Loading an OS with an external drive

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by tmiller67, Jan 25, 2007.

  1. tmiller67

    tmiller67 Private E-2

    I am attending a Vista load-a-thon at one of the Microsoft offices soon and built a system for the occasion. I don't have any internal DVD drives to go into this system and money is a bit tight. My BIOS says it can boot the system from a USB cd drive but I don't know if it would work for a USB DVD drive, I barrowed one from a friend and now I'm wondering if it will work.

    Does anybody here know for sure if a DVD drive would be properly recognized in order to boot from the Vista DVD and get the OS loaded?
     
    Last edited: Jan 25, 2007
    tmiller67, Jan 25, 2007
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  2. Valhallis

    Valhallis Private First Class

    It should recognize it as the same as a CD drive.
     
    Valhallis, Jan 25, 2007
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  3. tmiller67

    tmiller67 Private E-2

    I thought that it should but wanted to make sure. Thanks for the confirmation.
     
    tmiller67, Jan 26, 2007
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  4. Valhallis

    Valhallis Private First Class

    No problem, I've been able to do it before from an external DVD drive.
     
    Valhallis, Jan 26, 2007
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