Laptop HD connected to Desktop?

[RNG]

can it be done the connection on my ata cable is not the same as for the laptop drive?

any suggestions?

 

[Vegito]

need a 2.5 to 3.5 drive converter.. ebay has them for like 4-5 bucks..

 

[andrey]

Here is one for you...

 

[Daovonnaex]

Take a look at this

 

[slunk]

Since this thread kind of relates, I have a question. My friend has a laptop he hasn't been able to use for a month because both the floppy and CD drives have failed, and there is no OS on the system. Can one of these be used and have a ghost image copied to it from another system? Will Windows make all the changes at first bootup to recognize that it's a laptop? Or better yet, could I ghost a boot disk with network drivers on it, hook it up to my network and install stuff (OS, apps) over the network?

thanks, and where did that last link come from?

 

[andrey]

<< Since this thread kind of relates, I have a question. My friend has a laptop he hasn't been able to use for a month because both the floppy and CD drives have failed, and there is no OS on the system. Can one of these be used and have a ghost image copied to it from another system? Will Windows make all the changes at first bootup to recognize that it's a laptop? Or better yet, could I ghost a boot disk with network drivers on it, hook it up to my network and install stuff (OS, apps) over the network? >>



You can connect laptop's hard drive to the desktop, create a folder C:\win98 (if you're going to install Windows 98) or C:\i386 (if you're going to install Win2K or WinXP), copy OS install files inside of the folder you've just created. After that just go ahead and connect laptop's hard drive back to the laptop. Now you should be able to install OS directly from hard drive without need for CD.

 

[slunk]

Very good idea! But, how do I make the drive bootable?

 

[andrey]

The easiest way to make that hard drive bootable is to disconnect the primary hard drive on the desktop, by leaving only the laptop drive in. This way your laptop drive will be C:. Now you will need to boot from Win98 boot disk (http://www.bootdisk.com/) and once you're at A:\>_ prompt, type the following:

fdisk /mbr <Enter>
sys c: <Enter>

Now you should be able to boot to C:\>_ prompt.

 

[slunk]

Thank you very, very much!!!

 

[bacillus]

hmm, forgive me for pointing this out but didn't you state that the laptop's floppy isn't working?

 

[slunk]

Yes, but if I hook the laptop hard drive up to my desktop computer's ide controller, I can use the floppy disk in that to write to the laptop hard drive.