The internal CD drive of the laptop has failed and I purchased a new external USB CD drive.
I need to be able to boot from it, to install Windows and for restore from backup purposes.
I went into BIOS and set the drive as first boot option.
I was able to boot from it once and now I can't anymore. The laptop goes directly to the HDD.
Gateway support is useless.
Please advise. Thanks.
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Is there a boot from USB option?
the P7805 pas in bios options to boot first from usb of fdd, hdd and then cd/dvd. If I F10 at boot and have bootable they should be offered too............ -
Thanks for responding.
Turns out that the problem was a faulty USB connector. When I moved the drive to another, I could boot from the drive.
Regards,
FP
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