I have a Dell 8100 laptop and the video card is messed up. I get a
display but cant read it.

My father has files on it that he doesnt want to loose.

Without removing the HD and setting it up on my PC, is there a way to
network the laptop?

I am hoping there is a magical boot cd or something I can make that
makes a little generic network I can jump on.

Thanks
Brian

<bdaoust******.com> wrote in message
news:1164461001.316804.248300@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>I have a Dell 8100 laptop and the video card is messed up. I get a
> display but cant read it.
>
> My father has files on it that he doesnt want to loose.
>
> Without removing the HD and setting it up on my PC, is there a way to
> network the laptop?
>
> I am hoping there is a magical boot cd or something I can make that
> makes a little generic network I can jump on.
>
> Thanks
> Brian
>
Have you tried (if the laptop has an outlet) an external display? Usually
some combination of FN key + F5 or F6 or similar to toggle between laptop
screen and external display.

Geoff

Yes I did - I think the video card on the laptop is bad.


ratman and bobbin wrote:
> <bdaoust******.com> wrote in message
> news:1164461001.316804.248300@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> >I have a Dell 8100 laptop and the video card is messed up. I get a
> > display but cant read it.
> >
> > My father has files on it that he doesnt want to loose.
> >
> > Without removing the HD and setting it up on my PC, is there a way to
> > network the laptop?
> >
> > I am hoping there is a magical boot cd or something I can make that
> > makes a little generic network I can jump on.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Brian
> >
> Have you tried (if the laptop has an outlet) an external display? Usually
> some combination of FN key + F5 or F6 or similar to toggle between laptop
> screen and external display.
>
> Geoff

<bdaoust******.com> wrote in message
news:1164466554.287063.28360@l39g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com...
> Yes I did - I think the video card on the laptop is bad.
>
>
> ratman and bobbin wrote:
>> <bdaoust******.com> wrote in message
>> news:1164461001.316804.248300@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>> >I have a Dell 8100 laptop and the video card is messed up. I get a
>> > display but cant read it.
>> >
>> > My father has files on it that he doesnt want to loose.
>> >
>> > Without removing the HD and setting it up on my PC, is there a way to
>> > network the laptop?
>> >
>> > I am hoping there is a magical boot cd or something I can make that
>> > makes a little generic network I can jump on.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Brian
>> >
>> Have you tried (if the laptop has an outlet) an external display? Usually
>> some combination of FN key + F5 or F6 or similar to toggle between laptop
>> screen and external display.
>>
>> Geoff
>

IMHO I think you will have to remove the hd and do it that way - even if you
set up a network then you still have to set the shares up on the laptop
......
assuming that safe mode doesnt work either?

Geoff

I was hoping there was a bootup CD that setups up a generic network and
shares the C drive.
:)

-Brian

ratman and bobbin wrote:
> <bdaoust******.com> wrote in message
> news:1164466554.287063.28360@l39g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com...
> > Yes I did - I think the video card on the laptop is bad.
> >
> >
> > ratman and bobbin wrote:
> >> <bdaoust******.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1164461001.316804.248300@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> >> >I have a Dell 8100 laptop and the video card is messed up. I get a
> >> > display but cant read it.
> >> >
> >> > My father has files on it that he doesnt want to loose.
> >> >
> >> > Without removing the HD and setting it up on my PC, is there a way to
> >> > network the laptop?
> >> >
> >> > I am hoping there is a magical boot cd or something I can make that
> >> > makes a little generic network I can jump on.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > Brian
> >> >
> >> Have you tried (if the laptop has an outlet) an external display? Usually
> >> some combination of FN key + F5 or F6 or similar to toggle between laptop
> >> screen and external display.
> >>
> >> Geoff
> >
>
> IMHO I think you will have to remove the hd and do it that way - even if you
> set up a network then you still have to set the shares up on the laptop
> .....
> assuming that safe mode doesnt work either?
>
> Geoff

First, I'd remove the hard drive and insert it into an external USB
drive case (or technician's adapter cable, which is the same thing
without the "case"), then put that onto your desktop computer. Easy and
quick, does not require opening or reconfiguring the desktop computer in
any way. And an external USB drive case for a laptop drive is only
about $10.

If you properly configure drive sharing, it will automatically be active
any time that you boot the machine. Just a normal boot could make the
entire hard drive available over a network. You will need a display to
set it up, for that I'd use an external monitor plugged into the
laptop's VGA port.



bdaoust******.com wrote:
> I have a Dell 8100 laptop and the video card is messed up. I get a
> display but cant read it.
>
> My father has files on it that he doesnt want to loose.
>
> Without removing the HD and setting it up on my PC, is there a way to
> network the laptop?
>
> I am hoping there is a magical boot cd or something I can make that
> makes a little generic network I can jump on.
>
> Thanks
> Brian
>

Should be do-able with various Linux 'live' CD's and/or variants on a
RedHat "kickstart" CD/Floppy disk that should be configurable to do
exactly that. You will need to read through docs on how to do that for
the particular distro and/or kickstart setup. I have seen it, but never
tried it.

HTH,
ROC


bdaoust******.com wrote:
> I was hoping there was a bootup CD that setups up a generic network and
> shares the C drive.
> :)
>
> -Brian
>
> ratman and bobbin wrote:
>
>><bdaoust******.com> wrote in message
>>news:1164466554.287063.28360@l39g2000cwd.googleg roups.com...
>>
>>>Yes I did - I think the video card on the laptop is bad.
>>>
>>>
>>>ratman and bobbin wrote:
>>>
>>>><bdaoust******.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:1164461001.316804.248300@f16g2000cwb.goog legroups.com...
>>>>
>>>>>I have a Dell 8100 laptop and the video card is messed up. I get a
>>>>>display but cant read it.
>>>>>
>>>>>My father has files on it that he doesnt want to loose.
>>>>>
>>>>>Without removing the HD and setting it up on my PC, is there a way to
>>>>>network the laptop?
>>>>>
>>>>>I am hoping there is a magical boot cd or something I can make that
>>>>>makes a little generic network I can jump on.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>Brian
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Have you tried (if the laptop has an outlet) an external display? Usually
>>>>some combination of FN key + F5 or F6 or similar to toggle between laptop
>>>>screen and external display.
>>>>
>>>>Geoff
>>>
>>IMHO I think you will have to remove the hd and do it that way - even if you
>>set up a network then you still have to set the shares up on the laptop
>>.....
>>assuming that safe mode doesnt work either?
>>
>>Geoff
>
>

Thanks all - Im just going to pull the drive I think.

-Brian

rocxspam wrote:
> Should be do-able with various Linux 'live' CD's and/or variants on a
> RedHat "kickstart" CD/Floppy disk that should be configurable to do
> exactly that. You will need to read through docs on how to do that for
> the particular distro and/or kickstart setup. I have seen it, but never
> tried it.
>
> HTH,
> ROC
>
>
> bdaoust******.com wrote:
> > I was hoping there was a bootup CD that setups up a generic network and
> > shares the C drive.
> > :)
> >
> > -Brian
> >
> > ratman and bobbin wrote:
> >
> >><bdaoust******.com> wrote in message
> >>news:1164466554.287063.28360@l39g2000cwd.googleg roups.com...
> >>
> >>>Yes I did - I think the video card on the laptop is bad.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>ratman and bobbin wrote:
> >>>
> >>>><bdaoust******.com> wrote in message
> >>>>news:1164461001.316804.248300@f16g2000cwb.goog legroups.com...
> >>>>
> >>>>>I have a Dell 8100 laptop and the video card is messed up. I get a
> >>>>>display but cant read it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>My father has files on it that he doesnt want to loose.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Without removing the HD and setting it up on my PC, is there a way to
> >>>>>network the laptop?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I am hoping there is a magical boot cd or something I can make that
> >>>>>makes a little generic network I can jump on.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thanks
> >>>>>Brian
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Have you tried (if the laptop has an outlet) an external display? Usually
> >>>>some combination of FN key + F5 or F6 or similar to toggle between laptop
> >>>>screen and external display.
> >>>>
> >>>>Geoff
> >>>
> >>IMHO I think you will have to remove the hd and do it that way - even if you
> >>set up a network then you still have to set the shares up on the laptop
> >>.....
> >>assuming that safe mode doesnt work either?
> >>
> >>Geoff
> >
> >