I've managed to get hold of a couple of Compaq Small form PC's but they are without CDROM units and because they only take a slimline drive unit it wont be possible to install a regular cdrom.

So the question is, What is the best way for me to get an OS and programs loaded onto them because they are both currently formatted.

Would the best option be putting the HDD into another machine that DOES have a CDROM and installing everything from there and then putting the HDD back into the Compaq ?

Any help would be muchly appreciated !

Thanks in advance.............

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