3 ms·
AFAIK, consumer editions of Windows 7 never even officially came in a "USB stick" form factor. It has always been on a DVD. So the more salient question would
by kijin 10y ago
AFAIK, consumer editions of Windows 7 never even officially came in a "USB stick" form factor. It has always been on a DVD.
So the more salient question would be: is it possible to plug in a USB external ODD to a Kaby Lake laptop, pop the Windows 7 DVD in it, and install from it? Or is it just as "tricky" as installing from a USB stick?
- nikanj 10y agoHow would the usb ODD work without a working usb controller?
- nine_k 10y agoHow can one boot from an USB DVD then, sans an OS?
- userbinator 10y agoI don't know what the newer systems do, but on older ones that had USB boot support, the BIOS has a basic USB driver that lets even DOS apps access CD/DVD/USB media via the traditional INT 13H interface.