REcycling an old Win XP computer

[#1]

@the_groundsman 

You can run a live Linux distro from a USB.

Brian

[#2]

@bmc 

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@the_groundsman wrote:

Having a look in the Bios, booting from floppy, cd and HDD are all that's available, so that explains why trying to boot from flash or dvd fails. I have no blank  cds to hand.

[#3]

Often bootable devices are not seen in the BIOS unless inserted and available at boot time….

my 2010 HP works this way.

[#4]

Not for me unfortunately. I even tried different usb ports.

Doesn't matter now anyway.