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Connecting laptop to PC
Name: petedalli Date: February 23, 2004 at 06:54:53 Pacific OS: Win2000 changing to XP CPU/Ram: Celeron
Comment:
What's the best way to connect me laptop to my PC? I want to install a more recent version of windows on the laptop but it doens't have a CD ROM, so was hoping to be able to use the CD ROM and my PC.
The laptop is currently configured for my old works network on Win 2000. It has a serial, parallel and usb port.
Name: robdos Date: February 23, 2004 at 07:03:38 Pacific
Reply:
Get a cross over cable to connect the two machines together. Make sure both machines are in the same workgroup and are logged on with the same use name and password.
Once you are happy you can see both machines, copy the W2K CD from the PC to the lap top. Then install it via dos. You'll need to google for full instructions to be able to do this....sorry I dont have exact details to hand.
I tried lots of ways to install from the PC's CD rom but gave up, unless anyone else has experiance with this?
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Response Number 2
Name: Cortez Date: February 23, 2004 at 11:38:37 Pacific
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I believe you can also connect your laptop hard drive to your desktop PC with an adapter. This adapter allows you to connect a laptop hard drive to a desktop IDE cable. After that, the laptop hard drive will be detected and can be used as a regular IDE drive.
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