I see, of course. No, the drive in this laptop pulls right out, I was talking about a some assembly required solution. I am not sure how old this computer is, but I know for a fact that it's USB 1.0 and um, the virus definitions on it when I got it were from 1997. Dana
On 10/14/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Typically when someone talks about a second drive for a laptop, they are > either talking about an external USB drive or one from the manufacturer > that > supports easy swapping. From the sounds of it, you're looking at using a > bare drive and doing a more rudimentary drive swap. Which is unusual, > hence > the possible confusion on Jerry's part. > > -Kevin > > On 10/14/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > um, stupid question perhaps but why does usb matter for a hard drive? > This > > laptop does have 1.0, which is why I am thinking HD not thumb drive. For > > most of what I currently use a thumb drive for (sneakerware) it doesn't > > matter but I don't want to run red hat from it. Also, the keystrokes ofr > > the > > CMOS don't seem to be documented anywhere, googled it to death. (More > > precisely, there are several documented for this model and it doesn't > seem > > to be any of them) > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect Your PC from viruses, hackers, spam and more. Buy PC-cillin with Easy Installation & Support http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=61 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177090 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
