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by richara2

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Hi

I recently started playing with old technology. A Libretto 50CT(Toshiba), 700meg(HDD), processor (I think 166mhz), WIN95. Not much hey, but I now want to put in a 3gig HDD, but my problem is how to get the system files on the 3 gig. I don't have another laptop with a stiffy drive to format the drive with (format *:\s). What I do have though is a portable 2.5" usb case. But when plugged in on my Desktop PC it is not possible to format the drive with system files. I am running on XP Pro-SP2.

Also with the Win95 OS it is not possible to link the two pc's using InfraRed. I will be installing Win98SE on it.

I tried copying the .cab files, but what good that did, since the HDD is not bootable.

Is there a program(freeware if possible) that I can use.

Please help

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by robo_dev

With the bootable CD called BART PE, you could ghost the 700 to a file on the desktop, then write the ghost image to the 3gig in the USB case.

Or boot Windows 98 CD and install it onto the the 3gig drive, then copy files over from 700meg drive in USB case.

by richara2

Thanx robo_dev for your reply. My project was on hold due to studies thus the late reply. I got it to work. I had a motherboard in my pc scrapyard that supported usb-booting. Used 98 Bootdisk and it worked. What a suprise, since my desktop pc also has an usb boot option but it doesn't see the drive as a IDE thus could not load system files.

Onto the new pothole. Now that it is working I need to set up a network with the Libretto using the Infrared. I read virtual comm ports is my best bet. So let me try that.

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