enigmatic
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Tue Mar-14-06 02:20 AM
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Any laptop pc experts around tonight? |
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I let my star run out so I can't post this in the group; I just picked up a laptop w/o a cd-rom and I want to install 98 or XP (whatever is easier) on it. The HDD on the laptop is wiped and formatted, but w/o an OS.
I've got a USB external CD-ROM that works, but the laptop BIOS doesn't pick it up.
Any ideas on how I can do this?
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Tue Mar-14-06 02:22 AM
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1. Did you want a star? On the Laptop, let me get back to you. |
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Tue Mar-14-06 02:25 AM
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I'm just waiting for my paypal account to activate to donate again; thanks:)
And thanks for any help you can give; I'm a desktop pc guy, and I'm clueless when it comes to laptops..
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Tue Mar-14-06 02:28 AM
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3. Go into BIOS and find the selection for Startup. Make the first boot |
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order an External Device. Try that.
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Tue Mar-14-06 02:32 AM
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I'm going to do that; thanks for this..
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Tue Mar-14-06 02:33 AM
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Tue Mar-14-06 02:35 AM
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6. I can't think of anything to do with that hardware |
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I would put the laptop drive in a desktop and copy the cd to a temp partition (easiest, if you have a 2.5" adapter).
Or put the cd in a desktop and hunt around for a bootdisk with a driver for the laptop's eth card. Or boot off a knoppix disk, partition the local disk, and copy the cd from the remote box to a temp partition.
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Tue Mar-14-06 02:42 AM
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"I would put the laptop drive in a desktop and copy the cd to a temp partition (easiest, if you have a 2.5" adapter)"
How much would an adaptor be? I think this would work; I've also got a USB laptop HDD case w/ another HDD; could I copy the files into the HDD in the USB case, then swap it w/ the HDD in the laptop?
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