I've looked at Hoots recent post and saw that yo

[jasonh]

I've looked at Hoots recent post and saw that you can use a USB CD drive to load Windows XP onto the LT C-500 as long as you have the floppy drive to load the drivers but can this also be done for Windows 2000 or do I have to use a PCMCIA CD Drive? I've got a PCMCIA drive that I want to get rid of if I can use my USB CD burner in it's place if my tablet ever needs to have to OS reloaded.

Thanks in advance,
Jason

[mrdan]

You most certainly can. Basically, the disk loads up DOS, along with some CD-ROM drivers in the autoexec. From there, it launches the setup file on the CD-ROM.

The best way to be 100% sure is to try it! Get a bootdisk and boot into DOS and try accessing your CD-ROM. I recommend MadBoot as your first shot.

Good Luck!

[jasonh]

Thanks, I'm in the process of getting a floppy off of ebay when I find on for the right price and I'll get ahold of MadBoot and try it.

Jason