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Advice needed with Acer C100 Travelmate Tablet.?

I have just bought a Acer C100 tablet pc. Its a small size and basically, I wanted it to put into my car to use as a GPS (Because its touch screen) and to use in my home in the bedroom, because its lightweight and has wifi and basically everything I need as a second computer. My problem is this. I have upgraded it to a 120gig HDD, as I will be storing a lot of media on it. Because it is a new HDD, it has no operating system on it. I have ordered a copy of Windows XP Tablet through Microsoft fulfilment services, but this is where the problem starts. I have no CD rom, so I'll be unable to install Windows on the machine. So, I'm wondering the following. 1. Can I remove the HDD, put it into a USB case and connect it to my other computer, and install Windows XP onto the HDD that way? 2. Can I copy Windows XP onto flash disk, plug the flash disk into the laptop and install Windows onto the computer that way? 3. Can I buy a external USB or PCMCIA case, put a dvd rom into that and plug it into the laptop and install Windows that way? I'm not sure if any of those ways will work. I have heard that I need to have a genuine Acer CD drive combo. This makes sense to me, because I have a HP notebook and I had to buy a genuine HP DVD drive for it. So, if that is the case, can anyone advise me of a part number, or a name of the item I need to buy?

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1. question 1 NO you can't when xp installs, it installs all the drivers for the system it is being installed on, and if you ten install the hard drive into another computer it will have all the wrong drivers on it so you will get the BSoD when it boots up question 2 same again, you can't put xp on to a flash drive period question 3 it is possible to do it that way providing the systems bios will allow it to boot up from a usb port? yes you will need all the hardware drivers without a doubt it a must have you need to goto Acer support web site and ask there on how and what you will need to install a new operating system