# Formatting my pc?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-my-pc/302216>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [December 23, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-my-pc/302216 "2009-12-23T17:20:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maqrkk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Maqrkk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maqrkk)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-my-pc/302216/1 "2009-12-23T17:20:03Z")

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Hey everyone,

I’ve run into some problems while trying to format my pc. I have the original XP Professional CD right here, but my CD-drive won’t read it (nor will it read any other CD or DVD, it’s broken apparently (even thought device management tells me it’s fine)). Basically, is there anyway I can format my pc and re-install XP Pro, without needing the CD? If this can be done, I won’t even need the CD-drive, I haven’t used it in the past 5 years (never had to)

If it can’t be done without the CD, how do I find out what the problem is with my cd-drive? It’s a LITE-ON LDW851S, and I’ve got the latest drivers installed.

Hope someone can help, thanks in advance.