i was reinstalling after a bear share virus. i made a backup. on exteral DRIVE.
then i proceeded to go to reinstall phase. it was about one second after i got to partion notice to begin format of drive when power cut off on laptop.hp pavilion. it SHUT cold.
now i cant reboot or reinstall or start .i do ot have a cd rom eithe because it has been out. i did try to clean lense incase it was an issue to make it not work. i ACTUALLY then got a differet page that had SAID somethig to do with diskit or something . but wont go back to that page again.
i need to get my laptop up. what can i do. been to geek squad. said that i might have to buy new dvd rom.?
any other way to boot files off disk ? or whatUnfortunately with both a laptop and Norton Ghost you are going to need a working optical drive to repair this.

One thing you can try though since you are restoring an image would be to grab one of these:

You can then hook the drive up to a working Desktop and try it from there...
No guarantees though...i haven't used Ghost for years.

Laptop 2.5" to IDE connector
Cost: About 8 Bucks QUOTE from: lostdrivers on March 23, 2010, 04:26:41 PM

i did try to clean lense incase it was an issue to make it not work.