BIOS offers USB drive and CD as boot options for a Dell X1laptop. An external CD drive connected by USB port does not see the CD on boot up. Boot proceeds to the windows desktop where the drive is seen an where windows installation can proceed. It is an HP, not a Dell drive Seeking guidance on drive recognition.
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Jump to PostIf it is an HP then you can usually press <F9> or <F12> and get a boot menu and select the external drive.
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