DVD not recognized by BIOS
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Method9
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Sometimes when I try to boot from an external USB DVD drive the BIOS won't recognize the drive right away. I circumvent the problem by booting into Windows and allowing the drive to spin up for a few seconds. Then, when I restart the computer the drive becomes recognized in the BIOS.
I suggest trying to fiddle with the USB drive so that it spins up before powering up the computer and going into BIOS. Hope this helps.
What John is getting at is that on some older computers the BIOS never had an option to boot from a USB device. If the BIOS has not received an update to add this feature since then, you are stuck.
I suggest trying to fiddle with the USB drive so that it spins up before powering up the computer and going into BIOS. Hope this helps.
What John is getting at is that on some older computers the BIOS never had an option to boot from a USB device. If the BIOS has not received an update to add this feature since then, you are stuck.
toshiyori
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Believe me, that is what I want to do. However, I cannot get the old DVD drive out, please note my post in: "Laptop and Smartphones" "Removing DVD", last post: 1/10/11. I have gone through a dozen or more recomendations from internet sources including ACER. The blasted thing wont move. So, I chose to try this route as per this post. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.