Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Thursday 9.1.2025 / 06:56
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > dvd / blu-ray drives > i need help booting from my external dvd drive
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
I need help booting from my external dvd drive
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
vincetor
Newbie
_ 		7. June 2009 @ 10:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a Sony VAIO VGN-N250E laptop and the dvd drive is broken. I would like to install Linux Mint 6 with an external USB DVD Drive. Is there a way I could use the drive to install it? I have Windows Vista Home Premium, if that helps.
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
ddp
Moderator
_ 		7. June 2009 @ 14:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
go into the bios & change the boot drive sequence so that the usb drive is enabled & 1st. ran into that problem with a hp laptop as it's dvd drive had problems reading disks.
[ + quote]
Yezinki
Junior Member
_ 		7. June 2009 @ 16:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not possible since it's BIOS does not have the option of external USB optical drive.........just 1 default one.
[ + quote]
Yezinki
Junior Member
_ 		7. June 2009 @ 16:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Don't believe what ddp says.......he's just replying for the sake of replyin.............
[ + quote]
ddp
Moderator
_ 		7. June 2009 @ 21:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yezinki, what is your problem? i don't post just for the hell of it like you do. it took you 2 posts to say that so i guess your post padding which is a forum rule no no. is it my fault you are just a junior member & i'm a moderator?
[ + quote]
Yezinki
Junior Member
_ 		8. June 2009 @ 03:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ddp:
 Yezinki, what is your problem? i don't post just for the hell of it like you do. it took you 2 posts to say that so i guess your post padding which is a forum rule no no. is it my fault you are just a junior member & i'm a moderator?
Firstly I don't have a problem.

Secondly you could be the KING instead of a mod, but what you are suggesting to forum member is completly untrue, false & misguiding.

Do your home work before you suggest.

I might be a member only but I only reply to what I know about......btw who made you a mod.

If you are that smart kindly reply to my 3 posts.......2 here & 1 in Home Theatre section.

Regards & Thanks!!
[ + quote]
ddp
Moderator
_ 		9. June 2009 @ 15:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yezinki, did you go & check to see if vincetor's laptop bios can't boot from external USB optical drive because i didn't? i just suggested to try it as it worked on a hp laptop i was working on & it didn't have that option in the bios to boot from external rom drive. i was a bit surprised that it booted from xp cd so can't hurt vincetor to try it.
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
Yezinki
Junior Member
_ 		10. June 2009 @ 12:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ddp:
 Yezinki, did you go & check to see if vincetor's laptop bios can't boot from external USB optical drive because i didn't? i just suggested to try it as it worked on a hp laptop i was working on & it didn't have that option in the bios to boot from external rom drive. i was a bit surprised that it booted from xp cd so can't hurt vincetor to try it.
No Sir, I didn't happen to go check vicent's laptop bios....witty though.

Btw Sir, I do own a similar exact model laptop.

Regards!
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > dvd / blu-ray drives > i need help booting from my external dvd drive
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2025 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork