Title says it all. I have a old laptop that has no external disk drive, and I don't have any of the external peripherals. It is an HP Omnibook 800CT. I have a 44 pin IDE to CF card adapter for the laptop, and a 4GB CF card. I was thinking of plugging the CF card into my computer and copying over the operating system install files onto the CF card and installing the operating system onto the CF card...from the CF card, in the laptop. Would this be possible? I don't see why it wouldn't be.
-
-
Re: Installing operating system from hard drive
Yes. I'd suggest making a separate partition for your install files.
What OS are you installing? -
Re: Installing operating system from hard drive
Don't forget to get the MBR right. Otherwise you can't boot.sigpic
(Insert witty quote here)Comment
-
Re: Installing operating system from hard drive
What OS were you going to use? Back in the day, I used to copy the entirety of OSR2 onto c: and boot off a floppy then run setup. So fast compared to floppies or even the 6X cd-rom I had at the time.Presonus Audiobox USB, Schiit Magni 3, Sony MDR-V700Comment
-
Re: Installing operating system from hard drive
Windows 95.Comment
-
Re: Installing operating system from hard drive
As it's a 4GB flash card and not 1GB, I'd install 98SE to make the most of the system. Windows 95 can be a bit finicky when it wants to be, and working USB devices are practically nonexistent.Comment
-
Hi everyone,
I'm in need of assistance with a Dell Precision 5820 Tower. The BIOS is locked with "Dell Security Manager," preventing access to the HDD-1 hard drive.
**Background:**
I recently purchased this Dell Precision 5820 Tower from a recycler who salvages equipment from abandoned office spaces. The computer was left behind by its previous owner and was password locked. Given that it can run Windows 11, I saw this as an opportunity to upgrade my setup.
**What I've Tried So Far:**
1. I accessed... -
A friend gave me his old PC case (with MB, and PSU), but no hard drive rails, he said he only used the 2.5" SSD spot inside, and used an external hard drive for data. He said that he'd have a look for the supplied rails, but I doubt he'll find them.
So I was wondering if case manufacturers used any type of standard 3.5" hard drive rail?
I'm used to the various Dell hard drive caddies or rails (and HP and Lenovo to a lesser extent), or el cheapo cases where you screw through the frame to fix the drive.
Now, the case is a CiT Gaming Case, and... -
Today recieved hp model 17-f100nx laptop with no power.(motherboard=DAY11AMB6E0) after that repaired +1.05v section due to faulty buck converter.after that power issue fixed and laptop turns on.But "no bootable 3f0 error displayed".so then
i checked the connectivity of ribbon=good communication with hard and motherboard
changed hard disk and checked=3f0 error persist
sata power=+5v available
Then checked data capacitors=all good
Then checked data lines path connectivity to pch=all good
reflashed... -
Hello gentelmen .... this is my first post and sorry for my bad english,
so my proplem is my laptop keep losing hard drive even if i but the
hard disk in the cady (the box that can replace the dvd rom with hard disk)
when i turn the laptop on the massage that said no boot media found pop on
the hard disk is fine and to be sure i try another hard
i also update my bios to the last update
the 5 volt is present on the hard connector on the motherboard
the dvd rom work fine when i but a windows dvd in it
also when i boot from flash... -
i recently bought a new wd re4 2tb with 2014 datecodes. when i got around to testing it tho in victoria hd tester, the write speed was very slow at 14 mb/s with a 256 sector transfer size. when i increased the transfer size to 1024 sectors, the write speed increased slightly to 44 mb/s. read speeds and sector verify speeds were fine and at normal speeds.
so i just ass-u-med the drive's poor performance was due to it being an advanced format drive and i was using it on winxp. when i tried cloning my system disk to this wd re4 2tb drive and writing to it in linux, the write speed...
Comment