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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #45 on: 26 September 2006, 13:53:24 »
the latter option I have done before. Will try both though, just to prove the point one way or the other !!
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #46 on: 26 September 2006, 16:42:25 »
well for some reason I couldn't get it (Acronis TrueImage) to recognise both USB2 caddies at the same time. However I was able to connect the old drive, copy the data off it to an image file on the computer's hard disk - power off, swap for the new disk, reboot and restore the data to the new drive (in a USB2 case) successfully ...
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #47 on: 26 September 2006, 16:50:56 »
Cool!  Now I need to work up to being willing to spend another $50 on this thing.  Maybe not this week  :-/
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #48 on: 26 September 2006, 17:27:39 »
I can't believe no one has answered the question yet in your subject line.....so i will.

Yes, if they are fitted with a Sony battery pack.  ;D
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #49 on: 26 September 2006, 17:29:32 »
Martin beat you to it.  :P
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« Reply #50 on: 26 September 2006, 17:33:19 »
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Martin beat you to it.  :P
So he did, didn't see that before....

I'll away and hang my head in shame then.   ::)
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« Reply #51 on: 26 September 2006, 17:38:14 »
Got lost in that gripping discussion of the wonder of modern computers  ;)
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« Reply #52 on: 26 September 2006, 17:42:25 »
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Got lost in that gripping discussion of the wonder of modern computers  ;)
I frequently have to go into DOS at work when connecting to old PLC's, people just look and wonder, lost without a mouse.  ;D

Those were the days, extended memory or expanded...hmmmm.  ;)

I reckon some of the guys i work with think himem is something to do with a girls private area.  ;D
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« Reply #53 on: 26 September 2006, 17:48:38 »
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Got lost in that gripping discussion of the wonder of modern computers  ;)
I frequently have to go into DOS at work when connecting to old PLC's, people just look and wonder, lost without a mouse.  ;D

Those were the days, extended memory or expanded...hmmmm.  ;)

I reckon some of the guys i work with think himem is something to do with a girls private area.  ;D
I got that beat.  I remember punch cards and 8" floppy disks from when I was a kid!    I first learned how to program on a computer with no HD, 16K of RAM, and two 5.25" floppy drives - one for DOS and one for your work.

Wait, that makes me sound even older than I am!  :o ;D
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #54 on: 26 September 2006, 18:46:36 »
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I can't believe no one has answered the question yet in your subject line.....so i will.

Yes, if they are fitted with a Sony battery pack.  ;D
Sony Shite  >:(


Theolodian, Another solution may be to put your HDD in my laptop, I'll do the text based part of install, put back in yours to complete.
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #55 on: 26 September 2006, 18:57:05 »
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Another solution may be to put your HDD in my laptop, I'll do the text based part of install, put back in yours to complete.
and/or you could backup the contents of his original drive to an image on yours using norton ghost, acronis trueimage, etc - and then restore that image to the new drive, saving the time to install windoze and the rest of the applications, documents and settings ... assuming the data on the original drive is OK (don't remember that not being the case). I'd offer to sort it, but Kent is a bit of a long drive for theo !!!
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #56 on: 26 September 2006, 18:58:40 »
Sod imaging the disk. Once Windows is more than 3 - 6 months old, its shagged and needs rebuilding. Bodging it back is far from ideal...
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« Reply #57 on: 26 September 2006, 19:09:00 »
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Another solution may be to put your HDD in my laptop, I'll do the text based part of install, put back in yours to complete.
and/or you could backup the contents of his original drive to an image on yours using norton ghost, acronis trueimage, etc - and then restore that image to the new drive, saving the time to install windoze and the rest of the applications, documents and settings ... assuming the data on the original drive is OK (don't remember that not being the case). I'd offer to sort it, but Kent is a bit of a long drive for theo !!!
I'm going to blitz it anyway.  Got a trojan a few months ago and hasn't been right since.  Thanks for the offer, already did files and settings transfer to the XP side of my Mini, so can go back to the new drive too.
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #58 on: 26 September 2006, 20:28:52 »
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I can't believe no one has answered the question yet in your subject line.....so i will.

Yes, if they are fitted with a Sony battery pack.  ;D
Sony Shite  >:(


Theolodian, Another solution may be to put your HDD in my laptop, I'll do the text based part of install, put back in yours to complete.

Other companies have managed to make lap tops which don't melt which use Sony batteries and after the issues I've seen with Dells I would not trust them (were good 5 years ago not so much now)

A lad at work with a Dell has had nothing but problems, his dad has an Evesham which has been fine
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #59 on: 26 September 2006, 20:29:37 »
DOS - a proper O/S.

What is Vistas command prompt like?
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