What if you don’t have a Portable DVD/RW External Drive? No problem, we have a method to get the data to your Surface tablet without a USB DVD/CD drive. On Surface RT/2, you can not install software without going through the Windows Store.
Though, you will only be able to actually install software if you have a Surface Pro/Pro2 This will work for Surface RT/2 or Surface Pro/Pro2 tablets just like from any other Windows computer. You can just plug it into the handy USB port and as long as it’s on the supported hardware list, you will see it pop up in Explorer on the desktop as a drive. The most obvious way to do this is with a Portable DVD/RW External Drive. However there are times where you might need to access data or install software from DVD/CD to your Surface tablet.
Surface tablets are really convenient and you can download or install 99% of what you need right from the network.