How to install a cd into a laptop without a cd-rom drive?

Creating an ISO is a great way to move the data onto your laptop. If you have a 1GB flash drive, (or big enough to hold the ISO when you're done) you can just put it on their and move it in a few seconds. To create an ISO, you can use this simple free utility: http://www.lucersoft.com/files/free/LCISOCreator.z...

Also, if you have a wireless connection on both machines, you can setup a shared folder on a desktop and access the folder from the laptop using the universal naming convention (\\ipaddress\)

save your effort and buy an external usb cd drive u can connect it to ur laptop and i'm sure u will have to use it later since u will always need data from cd and u can get this drive as a writer which can copy cd's for maybe 10 extra dolllars

There are external USB DVD/CD drives, they are a little pricey but they do exist. Just check out any large computer store like Best Buy or Circuit City.

There are even external USB DVD/CD BURNERS.

create an iso of the cdrom, migrate the data across the network onto your laptop and then mount the iso onto a virtual emulated cdrom and install like that.

External USB CD/DVD.

you can try to install the files to a flash drive or save the setup to a flash drive and see if this works

just buy or borrow from friend external USB CDROM or DVDROM drive, download software and you'll be set to start doing whatever you need to do

yes google online storage - download (burn) cdrom to yr friend's computer - transfer it to online storage and retrieve it (download) from online storage to yr computer