How do you load programs on it without a CD/DVD drive
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Most new and updated programs can be downloaded from the internet. We also have a protable cd/dvd drive that connects to laptop via usb cable. Works great.
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No sure yet. Can you buy your programs on the internet and download? Otherwise you have to buy the $80, external hard drive. Good luck.
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You can either download them via the web or buy a DVD drive. I bought a USB DVD drive for about $35 and it works great!
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Welcome to the 21st century app store / digital download age. CD/DVD drives are no longer necessary. If you have old programs on CD or DVD, it's highly likely they're for older versions of Windows and won't work without troubleshooting, or have recently updated to allow downloading and installation without spinning media.
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Most programs are Web download based now - much of the industry is moving this way. We decided to purchase a external USB DVD/Blu ray burner. Works wonders!
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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.
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If you do not have access to a network where you can access the contents of the DVD ... then you will have to purchase an external DVD drive
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My sons uses this to load games. His laptop does not have a dvd player and this works fine
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It doesn't have a cd drive. You can always get an external one though if you don't think you will use one much.
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Yes Sue, but you must be able to download program from website. This computer does not have a optical (dvd) disk drive. So programs have to be downloaded or use a flash drive.
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DVD drive is not included. You will need to purchase an external DVD drive if you need one.
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You can simply put a FAT32 partition on your drive and do it that way. You can do that in windows without downloading anything.
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Hey Joshua, You would have to use an external USB CD drive, the unit does not have built in drivers.
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I didn't see any options for that. You boot from the cd/dvd and clone the drive. I suppose that you could deinstall the programs you don't want afterwards. HTH
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As long as your laptop has a USB port you should be able to use the external cd-rom to download programs.
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no CD drive. i installed my programs via USB thumbdrive from a different computer. i downloaded cd to a thumb drive then downloaded them to netbook. hope this helps.
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Sorry for the late response - I load software either via external media (hard drive of thumb drive) or via Internet/cloud. It's a one-time inconvenience I gladly put up with for the savings in size/weight.
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Yes, it's just like any normal Windows computer. There's no CD drive, though, so you have to download everything (or install via an external drive).
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no. this machine do not have any cd/dvd drive (cause it is lightweight). you can buy an external unit if you want. but to be honest, rarely you will need a dvd unit.
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No DVD or optical reader - that's going to require an external CD/DVD or Blu-Ray device.
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There are so many ways to get around not having an external CD drive if you already have a desktop. 1. If you have a network at home, you could share the CD drive on the desktop. 2. If you don't have a network, use usb flash drive to copy the content from the CD using your desktop onto the flash drive. Then plug the flash drive to your new laptop and install your applications. 3. If you don't want to spend extra money to buy another gadget, do you have a digital camera? The memory card of the camera can be used as your usb hard drive. Plug the camera, copy the content from the CD to the camera card. Plug the camera to the new laptop. 4. You can upload and download the file to an online "hard-drive" 5. Easiest. Spend money on a usb dvd/cd or just CD drive. Hope that helps.