The installation or file transfer may take a little longer than normal when using the CD/DVD drive in a network computer. Nevertheless, the process should complete relatively quickly over a wired ...

I have a MSI Neo 2 865 motherboard and I'm trying to install 2 SATA drives with 1 IDE CD rom drive. I've tried using the SATA Raid driver disk and I get the same problem Bluescreen "Inaccesible ...

Put the CD in your drive and try booting up your PC. It may automatically start from the CD, but if not, restart again and watch for a message like "Press F2 to enter Setup"—and do so.

Go to c: (or whatever drive letter is the HDD), then run fdisk /mbr. Move the HDD into the PC concerned & install Windows. Boot the HDD, run smartdrv.exe, then winnt.exe in the i386 folder.

So, how do you install disc-based software on a Mac with a dead media drive? I have three solutions for those with another Mac.