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Installing Operating System without Disk Drive??? Need quick help

Matthew12106
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HI, I'm buying a laptop with NO disk drive and NO operating system. If you put the windows 7 install disk into a USB optical drive can it still boot from that and install it??? So can i just buy any usb disk drive, plug it in and install windows 7, or do you need an operating system for those usb disk drives to work in the first place


 


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That's possible, however, it's easier (and cheaper) to use a flash drive...

 

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DEcobra11, on 02 Jun 2014 - 8:30 PM, said:

Use an USB stick...

download an iso and use this for it: http://images2.store.microsoft.com/prod/clustera/framework/w7udt/1.0/en-us/Windows7-USB-DVD-tool.exe

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BTW, just formatting it to NTFS and copying all contents of ISO into its root there works on some mobos as well.

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It should work with any USB ODD but a USB flash drive will be faster. If you do choose to go the flash drive route use Universal USB Installer.

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That's possible, however, it's easier (and cheaper) to use a flash drive...

 

damn, I'm late

 

DEcobra11, on 02 Jun 2014 - 8:30 PM, said:

BTW, just formatting it to NTFS and copying all contents of ISO into its root there works on some mobos as well.

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