If laptop HD is toast, can one use external HD and latops CD rom?

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  • tpgames
    Contributor
    • Jan 2007
    • 783

    If laptop HD is toast, can one use external HD and latops CD rom?

    The Error Message:
    If you have NTFS installed on your hard drive,
    you need to create a MS DOS boot partition for windows.
    Also, the icon that says HD does not even come up.
    The diagnostic test have said:
    Hard Drive NONE found.
    All NTFS MS DOS programs we've tried, have not worked. So, as a work around, we were wondering if the following would work:

    Can one hook up an external hard drive to it, toss on XP (onto external HD), and use the CD-rom on the laptop and have it connect with the external HD?
    Thanks!
  • bartonc
    Recognized Expert Expert
    • Sep 2006
    • 6478

    #2
    Originally posted by tpgames
    The Error Message:
    If you have NTFS installed on your hard drive,
    you need to create a MS DOS boot partition for windows.
    Also, the icon that says HD does not even come up.
    The diagnostic test have said:
    Hard Drive NONE found.
    All NTFS MS DOS programs we've tried, have not worked. So, as a work around, we were wondering if the following would work:

    Can one hook up an external hard drive to it, toss on XP (onto external HD), and use the CD-rom on the laptop and have it connect with the external HD?
    Thanks!
    Here is something that I think is very cool that has worked well for me:
    Use this link for tips on creating a bootable CD. Using a Windows install CD, Bart's PE creates a boot CD that gives you full access to the machine including network and devices.
    I hope this works well for you too.

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    • tpgames
      Contributor
      • Jan 2007
      • 783

      #3
      It didn't work because the Hard Drive, we've determined is completely toast. Not working at all. Friend did everything that site said, and made 2 emergency boot disc, just like the site said, and it didn't work. So, we are stuck with plan B. Seeing about getting a cheap Hard drive, as he found installing one in his laptop is really easy.

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      • bartonc
        Recognized Expert Expert
        • Sep 2006
        • 6478

        #4
        Originally posted by tpgames
        It didn't work because the Hard Drive, we've determined is completely toast. Not working at all. Friend did everything that site said, and made 2 emergency boot disc, just like the site said, and it didn't work. So, we are stuck with plan B. Seeing about getting a cheap Hard drive, as he found installing one in his laptop is really easy.
        Yep. That's a better way to go. Bootable CD doesn't cost anything (why I mentioned it).

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        • tpgames
          Contributor
          • Jan 2007
          • 783

          #5
          Thanks for trying!

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