How to fit a laptop hard drive onto a desktop unit.

[JC]

Is there a way to connect a laptop hard drive to desktop computer?

I am having problems getting a restore CD to work on an IBM thinkpad
laptop computer. It has proprietary external CD rom that does not
want to play nice. I have a drive image of the hard drive that I
would like to get onto the laptop hard drive.

 

[Peter]

Is there a way to connect a laptop hard drive to desktop computer?

Yes. Use network connection between laptop and a desktop.

I am having problems getting a restore CD to work on an IBM thinkpad
laptop computer.

Thinkpad model number?

It has proprietary external CD rom that does not
want to play nice. I have a drive image of the hard drive that I
would like to get onto the laptop hard drive.

Do you know how image was created?

 

[Rod Speed]

Is there a way to connect a laptop hard drive to desktop computer?

Yes, you need an adapter to convert the connector basically.
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108&cat=HDD
quite a few on ebay too
http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...gn=-1&saslc=2&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=

I am having problems getting a restore CD to work on an IBM
thinkpad laptop computer. It has proprietary external CD rom
that does not want to play nice. I have a drive image of the
hard drive that I would like to get onto the laptop hard drive.

Yes, that is a viable way of doing what you want to do.

 

[JC]

Yes. Use network connection between laptop and a desktop.

That would work if I had an OS system that was working on the Laptop.
But that is what I am trying to restore

Thinkpad model number?

It is a Thinkpad 240

Do you know how image was created?

The image was created with Drive Image 5.0 in DOS. At least older
versions of Drive Image you can create 2 floppy disks, one the boot
disk and one the program that you can create the image with.

 

[JC]

Yes, you need an adapter to convert the connector basically.
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108&cat=HDD
quite a few on ebay too
http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...gn=-1&saslc=2&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=

Thanks! That is just what I was looking for.

 

[Rod Speed]

That would work if I had an OS system that was working on the Laptop.

That isnt the only way to do that. If Ghost 10 or 9 will boot
off the CD you will be able to restore the DI 5 image over
the network with nothing on the laptop hard drive at all.

But that is what I am trying to restore

You dont necessarily need any OS on the laptop.

Yeah, DI 5 isnt easy to get going in that situation.

Ghost 9 and 10 are much easier and they will restore a DI 5 image.

It is a Thinkpad 240

Ghost 9 and 10 use Bart PE on the bootable CD
so it may well boot the CD fine in that situation.

The image was created with Drive Image 5.0 in DOS. At least older
versions of Drive Image you can create 2 floppy disks, one the boot
disk and one the program that you can create the image with.

And you can burn an image to CD and that CD is bootable.
Doesnt matter what that image is, it may well boot on the T240
and you may be able to restore the image over the network. Gets
a bit tricky with DI tho if the NIC in the T240 isnt natively supported.

Much easier with Ghost 9 and 10, it should be able
to boot on the T240 and see the network fine.

 

[Rod Speed]

Thanks! That is just what I was looking for.

Ghost 9 and 10 would be easier in the sense that you
can do it without buying anything if you can network
the laptop and desktop with what you have already.

Dont think the trial version will do the restore but Ghost
is available using emule or torrent. Obviously not legal tho.