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How to add floppy drive to thinkpad

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PhilDirt

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Have a IBM thinkpad 760xd no floppy drive and need to install OS is adding a floppy drive the only option?And how do I add drive?
 
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Check if the BIOS allows booting from CD-ROM.
If it does, just put in the windows CD, and boot to install. Cheers,
Jim
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You can install from a bootable cdrom, if you don't have one fitted, you can get a PCMCIA cdrom or a PCMCIA floppy drive from most computer peripheral stores.
 
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I don't believe you can boot from PCMCIA-based CD-ROM drives can you...? Just a thought. Hope this helps!

Heath Racine
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Can`t see the CD Rom drive in the bios?
 
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