Creating a bootable hard drive.

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ttman0607

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Hello! I have 2 computers a friends and mine. My PC works perfectly however my friends PC has no OS and no CD drive. can i put his HDD in my PC and create a bootable HDD using an OS such as Linux and then put the hard drive back in his PC? Or any easier solutions would be greatly appreciated

Thanks!
 
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Much easier solution:

1) Download a linux distro with a live USB support on your PC.
2) Write the ISO file into a flash drive using pen drive linux (https://www.pendrivelinux.com/).
3) Use this bootable flash drive on your friends PC to boot up and then install the OS

Let me know if you want details

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talktoarnab

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Much easier solution:

1) Download a linux distro with a live USB support on your PC.
2) Write the ISO file into a flash drive using pen drive linux (https://www.pendrivelinux.com/).
3) Use this bootable flash drive on your friends PC to boot up and then install the OS

Let me know if you want details

 
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Rocky Bennett

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This will not work but the other guys have great ideas that will work.
 
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Alabalcho

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If you move the drive just after copying phase (this used to be first reboot on XP/7), and then continue on the target, you'll be OK. Drivers do not play during copying.
 
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