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How to booting laptop from USB external CD drive ?
I had Dell Latitude C400 laptop, this is small and light laptop without build in floppy and CD drive, I normally use USB external DVD/CD drive for this laptop.
I need reinstall Win XP into this laptop due to original Win XP dead.
I check BIOS, I can not find anything can boot up from USB or External cd drive, BIOS only had CD drive, HD, onboard NIC.
I already put cd drive for first boot up, but everytime booting, laptop still went to HD because it can not recognize USB ext. cd drive.
How do I can to let laptop booting from USB external CD drive ???
leduke30
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March 5th, 2008 18:00
The C400 only has USB 1.1 and that does not support USB booting. That model uses a D P/N 3G265 External Cable with either a C-Series CD Drive or a Floppy drive and connects to the External IDE port on the rear. These cables are sold on Ebay and without one, your laptop is severely limited.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-DELL-LATITUDE-C400-EXTERNAL-MEDIA-BAY-CABLE-K2652_W0QQitemZ310025123810QQihZ021QQcategoryZ51151sPageNameZWD1VQQ_ZViewItem