Satellite A20: BIOS update to support USB booting

Hello

Does anyone know if there is a version of BIOS for a satellite A20 that supports booting from USB devices (except the drive, because that is already supported)

I need this is because my cd drive is bust. And I'm a student, so I can't afford a new intern, but I have an external... So I want to use that one for the recovery process...

I don't know if I can ask this, but can't I somehow change the bios that it WILL support the external dvd drive, I know this is not recommended at all, but I'm really really desperate :(

Can someone help me?

As far as I know that something like that does not exist. Your laptop is quite old and there is not much support for her especially BIOS support.

Try to find the MS-DOS driver for this hard disk external. Start the laptop with floppy and use this driver for your external device from the device.

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