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In an all-SCSI system with no IDE devices, can this be done without a boot disk? <BR><BR>For example, if I set "SCSI Boot Device" in BIOS as the first boot device ...

You might have come across a situation where your CD-ROM is non-functional or DVD drive is inaccessible, but you want to install Windows Vista or Windows 7. Obviously ...

This article describes how to set up a virtual CD-ROM jukebox (VCDJ) using Samba and Linux. A VCDJ is a network server that provides access to the contents of a large number of CD-ROM disks, without ...

The Lenovo series of laptop and desktop computers come with the ability to boot from CD. Booting from CD may be necessary if your computer needs to have the operating system re-installed or requires ...

Insert the installation CD for the operating system you wish to use and then restart the machine, having made sure the CD-ROM is defined in the BIOS setup as first in the boot sequence. Hard drive ...

For a long time, Microsoft didn’t sell Windows install media in the form of bootable USB flash drives. Instead, it prefered to stick to old-school DVD media, despite the fact that many notebooks today ...