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andrewas · 04-07-2003, 12:38 PM

Laptop. Bugger. Short of some impressive soldering, or hunting down a 2.5" to 3.5" IDE converter, you wont be able to run it in a desktop and a laptop with a second HDD bay is a rare thing indeed.

Go into your BIOS. See if the drives detected in it. If it is, you can boot from the winXP CD and pray. If it isnt, try removing and replacing the drive and try again.

If all that fails, your looking at taking it back to the manufacturer. Tell them you /need/ those documents, but your not likely to get them.

04-07-2003, 12:38 PM	#5
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 42 Posts: 4,774	Laptop. Bugger. Short of some impressive soldering, or hunting down a 2.5" to 3.5" IDE converter, you wont be able to run it in a desktop and a laptop with a second HDD bay is a rare thing indeed. Go into your BIOS. See if the drives detected in it. If it is, you can boot from the winXP CD and pray. If it isnt, try removing and replacing the drive and try again. If all that fails, your looking at taking it back to the manufacturer. Tell them you /need/ those documents, but your not likely to get them. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />