need to repair the startup of windows, files, but cannot use the cd-rom drive

for the past 6 months that I had to use a return to the top of the boot disk to get windows to load so I could copy all my important files and documents on DVDs as my windows xp edition home sp3 OS suddenly stopped wanting to load normally and I'd just reformat the HD

Last week... my browser froze causing me to have to stop by turning off the power button... to restarting my pc, my cd-rom drive is not found and now I am unable to finish to copy my important files and these DVD

is there anyway I can repair windows without using the cd-rom drive... .. I can get in the F12 boot menu but not in the installer of F2 or F8 safe mode without using a cd-rom drive to launch the boot disk

2.2 under Win XP home edition sp3 dell xps 210 system, intel duo core processor 4 GB ram and 500 GB HD

It has only 1 CD/dvd-rom combo drive and 4 smaller slots for memory cards and other... I have 3 slots open usb but do not have the files of windows to a flash drive recovery

would it be possible to make a recovery file or file on a USB stick the size of a flash drive and boot would need... currently the largest one I have is 4 GB

Hi storm36,

You must have the Windows XP disk to repair Windows. As the CD/DVD drive is not getting detected, we recommend you try the following steps and check the result.

Step 1: Check if the device is detected in the BIOS (basic input/output device)
a. start your computer and press on delete key continuously to see the BIOS.
b. check if the CD/DVD device is detected.
c. If this isn't the case, then unplug the unit and he reconnected inside the CPU/Tower.
d. check the result.

Step 2: If the device is detected in the BIOS, try the following steps:
a. start your computer and boot to the desktop.
b. Click Start, click Run, type devmgmt.msc, and then click ok.
c. select my computer, click the Action menu and click scan for hardware changes.
d. check if the CD/DVD device is listed in the list.

Step 3: If the problem persists, restore the computer
see How to restore Windows XP to a previous state .
b. Once you have restored the computer, check if the CD/DVD drive is visible.

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