
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      08-08-2009

vsachdev wrote:
> Hi,
> I have dell inspiron 1520 and my vista installation has got corrupt. It
> shows \BOOT\BCD error and to add to my problems I have lost my Vista DVD
> and my DVD drive is also not working. Some where i read that one can
> download vista recovery .iso file from
> http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/window...disc-download/
> . and burn it to a dvd and then repair vista. Is there a way I can use
> that file or some other method and repair my OS through my USB drive/
> external hard disk?
> thanks.
>
>


Yes you can use an external drive, via USB even a pen-drive but that's
very sloooow.
Seeing as you have a Dell, do you not have a recovery partition? Try
pressing F11 during boot-up you may be able to repair your PC with that
 
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