Re: Replacing a HDD in Libretto 100CT
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:01:16 +0200 From: Paul Bristow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Replacing a HDD in Libretto 100CT Hi John, Thanks for raising a libretto-based subject! John Cooper wrote: > > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:41:32 +0100 > From: "John Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Replacing a HDD in Libretto 100CT > > Hi all > > I have a 166MHz Lib 100CT with 2.1Gig HDD. I wish to change the drive for > another with higher capacity. I have been offered an IBM Travelstar 6.49Gb > model number DBCA-206480. This drive is 8mm high. > > 1. Is the drive a suitable replacement - will it fit? The toshiba drives in these are 8.45mm high so it should fit OK. > 2. Are there any detailed instruction on how to carry out the surgery? To physically replace the drive is easy. Undo the two screws on the bottom right-hand side holding the drive cover on. Remove the drive cover. Inside is the drive with a flexible metal handle that pulls out a bit. Pull on that slowly but firmly and the drive will come out. DO NOT PUT THE NEW DRIVE IN YET. The metal handle is held on to the old drive with two screws. Remove those and transfer the metal handle to the new drive. If you do not do this it will be *almost* impossible to remove the new drive. Now comes the tricky bit. How do you intend to transfer the data from the old drive to the new one? The people on this list can help, but we need to know some more information about what other things you have available. What Operating System are you running? Do you have a desktop PC? Do you have a 2.5" to 3.5" drive adapter? Do you have a PCMCIA CDROM drive? Do you still have the 3.5" PCMCIA Floppy drive? Do you have the Toshiba Lib100CT Recovery CD? Do you have a network card? and any other information you think may be helpful. > Regards > > John > > ** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe > UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- > Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... > ** -- Paul Web: http://paulbristow.net Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: #11965223 ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: Replacing a HDD in Libretto 100CT
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 19:37:27 +0100 From: "John Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Replacing a HDD in Libretto 100CT Thanks very much for the reply. What Operating System are you running? I will be running Windows 98 and am at present on the 2.1Gig drive. Do you have a desktop PC? Yes I do. Athlon 800 & Win98se Do you have a 2.5" to 3.5" drive adapter? I tried to buy one today (no luck). Thought to install in my desktop, transfer the complete Win98se folder to the new drive, then boot from floppy and run setup. Do you have a PCMCIA CDROM drive? Yes. I have a Freecom CD/RW. If I could somehow make a boot disk which would give me access to the Freecom, this would be the answer. Do you still have the 3.5" PCMCIA Floppy drive? Yes, the original supplied with Libretto. Do you have the Toshiba Lib100CT Recovery CD? No, never did get one. All I have is the stack of floppy disks for Win95 installation. I have copied all these to a CDROM. Do you have a network card? Yes, I have a Psion PCMCIA network card - 10base2 and any other information you think may be helpful. I wonder if it is possible to activate the PCMCIA slots from a boot up floppy and then access the Freecom CD/RW from the A: DOS prompt? Regards John > Regards > > John > > ** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe > UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- > Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... > ** -- Paul Web: http://paulbristow.net Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: #11965223 ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Replacing a HDD in Libretto 100CT
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 22:35:58 +0200 From: "Franklin Eekhout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Replacing a HDD in Libretto 100CT > Do you have a PCMCIA CDROM drive? > Yes. I have a Freecom CD/RW. If I could somehow make a boot disk which would > give me access to the Freecom, this would be the answer. Go have a look around www.bootdisk.com. I have seen references to boot disks with 50 cdrom drivers, I expect one of them would function in the end... It just tries each driver one after the other. Else search any file repository for boot disks. > Do you have a network card? > Yes, I have a Psion PCMCIA network card - 10base2 You could try building a netbuei boot diskette using the msclient disks from Microsoft... I did this once many years ago to get ms-dos computers to access a WfWg 3.11 file server. Used one this week (I didn't make it myself) to get access to a W2K cd on a W2K server to install. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
