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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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| 226279 | 2004-03-31 12:30:00 | 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. |
kiwi_in_Japan (5339) | ||
| 226280 | 2004-03-31 12:47:00 | It'll only work if you can set the BIOS to boot from the CD Rom which it <should> be able to do if it's sans a floppy drive. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 226281 | 2004-03-31 12:55:00 | > It'll only work if you can set the BIOS to boot from > the CD Rom which it <should> be able to do if it's > sans a floppy drive. Thanks for the reply, however the Bios on this is very different from any PC that I have been into. eg. there is nowhere to change the settings. |
kiwi_in_Japan (5339) | ||
| 226282 | 2004-03-31 13:05:00 | >Thanks for the reply, however the Bios on this is very different from any >PC that I have been into. eg. there is nowhere to change the settings. As a first step you could turn the Thinkpad upside down. There should be a model number there. Post the actual model number as I believe I can help with that. Bear in mind that some models are not available in certain countries. Most Thinkpads have the actual model number on the underside. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 226283 | 2004-03-31 13:06:00 | eerk! Ok, my knowledge of laptops is limited. Could be it needs it's original IBM CD to boot from. Try a dig around on IBM's website or do a Google on it. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 226284 | 2004-03-31 13:18:00 | Or, you could ask Elephant ;) Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 226285 | 2004-03-31 14:32:00 | > There should be a model number there. Post the actual > model number as I believe I can help with that. Bear > in mind that some models are not available in certain > countries. > > Most Thinkpads have the actual model number on the > underside. Ok.. The only numbers on the back are these: TYPE 2640-BOU S/N 78-BTZ12 11/98 Thinkpad 560Z Thanks. Any help would be appreciated. |
kiwi_in_Japan (5339) | ||
| 226286 | 2004-03-31 14:36:00 | Or you could ask Godfather even. Probably will be better than my opinion. This is not a sarcastic post. There are quite a few people here that KNOW. IMHO Godfather is one of these people. I respect Godfather as I have never seen a nasty post and I have never seen a post that is out and out wrong to my definite knowledge. I am the first person to admit that I don't know everything about computers. I just try to help others when they run into a problem. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 226287 | 2004-03-31 14:37:00 | I don't know if this will help or not. With the 600E you hold down the F1 key while booting up. Also try IBM 0800 505 501. They seem more than happy to help. |
gerrypics (323) | ||
| 226288 | 2004-03-31 14:40:00 | Humble apologies for not taking note you are in japan, but they must have an 0800 or something like it there. | gerrypics (323) | ||
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