you think you have problems.. my Compaq M700 laptop, (not that old either) had a 10 gig IBM Travelstar laptop drive, which recently died
So I thought, no problem, I'll just go get another one.. off I went and got a 20 gig travelstar to replace it.. (Compaq offered the M700 with up to a 30 gig drive.) Didn't work, the drive didn't even spin up.. (yet some elses 10gig did) Thats with the latest BIOS update... So I now have a useless laptop. And the method Compaq used to install the harddrive is seriously pathetic.. its a long thin ribbon stuck to the actual drive... (making it really hard to swap over without breaking..) Its the worst designed laptop, made of the flimsyest materials I have ever encountered, (and I was in the industry so I have had a few and sold alot more.) Moral of the story?? STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING WITH COMPAQ ON IT.. and possibly HP if its a compaq design or manufacture. As for your laptop CD problem, get a USB, USB2, FIREWIRE or PCMCIA external drive. (usb would probably be best for linux I'm guessing. though maybe PCMCIA would be ok to...) rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Rodriguez Sent: Friday, 11 October 2002 12:10 AM To: newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 installation problems Can't get a new drive for my laptop, and it's not even that old. - Paul On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 11:07, shane wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 07 October 2002 3:25 am, Technoslick did speak unto the huddled > masses, saying: > > > I see this is a lack of awareness on Mandrake's part, not their failure > > to so something right. Unless someone(s) make it known to them that > > there are quite a few users out there that cannot use the first CDs or > > ISO's because of their size, nothing will be done about it. I would be > > well they did take polls on forum and club if i recall asking about ISO > size. the overwhelming answers (when i looked) were for 700MB. > > now (my bad) i haven't been reading this thread, but if the trouble is > burning, cheap bytes, or a kind fellow user close enough to mail you CDs > for low cost, are your friends. > > if the trouble is reading, get a new drive! what are we talking, $15 here? > something close to that? > > - -- > Microsoft claims 92% of all PCs have windows installed. I have learned that > being outnumbered doesn't always mean you're wrong. There are more > cockroaches than humans, but it doesn't make them a higher life-form. > > shane > Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html > Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 > Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ > Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE9oaNEBwq+ZwvIN/oRAnjnAJ9J8xFq8OZYN1urqqWxUrsjzmqv0gCfWFGS > BJpUYQB9rPUaTQpLIqkAHh8= > =6fvX > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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