New image a XP machine: you can do it without a DVD drive?

The DVD drive is unusable for a long time.  The computer has no other disks. The computer don't boot-it lost power during disk scan and is now toast.  I have the operating system CD and a CD to restore more.  So, how can I re - image?

Well, it's much more promising.

You can reinstall a USB (see below) or create a bootable USB key with the XP Recovery Console and run chkdsk /R (Recovery Console also has tools to fix the boot.ini file and of Master Boot Record, but it is not obvious that you should do this).  Do a recovery USB Console--> http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=pfwc&cp=22&gs_id=2e&xhr=t&q=xp+recovery+console+usb&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=xp+recovery+console+us&aq=0&aqi=g4&aql=f&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2, or.r_gc.r_pw & fp = fc1f175dc4ba964c & biw = 1024 & bih = 649

As the computer starts, before it is for files scrollbar (these are messages on the various loading files), you should see a message at the bottom of the screen that says something like "to change system settings, press .  The key can vary depending on the brand of your computer.  Press - while the message on the key shows - and you must enter the BIOS configuration utility.

If your computer is able to boot from a USB device (more computer, less likely, it is), you should be able to reorder the boot devices.

There are a number of Web sites that have instructions to do a XP install from a USB key.  I did not successfully myself so I can't recommend one over the rest.  See http://liliputing.com/2009/08/easiest-way-to-install-windows-on-a-netbook-with-a-usb-flash-drive.html

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