Help installing Windows XP

Model : SONY VAIO FS740/W

PhoenixBIOS Setting
1. BIOS Version : R0084J1
2. EC BIOS Version : RK084J1
3. IDE Channel 0 Master : 80GB (TOSHIBA)
4. IDE Channel 0 Slave : CD/DVD (SONY DVD DW-Q58A)
5. Boot Options:
• Optical Drive
• Floppy Disk Drive -> Y-E DATA USB-FDU-(USB)
• Hard Disk Drive -> TOSHIBA MK8025GAS-(PM)
• Network

I formatted my laptop HDD by connnecting it as an external HDD to another laptop and did start -> control panel - > Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> storage -> Disk Management: Delete Partition and Format my HDD.

My internal DVD writer is not reading DVD. DVD writer is attempting to read DVD, I can see lights, I can hear the sound of disk spinning. After 2-3 seconds of attempting to read DVD it stops and starts again. this happens over and over till I remove the DVD.

I have an external USB DVD writer(it works) which is not detecting at bootup. I was counting on that to install XP. I have an external USB floppy drive - it gets detected at bootup

When I start my computer I get "Operating System not found"(of course). I have a XP installation cd. I tried making a USB stick boot XP installation - not detecting USB stick at startup. I also looked at BIOS settings to enable USB - I don't see any such feature

1) How can I enable BIOS to detect my external USB DVD writer?
2) How can I install XP?

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you

 

See if there is a new bios version. Another idea would be to make a copy of the disk and see if that works.

 

@Skype32

I think I have the current version of BIOS, http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-download.pl?mdl=VGNFS740W&upd_id=2240&os_id=7

"copy of the disk" - you mean copy all files and folders from another laptop to my HDD? Tried that. No luck. I get "Operating System not found" at boot up.

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you

 

I mean copy the operating system disk and try that disk. It is a long shot though. You may have to get the internal DVD drive replaced before you can start the install.

 

Successfully installed XP!

Luckily, the other laptop I have is an old K series sony vaio laptop. I took the internal DVD drive of that laptop and connected to my laptop and successfully installed XP.

My current internal DVD drive which is not working on my laptop is working properly on the older K series laptop.

After installing XP, I tried my current internal DVD drive and its not working.

I have no idea whats happening.

Anyhow, thanks for all you help.

 

Glad you got it working.