Hello,
Try this link.
https://msfn.org/board/topic/144297-install-windows-2000-to-usb-drive/
Its 50/50 on the thread so I'm not sure, maybe try a portable DVD drive to USB?
You can try this link also it may work, good luck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUwK-sfxd5g
Put the CPU socket close to your Room lightbulb and line up the pins with your eye, use the tip of a small knife and slowly move the pins back into place, check all angles of the CPU socket.
Yes I agree, such a shame, modding is a brilliant way of actually learning something nowdays.
In the future, sooner than you think, everything will be streamed as a service.