Question about operating system reinstall on Portege R500

I have purchased the R500 64SSD version, and for some reason it never struck me to check if there was a DVD drive on it.
That was rather embarassing.
I know it is easy to purchase an external drve to copy software etc on to the Portege, so that isnt so bad.
However, I am considering a re-install, possibly to XP, but maybe just to reduce the repulsive amount of bloatware i got on my machine when i switched it on.
Now to the crux of the matter: if i use an external USB disk drive, i need USB drivers. If i delete the OS, that will delete the drivers.
So, finally, my question is: How in the name of Hell is anyone supposed to put a fresh install into an R500?
Thanks for your patience.

I understand everything till the point with the bloatware.
But what I dont understand is: what do you want with a USB disk drive? I hope you dont mean a USB-HDD (its a little bit confusing). ;)
Usually you can use all drives without the need of some drivers because the machine offers you the option to boot from a USB device after powering the machine up and see the Toshiba logo pass...
You must only press F12 and choose the option to boot from an external USB CD/DVD drive. Thats all.
Greets

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