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Ubuntu won't recognize my optical drive, and I need to burn some shit.
Do you know what will happen if I use wine to run something windows native to burn something? Will it still clearly recognize my optical drive?
I'd actually be fine with mounting it with something in wine, and just running the windows setup directly from wine, think this shit will work?
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went to lance for the first time in a long time
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he's the only one I know who uses linux
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Using virtualbox to install windows so I can install cdburnerxp so I can burn windows so I can install windows.
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At least linux is easy so it only takes you 5 minutes to fuck up like 10 times before you find something that works.
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Are you saying your computer isn't reading your cd/dvd drive?
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And I don't really use Linux as a main OS. I launch it through vmware for a lot of things for classwork and my own little practice shit.
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use linux to use windows to use windows programs to burn windows to use windows
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If the emulation program recognizes your cd/dvd drive that will work. If it doesn't obv clearly.
Use a friends or parents computer and take win xp pro sp3 and burn it to a disc on their computer.
Reformat your partitions and then just write over everything with the new install. You should be golden.
Seems like you would save yourself a lot of time that way.
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Can you you even have the option to possibly update your cd/dvd drivers in settings? Because that could be a problem.
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You are making it harder than it is. Hell go to the fucking library and do this.
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I can't torrent windows and burn it to a disc at the library, my roommate's laptop can't burn cd's, and my mom lives too far away.
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My BIOS won't boot from USB device
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Have you tried reinstalling/updating drivers yet like I mentioned?
