Protege boot cd with external drive

[Boo Boo]

i have heard people cant get the recovery cd to load unless its toshiba.

what i want to know is can you clean install with a dvd if you use direct media instead of the recovery cds

[wallen]

I'm pretty sure that boot capabilities are more about the drive you are using, less about the media. So if you have a bootable drive (check the FAQ), then it will boot any bootable CD/DVD. Where people have had dramas is either a) not having a bootable drive, or b) imaging the drive in another machine and then not finding it bootable when they shift it into the notebook.