Installing windows 7 external optical drivee?

[keith808]

wil i be able to install windows 7 from a external optical drive? and if so. what would be a good optical drive to get? that is really good and reliable?

 

[das_stig]

Yes, I use an external USB DVDRW to install on my home server. The one I have that only needs a single usb port for power is Liteon eTAU108-02.

 

[keith808]

Yes, I use an external USB DVDRW to install on my home server. The one I have that only needs a single usb port for power is Liteon eTAU108-02.

ahh thanks.. so like.. i ment by having no os on a computer. like i just put it together. the computer will recognize the eternal op drive? thats what im scared of.

 

[tank]

Yes it should recognize it. You might have to go into the BIOS and tell it to look to the USB drives on startup.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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[Mousemonkey]

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