Can I install windows with an external optical drive?

[Yonkers]

Im building a gaming PC and my case I got doesnt have an optical drive, along with Windows 10 but it came on a disk. I do have an external optical drive, but im unsure if thst would work. If anyone knows, please let me know.

 

[Colif]

2 options
1. Try the external DVD, it might work, or

2. download the Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB, and use that instead.

 

[D34D M34T]

I've been doing this for decades, even installing across a LAN using both an existing machine with DVD and an external USB DVD. Both worked well.