Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 08:03:52 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 2.5" <> 3.5"
>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 18:52:36 +0000 >From: T i m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: 2.5" <> 3.5" >I use simple removable drive trays on my std PC (can say 'std PC' on >here? <grin>) and have been given a 6G 2.5" drive ready to swap out with >the 810M one in the 50CT. I drive was given to me in a PCMCIA external >unit and last night I plugged it into my old Tosh T2150CDS and formatted >and copied the system files to it (W98SE). I then created a Win95 One minor(!) detail - you won't have a space for the hibernation data to go. If the drive is less than 8G, you must either format it *in the lib* to 'use maximum space' or elsewhere, reserving 40G or a little more at the end of the drive. That's around a 99% usage on a 6G. folder >and copied the contents of my Win95 folder (OSR2) on the CD to the HDD. >Then I remembered I hadn't made the partition active and of course I >couldn't when I already had one. Now would be a good time to start again :) > >But, I had the idea of using one of the removable drives with a 2.5 > >3.5" converter inside, giving me easy access to the few 2.5" drives I >have collected (1G, 500M, 270M). > >Anyone see any problems with this idea? Not if you can make the mechanics fit. > >This way (in theory) I can boot my PC from floppy and assuming disk >geometry can be 'auto detected' (is this also the case in a 50CT?) I can >load all the drivers (as mentioned in a previous similar post) ready for >installation into the Lib. Yes, the lib does auto detect. You need to be careful though never to boot the lib disc in the desktop as windows will throw away all your drivers as it detects new hardware. Recoverable but slow and a pain. Neil _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
