Re: HELP: Gateway Solo 5300 changed HD and added CD but can't load operating system

Thanks guys, I will give these ideas a try and hope for the best.
Ken

"mike" <spamme0@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> KC4IH wrote:
>> I have a Gateway Solo 5300 that I bought used with no hard drive or CD. I
>> installed a 40 gig Toshiba HD and replacement CD drive but cannot get the
>> laptop to recognize the CD and have no other way of loading an operating
>> system on it. The HD is recognized in bios OK. Any suggestions? The CD is
>> a
>> Samsung Model: SN-124 which is the correct replacement and fits the
>> caddy
>> OK, plugs in and powers up and searches the CD but I can't get access to
>> it
>> or boot from it. Also it won't boot from an external USB CD drive. Is
>> there
>> something in the bios that is messing things up or what?
>>
>> Please reply to me at ken(at)area-net.com put an @ where the (at) is in
>> my
>> email name.
>> Thanks,
>> Ken
>>
>>
>>
>
> You can figure out how to get cd drivers to work under dos, or you can
> just put the whole cd onto the hard drive and install it from there.
> This works in 98, never actually tried it with xp.
> You can use something like laplink to load the drive over the parallel
> port. Just turn it on before bed and it will be transferred by morning.
> Or put the drive in your desktop and load the xp cd from there.
> mike
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