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Aragorn

24-01-2009 22:56

Re: Laptop help : vista update

SysrescueCD will run happily off USB flash drive, only abt 250Mb and you can read NTFS and save files to the flash drive.

Dai	24-01-2009 23:00

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Originally Posted by Aragorn (Post 34721661)

SysrescueCD will run happily off USB flash drive, only abt 250Mb and you can read NTFS and save files to the flash drive.

Cool link, thanks.
:)

zing_deleted

24-01-2009 23:02

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Originally Posted by DaiNasty (Post 34721659)

but if he can't get the lappie to boot it's all theoretical anyway.

That's why I suggested the slave route.

I guess boot from a USB stick and save to a USB drive could be a workable combination but it's a lot of work when a slave job would be quicker and easier.

I do own solutions for both ide and sata laptops. I have an esata docking station that takes sata and I have an laptop ide to usb caddy so id be ok lol

RubberyDuck

24-01-2009 23:06

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This might help:

http://vistape.net/

Though you will need an ISO image of Vista. If you know where to look I'm sure you'll find one.

Worse comes to the worst, you can do an inplace upgrade with it.

Aragorn

24-01-2009 23:08

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Instructions for mounting an NTFS HD are here.
Typically you would do something like -
fdisk -l (find out the device name for your NTFS partition, usually /dev/sda1, and the USB drive, /dev/sda2 - fdisk tells you how big each disk is, so easy to spot which is which)
mkdir /mnt/windows
mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows
mkdir /mnt/usb
mount -o rw /dev/sd2 /mnt/usb
cd /mnt/windows
<find files>
cp <files> /mnt/usb/

Dai	24-01-2009 23:23

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb (Post 34721664)

I do own solutions for both ide and sata laptops. I have an esata docking station that takes sata and I have an laptop ide to usb caddy so id be ok lol

Ditto. Sadly they're not the sort of kit the OP is likely to have kicking around in the kitchen drawer..

rickyg01

24-01-2009 23:45

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ok, ive put my hd of laptop into my pc, but the pc doesnt pick it up?

am i doing something wrong?

Dai	24-01-2009 23:51

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Originally Posted by rickyg01 (Post 34721695)

ok, ive put my hd of laptop into my pc, but the pc doesnt pick it up?

am i doing something wrong?

Ricky, you need a special adaptor that supplies power to the disk as well as the data connections. If you don't have one of these don't try it. You may damage the disk.

zing_deleted

25-01-2009 00:10

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if its sata is it not powered the same whether 2.5 or 3.5 thats how my docking station works anyway

rickyg01

25-01-2009 00:23

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it looks like i just need a sata cable to connect it to the motherboard, i have the other lead that plugs into it to give it power,

how cheap are theses leads?

Dai	25-01-2009 01:00

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb (Post 34721704)

if its sata is it not powered the same whether 2.5 or 3.5 thats how my docking station works anyway

Oops, you're quite right. It's getting late and I was thinking IDE..

Ricky, they're cheap as chips. If you have a local small pc shop they've probably got a box full.

rickyg01

25-01-2009 19:12

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hey,

just thought i'd inform you all,

stop messing about with it all , went to my mates used his external and reinstalled it,

now to turn off microsofts updates

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