can this be installed on a laptop with no cd or dvd drive?
2061960
It is a CD - so I only know how to load it onto the computer by using the CD drive.
2001567
Yes you can, you can copy the CD install file to USB or to FTP server or sky drive than download to your laptop and install it.
2144485
It does not have a built in DVD drive so you will not be able to out of the box. You could get an external DVD drive if you really needed it.
726288
There is no CD and DVD in the laptop so the laptop does not have an opening in which a CD/DVD can be inserted. But what could be done is that the items on the CD/DVD can be put on a USB flash drive so that they could be used on the laptop.
1350027
No, the computer is a ultrabook and does not come with the CD or DVD drive. But the truth is not necessary
2243028
Neither, its an ultrabook. It is very thin and portable, so no CD, DVD, or Blu-ray drive. Windows 8 however comes with its own disc mounter, so if you have iso images of discs you can still run them.
1978982
so, when you want to load programs from cd's, can you connect with a usb to a desk top or another laptop with dvd/cd capabilities?
2233039
I would expect that you could install and burn a disc but I have not done as yet so don't know for sure. Sorry can not be more help.
377601
You have to add an external USB based CD/DVD drive. Lenovo makes one, there are many others as well that will work.
373289
No, that is a hitch. It comes without an operating system. If you can get your hands on W7 / W8 disc then you just get an external DVD drive, install for me was a breeze.
830548
No DVD/CD drive. Should work well as a word processor. I run Media Center on it. Stream video from network attached storage and Netflicks with no performance issues.
1626554
Yes. You can copy the contents of the DVD to a USB drive on another computer. Then install it on your dvd-less computer. Verified to work.
18245
Theres a cd dvd slot but no disc. Windows 8 is about stresming not really downloading I suggest going to watch utube video by hp on all the new computers running windows8
1660583
You might not even need to use the disk. If your laptop has a 15 pin svga socket, which most laptops do, then you can just plug it in and it will work. There may be some features of the s/w on the disk that you can't use until its installed, but you can probably download everything that's on the disk from the internet.
724691
Very few laptops have CD/DVD drives anymore. Most software is available as a download. If you must install from a CD/DVD then you would need an external drive that plugs into the USB port.
2140313
Yes. There is a CD/DVD +/- RW Drive in this laptop to play CDs and DVDs and burn (make) CDs and DVDs with.
1562990
Yes, you can load a dvd burner or rom into this enclosure. Just make sure you BIOS is set to boot from a USB device, and you should be set in install Windows. Hope this helps you!