Install Windows 7 without optical drive

Can someone assist please?
The hard drive went in my x100e however I've received a replacement under warranty.
I now need to install windows 7 onto it using supplied recovery media (DVD).
I have an external optical drive however the x100e doesn't recognise it at boot (BIOS is setup correctly and the optical drive works otherwise)..
I therefore need some other way to install windows 7 onto my new drive. Any suggestions please?
My other PC only has XP on it so I can't go the diskpart route (that only works with Vista or 7).
I have an external USB drive - however that contains backups of all my data on it so I can't use that.
I have a 4Gb USB pendrive however can't find any way to make that bootable with Windows 7 recovery on it.
Help!
Thanks,
Jeddy

Hello,
A reply to your question has been posted in the Do any external DVD drives work for boot purposes? message thread.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
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