Ultrabook with No DVD Drive...

[mattspeer01]

My wife wants an Ultrabook for her next laptop. The problem is, she has CorelDraw X5 on DVD installed on her current laptop. How does one go about putting that program on an Ultrabook with no DVD drive? The program is $499, so it's not an option to buy it again and download it. Is there any easy way to copy the DVD to a file which I can then copy over to the Ultrabook over my network, or would buying an external DVD drive be better?

 

[paul878]

Just copy the dvd to an usb pen drive and run setup.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Or else use Daemon Tools or something to convert it into an iso, copy it onto the ultrabook, and use an emulator to run the disk.

 

[corkyg]

Or, attach an external USB optical drive.

 

[ericloewe]

Or try looking for a downloadable version. Most software is downloadable from the maker's website.

 

[pete1229]

Since the program is vital to your wife, I would first contact Coral support to see if any of the above options are even possible. The specs on the program say it requires 1.5Gig of Disk space plus more for installation. With that said, Mr. Pedantic has the best solution for you as with Daemon Tools, the optical drives are virtual so there's no need to go out and buy an external drive. Daemon has free versions available, I'm not sure how functionable the free ones are but it's certainly worth a try.

 

[krnmastersgt]

I'd back corkyg's suggestion actually, grabbing an external DVD drive is probably a useful idea if she plans on keeping the ultrabook for a while.

 

[mattspeer01]

Thanks everyone! I'd like to be able to play Blu-Ray on the Ultrabook's 1080p screen when we take trips, so an external Blu-Ray player might be a good option.