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Maybe you’re like me too cheap to drop $50-$150 on an external drive. The simplest way to install a new OS is to buy an external optical drive, plug it in, and after inserting the Windows installation disc into the drive, boot the computer from that drive. This tutorial will show you how to install Windows without a CD drive. Or maybe you are like me and bought a computer that has Windows 7 Starter Edition and want to upgrade to Home Premium or some other version. Could be that you have one of those Linux Netbooks and want to go with Windows. Maybe your Netbook came with Windows XP and you want 7 on it or vice versa. There are a number of use case scenarios where you would need to install Windows onto a computer without an optical drive. This can save you the cost of buying an external optical drive for your Netbook.

But it is not impossible and with the right tools, it is doable. If you have a notebook computer without an optical drive and want to install Windows onto it, you have a challenge.