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11-11-2006, 12:02 AM
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King of Free
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Need more computer help.
Well I havn't had good luck at all. I recently got a laptop (very very good price) but it doesn't have a CD-ROM drive or a floppy drive. I have an external CD-ROM drive connected via the PCMCIA however I can't boot from it to install the operating system because it is unrecognized. I have the correct drivers to do so, but I don't have a floppy drive! Is there any way to load drivers directly from your hard drive or even better your flash drive, in DOS?
btw just to make clarify everything, yes I have changed the boot options / settings in BIOS
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11-11-2006, 12:22 AM
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sorry, i can't help you and i just wanted to let you know that
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11-11-2006, 01:10 AM
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King of Free
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 thanks for trying.
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2001 Trans Am M6 WS6 Black on Black...on Black
PaceSetter LT's, TSP catted Y,Borla catback, SLP lid
!CAGS, Eibach pro-kit, Bilstein shocks, 5% tint all around
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11-11-2006, 01:30 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanfx
Well I havn't had good luck at all. I recently got a laptop (very very good price) but it doesn't have a CD-ROM drive or a floppy drive. I have an external CD-ROM drive connected via the PCMCIA however I can't boot from it to install the operating system because it is unrecognized. I have the correct drivers to do so, but I don't have a floppy drive! Is there any way to load drivers directly from your hard drive or even better your flash drive, in DOS?
btw just to make clarify everything, yes I have changed the boot options / settings in BIOS
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shouldve NOT bought that laptop in the first place wtf is a laptop good for if it doesnt have a floppy or cdrom drive? Flash drive... No. Dont think its possible. External CD-ROM should work, not sure tho.
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11-11-2006, 09:35 AM
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whats the specs on the laptop and how old is it
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11-11-2006, 12:10 PM
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King of Free
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it was given to me, 1.4 GHz, 756 mg ram. That's why I have it 
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2001 Trans Am M6 WS6 Black on Black...on Black
PaceSetter LT's, TSP catted Y,Borla catback, SLP lid
!CAGS, Eibach pro-kit, Bilstein shocks, 5% tint all around
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11-11-2006, 12:14 PM
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your PCMCIA slot might not be powerful enough. my laptops PCMCIA slot couldnt even handle a wireless card, i had to use a usb one. and its roughly the same age as yours
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11-11-2006, 12:43 PM
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Mr Fantastic
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no shane, the problem he has is that the windows setup disk doesnt have the drivers on it for the PCMCIA slots, so it doesnt even know theyre there. and he cant load the driver from a disk, cause he has no floppy drive. so, basically you need to get an internal cd rom for it, or maybe a USB one...but im not sure if thatll work or not.
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Last edited by GP99GT; 11-11-2006 at 12:44 PM.
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11-11-2006, 02:00 PM
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King of Free
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Well what I did was kind of what GP99GT said. I went on ebay and bought a docking station and a cd rom to go into its module bay. This should without question be able to boot from it. If dell made it so you can not boot from their own docking station, from their own cd rom drive.... there will be much pain to be inflicted!
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2001 Trans Am M6 WS6 Black on Black...on Black
PaceSetter LT's, TSP catted Y,Borla catback, SLP lid
!CAGS, Eibach pro-kit, Bilstein shocks, 5% tint all around
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11-11-2006, 10:56 PM
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can't you download the drivers from the manufacturer's site?
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11-12-2006, 01:39 AM
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King of Free
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yes, I have downloaded the drivers... however it wants me to extract them onto a floppy... and I have no floppy drive
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2001 Trans Am M6 WS6 Black on Black...on Black
PaceSetter LT's, TSP catted Y,Borla catback, SLP lid
!CAGS, Eibach pro-kit, Bilstein shocks, 5% tint all around
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11-12-2006, 10:53 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanfx
yes, I have downloaded the drivers... however it wants me to extract them onto a floppy... and I have no floppy drive |
gotcha
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11-12-2006, 01:47 PM
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you an integrate the drivers into your windows cd, but then you have to remake the whole cd. check out nliteos.com
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11-13-2006, 09:43 AM
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nlite FTW!
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