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broken disk drive need to boot from external

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:17 am
by phetusskulls
My disk drive for my laptop broke so I got a hp external cd/dvd drive and can't find out how to put it into the boot sequence menu. Is there a way?

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:25 pm
by edwin
If you don't have a boot from USB option you're doomed.

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:12 am
by aviko
It depends of model but try this: remove hdd, connect only dvd/cd drive and then try to boot.

some laptops allow to boot from network it could help but its complicated.

in nc4010 there are 2 usb ports and one of them have a "+" mark near. i think this one is for booting.