Laptop 40 pins to IDE 50 pins, and some other question...
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 Aug 20 2006, 08:33 PM
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i hav quite similar problem wit u...
my laptop cant access internall HDD, the hdd still working fine... all other parts still so so nice... the bios doesnt support booting from usb devices also.... so my solution?? buy new laptop... |
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Aug 20 2006, 10:26 PM
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QUOTE(swhung @ Aug 20 2006, 09:08 PM) try using external cd-rw.. as in really external.. i guess wat the threadstarter means is tat the laptop he/she owns doesnt support boot wit usb devices... meaning... the bios ther, can choose USB drives to boot wit... i know this coz my new laptop can do such thing, but my old laptop cant... mayb can upgrade the firmware so tat can support booting from usb devices, mayb it will work... js my 2cent only...those external drives u get off the shelves... with usb.. as in this ---> http://www.wholesaleauction.com/partimages...824MMR-unit.jpg it works for me.... my drive is the same as the pict... and the laptop i tried on is a twinhead pentium 2 notebook...  |
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