Thank you. I already have a cd-rom/dvd . I bought an interal one for this
model, but the guy I bought it from says that this model is not equiped for
interal optical drives. So my question is; how do I get an OS loaded onto
the hard drive? If I buy an external CD-Rom will I be able to install it
without an OS?


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> "Anderson" <Anderson_5@cox.net> wrote in message
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>>I bought a dell D400 laptop for my son for christmas off of ebay. We were
>>trying to hurry up and read over everything before the auction ended, and
>>we missed the "small print" that said that there was no OS installed. I
>>have window 98 full version on a CD, but there is no interal CD-ROM
>>installed on this laptop. I have a desktop computer. Is there a way I
>>can connect my laptop to the other computer and load the OS, or can I buy
>>an external CD-ROM without the OS being on there and will it work? I
>>don't know alot about the inner workings of a computer, so if anyone has
>>any suggestions I would appreciate it.
>>
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> These people should be able to help you quickly with getting a cdrom drive
> for your Dell.
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