Portege P4000: Cant recognize the external USB CD-ROM

Hi,
I have a big problem.
I have a Portege P4000 the DVD is broke but I have an external CD-Rom with USB. I want to replace windows 2000 on the notebook but it didn't read the USB port. I update the BIOS but I can use USB ports only with floppy disk. How I can to replace operative system inside the HDD??
Thank you

Hi,
To install an operating system on the 4000 you will either have to replace the broken drive or use a PCMCIA external drive.
It will not work from USB.
regards,
Nick

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