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Am I able to use my Desktop PC as an external DVD drive for my Laptop?
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<blockquote data-quote="ArloU" data-source="post: 2599738" data-attributes="member: 883482"><p>I have a Pavilion dm3 laptop that does NOT come with any cd/dvdrom drives. I've run into a hard drive issue with the laptop and needed to replace it. Since I couldn't run a restore since the hard drive was bad, I had to order the restore cd's. Before I go out and buy an external dvd drive, I was wondering if thier is a way I can use my desktop PC as an external dvd drive to install windows back onto my laptop? Thanks so much for your time and help in the matter.</p><p>I forgot to mention, the laptop has a brand new harddrive that is entirely blank. I can't get to ANYTHING on it. It just tells me "No bootable device found" when I turn it on. So I'm unable to get anywhere on the laptop. I just wanted to know if there was a way to connect my pc to my laptop and have it act as an external DVD drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArloU, post: 2599738, member: 883482"] I have a Pavilion dm3 laptop that does NOT come with any cd/dvdrom drives. I've run into a hard drive issue with the laptop and needed to replace it. Since I couldn't run a restore since the hard drive was bad, I had to order the restore cd's. Before I go out and buy an external dvd drive, I was wondering if thier is a way I can use my desktop PC as an external dvd drive to install windows back onto my laptop? Thanks so much for your time and help in the matter. I forgot to mention, the laptop has a brand new harddrive that is entirely blank. I can't get to ANYTHING on it. It just tells me "No bootable device found" when I turn it on. So I'm unable to get anywhere on the laptop. I just wanted to know if there was a way to connect my pc to my laptop and have it act as an external DVD drive. [/QUOTE]
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