On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 06:37:00PM +1000, Visser, Martin wrote: Martin,
> Even easier, might be get basically any Windows loaded hard drive, stick > it in a USB hard drive case and boot from that (assuming your model I have a selection of USB hard drive adapters (who needs a case :-) so I'll see what I can get hold of at work tomorrow. I'm sure I'll be able to get hold of a drive for the few minutes it'll take to flash the BIOS. I'll probably still have a go at building a bootable Windows CD in case I ever need one again. > Even if the hardware such as video is substantially different you should > at least be able to get it to boot into "safe mode." (Ugly I know). Appearance is unimportant, I only want to do one thing then I'll go back to Linux :-) Thanks, John -- In my cats case, if they're well fed, it just means they have more time to play with the little squeaking feathery/furry things that they find and bring home. It's probably more humane on the wildlife to starve the buggers. -- Iain Rae -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html