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Dell Vostro 1500 Boot Problem from External USB CD/DVD Rom

Hello all,

I'm trying to fix a friend's Laptop. Its a Dell Vostro 1500.

The Cd/DVD Rom doesn't work for long time. So, I connected a USB CD/DVD rom and tried to boot the laptop using the USB rom. But when I use "F12" to select the boot source, it doesn't show the external USB CD/DVD Rom but it does show Hard Drive, CD/DVd Rom(*built-in) and NIC.

So, Can anyone please tell me how to fix this? How I can set it in BIOS so that I can boot from the external CD/DVD Rom?

* I tried different USB port and it didn't work and also I checked the ROM in another PC and its working just fine.
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it can be a power problem - does the external usb drive have it's own power supply?
if not, you can still use a POWERED usb hub :
pick one here :  http://usb-hub-review.toptenreviews.com/

but the best option is to replace the DVD drive - it does not cost much
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Thanks for the help.

Finally I booted Win7 from a flash drive and installed it.

I used WintoFlash software (in a different PC) to burn Win7 from a DVD.