Installing windows xp with no internal cd/dvd drive

mohawk · 22 Sep 2008 at 16:05

Hey guys,

My company needs me to reinstall windows onto a till which has no internal cd/dvd drive. is it a simple case of just getting a usb cd drive plugging it in and then booting from the external cd drive?

or is there more involved?

Cheers

bledd · 22 Sep 2008 at 16:11

should work ok (if it can boot from usb cd), failing that, just open it up and connect one for the install

El_Watcher · 22 Sep 2008 at 16:49

As said, it may work. How old is the till, and what make?

Any made in the last few years should have a BIOS option to boot from CD, but any older than that I wouldn't gaurantee it.

mohawk · 23 Sep 2008 at 13:41

Its a Toshiba ST70 till not to sure on how old it is, probably no more than 3 years. i will bott up and see if i can see an option in the bios

Magic_x_uk · 23 Sep 2008 at 13:58

You may not be able to use USB through the BIOS though.

mohawk · 23 Sep 2008 at 14:35

Checked the boot options within the bios and it does have an option to boot from usb cd drive, so there hopefully wont be an issue

Burnsy2023 · 23 Sep 2008 at 16:33

I've done this loads of times. It's really not an issue on new hardware

bledd · 23 Sep 2008 at 16:37

with it being a till, hard to say how old it would be though