how can I format hard drive without cd support

[ancora]

I have no working cd drive and need to format my cd drive
and load windows 2000 or windows 98 (I have disks for
both). Is there a way to load a operating system and then
install a cd drive? If I need to install a cd drive first,
how can I do that in DOS?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Your post is a little contradictory. You say "I have no
working CD drive", yet you're looking for a way to
install Win2000 off a CD. How can you install something
off a CD if you don't have a CD drive that works? Do you
perhaps mean that you don't have a driver for your CD?
(DRIVE=physical device, DRIVER=software to make use
of this physical device).

The standard way to load Win2000 goes like this:
- Turn on your PC
- Get into the BIOS setup (press the Del key in most cases)
- Selelct "CD ROM" as the first boot device
- Save your selection
- Pop in your Win2000 CD
- Reboot the machine

The Win2000 setup process will now start automatically.

 

[XS11E]

I have no working cd drive and need to format my cd drive
and load windows 2000 or windows 98 (I have disks for
both). Is there a way to load a operating system and then
install a cd drive? If I need to install a cd drive first,
how can I do that in DOS?

Why not just install the CD drive, then boot into the BIOS (how to
enter the BIOS setup should show during boot) and see if it's
recognized the CD. If it has, change the BIOS boot order to:
1. Floppy
2. CD
3. Harddrive

Insert the Windows 2000 CD, continue the boot and select the install
option, you'll be given an option to delete, create and format
partitions.