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Do i need cdrom or floppy drive to boot?


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16-Jan-2008, 04:37 PM #1
Do i need cdrom or floppy drive to boot?
im trying to put together a small system, but until recently it had never occured to me whether it will run without a cdrom or a floppy drive.

Right now i have a hd connected to the board...thats it. my buddy said that it depends on the board...so i dunno... mine is Asrock...something...will post the exact model later

My plan was to install windows onto the hd using my existing system's cdrom, and then just run windows off the hd.
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16-Jan-2008, 09:16 PM #2
Your going to need some kind of CDROM,better yet a DVD drive to install programs.
A floppy is optional,but they can come in handy.
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17-Jan-2008, 08:18 AM #3
or a cd (or dvd) burner. Then you can save anything you want off of it also.
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