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Thread ID: 122286 2011-12-13 07:32:00 Just got given a laptop... pine-o-cleen (2955) PC World Chat
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1248396 2011-12-13 07:32:00 Because it 'wont work'. Wouldn't boot so I opened it up and there was no hdd..

What to do with a laptop with no hdd? Puppy linux of course :D

It's just an old compaq presario business laptop, but hey, it will do for web browsing.
pine-o-cleen (2955)
1248397 2011-12-13 07:37:00 Buy one? Speedy Gonzales (78)
1248398 2011-12-13 07:52:00 Specs? A friend wants to give her mum a laptop for Christmas but she only has $150 :p pcuser42 (130)
1248399 2011-12-13 08:14:00 Buy one?
Yeah, I will when the prices aren't so crazy.
pine-o-cleen (2955)
1248400 2011-12-13 08:17:00 One could pick up a laptop for $100 right with 1.5Ghz ... :D

You could play DOS or a Live Linux CD :p
Nomad (952)
1248401 2011-12-13 08:18:00 Because it 'wont work'. Wouldn't boot so I opened it up and there was no hdd..

What to do with a laptop with no hdd? Puppy linux of course :D

It's just an old compaq presario business laptop, but hey, it will do for web browsing.

“Linux is only free if your time has no value” - Jamie Zawinski

;)
bot (15449)
1248402 2011-12-13 08:20:00 Specs? A friend wants to give her mum a laptop for Christmas but she only has $150 :p

Dude who gave it to me just said "Oh did you get it to work? Coz it's my partners brothers laptop and he just wanted to see if someone could fix it". After telling me that I could have it. :mad:

It seems that I have been taken for a ride.

I'll just remove the linux cd and give it back to him. Or keep it in, that would probably confuse him more.
pine-o-cleen (2955)
1248403 2011-12-13 08:27:00 Maybe the brother did in fact know that he wanted a free hard drive :D It's Christmas.

Next, they want Windows.
Nomad (952)
1248404 2011-12-13 08:28:00 I'd take the disk out. Then its back to the way you got it. They will have no hope of getting it working. icow (15313)
1248405 2011-12-13 08:30:00 Someone handed me a used computer they bought. They wanted a Windows OS. Nomad (952)
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