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| Thread ID: 43915 | 2004-03-31 12:30:00 | Old IBM 560z laptop | kiwi_in_Japan (5339) | Press F1 |
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| 226289 | 2004-03-31 14:43:00 | > I don't know if this will help or not. > With the 600E you hold down the F1 key while booting > up. Holding down the F1 key at startup does get you into some sort of menu/ bios, but you cant do too many changes in there. There is a CD for sale on EBAY which does exactly what i need it to do, however it isnt free and it has to be posted to you (only if you live in america too) I appreciate everyones help so far. |
kiwi_in_Japan (5339) | ||
| 226290 | 2004-03-31 14:53:00 | Perhaps try these IBM links: IBM Tech Docs for 560z (www-1.ibm.com) IBM Downloads for 560z (www-306.ibm.com) |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 226291 | 2004-03-31 15:11:00 | > I have been asked to repair an old IBM thinkpad 560z. > It needed a new harddrive and all I have is a cd rom > to boot from. There is no internal or external > floppy. Also the CD rom is external through USB. > My question is this. > How do I get the computer to boot directly from the > CD Rom without going through the floppy drive? > I dont really want to have to go and buy a Floppy > drive for it. Next questions. How do you know it needs a new hard drive? What operating system was it running? Will a floppy drive fit and if so in what bay? I have read the model number you supplied and as you say it is a little older. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 226292 | 2004-03-31 15:31:00 | > Next questions. > > How do you know it needs a new hard drive? > What operating system was it running? > Will a floppy drive fit and if so in what bay? > > I have read the model number you supplied and as you > say it is a little older. The hard drive was occasionally starting, when it did start it had many bad sectors. And also the harddrive was making some pretty strange noises. It was running win98 . It has no slots for floppy or cd. Just PCMCIA slots and 1 usb |
kiwi_in_Japan (5339) | ||
| 226293 | 2004-03-31 22:57:00 | Smart Boot Manager can boot from a cd even if your bios won't let you. http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/ |
rmcb (164) | ||
| 226294 | 2004-03-31 23:23:00 | That looks very useful rmcb. Have dowloaded for myself. Elephant. I hope you did not misconstrue my previous post in this thread :8}. I was referring to the obviousness of the question raised in your reply which, I had missed and thought a compliment was due. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 226295 | 2004-04-01 05:49:00 | No problems at all. We all miss the obvious at times. I recently had someone tell me he needed a new sound card so I went to his place to check it out. After doing all the "obvious" thiings with no luck I then rotated the volume control on the speaker and we had sound. :-) Maybe some things are too obvious!! |
Elephant (599) | ||
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