Help me install WindowsXP

[coecemeCalk]

I got a new lap top for Christmas Dell Inspiron 8 mini and as you may know it doesn't have a CD drive, but I have an external CD drive to use. When I insert the Windows XP setup disk into the drive it doesn't start the setup it just show me the contents of the CD. I've tried to click on the setup icon with the file extension .exe and it won't start but jeust tell me that there is no application to run the program and i can't boot from the removable devices either. SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE.

[youthism_is_me]

Read a book or call geek squad but if you still want help e mail me youthism_is_me@yahoo.com

[LiNuX]

I got a new lap top for Christmas Dell Inspiron 8 mini and as you may know it doesn't have a CD drive, but I have an external CD drive to use. When I insert the Windows XP setup disk into the drive it doesn't start the setup it just show me the contents of the CD. I've tried to click on the setup icon with the file extension .exe and it won't start but jeust tell me that there is no application to run the program and i can't boot from the removable devices either. SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE.

Is it a legit XP cd?

And what OS does your Dell Inspiron have right now?

[joshr]

I would boot up into bios and set your external cd drive to be the first boot device. Therefore when you turn your pc on it will automatically boot to the xp setup assuming that you have a working xp cd. If you need help with the bios let me know and I can walk you through it...