Hi Ed,
You seem incredibly knowlegable about computer stuff! Maybe you can
help me? I have a new Toshiba laptop that came with Vista. I'm not a
happy camper and want to install XP. So, I thought it;d be simple to wipe
the hard drive and install the new OS. Not so fast. The installation SW
won't recognize the SATA disk drive - and the *only* way to get the SATA
driver into the puter is with a freakin floppy drive. I've found a way so
I will not need a floppy - by using nLite to integrate the driver into the
XP install discs. But that's another story.
I'd like to find a way to make sure the driver I found will work
properly? Can you describe something that might work? One more thing -
would Ubuntu or Fedora get around this problem?
If you're too busy to bother just say so & I'll find the answer
somewhere else --
Thanks -
LarryT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Booher" <edboo...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - new computer
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 2:03 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
Several of you have suggested I turn the hard drive from my old Win 98
computer into an external HD for the new Vista computer. Ya think I may be
able to do that with the old Zip and 3.5" floppy drives, also?
Wilton
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On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:45 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
HP Pavilion Slimline - s3707c.
Wilton
Ah, thank you. To answer your questions:
Can you use a Floppy drive? No.
Can you use a Zip drive? Is it internal or external? But most likely No.
At least not *inside* the case.
The reason is that the motherboard you have is of the "Non Legacy"
variety. It has no Floppy nor IDE headers. Both your Optical Drive and
your Hard Drive are SATA, and since it is a slimline system with only
two serviceable bays, there are exactly two SATA connectors on the
board.
Now. With that out of the way. You can purchase a USB powered floppy
drive if you absolutely have to have a floppy. However, the Macs
haven't had a floppy in over a decade, and I can not tell you the last
time I *needed* to use a floppy. With USB keys, fast networks, and
optical (CD/DVD) burners, data is more portable than ever.
As far as the Zip drive is concerned. If it is one of the old external
SCSI models, you *could* put a SCSI card into this machine, but only
by purchasing a newer PCI-E model SCSI card. That could be cost
prohibitive. I think they had some USB Zips there at the end, but
you'd have to find one of those if that isn't what you already have.
If it is an internal Zip, you could use an external drive housing made
for a 5 1/4 size optical drive. This would allow you to convert IDE to
USB and with a 5 1/4 to 3 1/2 drive mounting kit it would all fit
together properly. I don't know of any 3 1/2 sized external cases that
have open bays, most of those are for hard drives only and as such you
wouldn't be able to use the disks as they are closed off.
I agree with the statement someone else made in another thread of
these posts. Keep the old machine, get a small network going, and when
you need a file that is on one of those media transfer it from the old
machine to the new.
It's a very interesting motherboard, actually. According to the spec,
you should have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400 Dual Core processor. But that
board will handle the AMD Phenom Quad-Core should you want to upgrade.
EdB
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