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how to boot pcmcia usb 2.0 card bus cd rom

ibu007

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Posted November 30, 2006 at 8:51PM

I HAVE THE FOLLOWING

USB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
PCMCIA USB 2.0 CARD BUS
USB CD ROM

MY PROBLEM :

I NEED TO RESTORE MY LAPTOP AND I CUDN'T BOOT FROM PCMCIA USB2.0 CARD BUS ATTACHED CDROM.MY LAPTOP CDROM IS NOT WORKING AND WHEN I ATTACHED MY USB CDROM TO MY LAPTOP USB 1.1 PORT MY CDROM IS NOT WORKING TOO.

SO I NEED A WAY TO BOOT PCMCIA USB CDROM SO PLS SOMEBODY HELP ME!

MY CURRENT OS IS WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION.

THANKS IN ADVACNCE
IBU007

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skidzy

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Posted November 30, 2006 at 9:17PM

ibu007

Firstly please do not type in captials.This is commonly known as shouting and may result in less replies to your question.

Now have you checked to see if you have your os on a partition.Tap F11 on startup,and if you do have the os on the partition you will be given 3 options to recover the machine.

If no partition,you may need to go into the bios and change the boot order.

You say the cd rom is not working ?

Why,do you know why ?

Is it listed in My Computer ?

If you help us with why you think its not working,we may be able to help.

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ibu007

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Posted November 30, 2006 at 9:25PM

thanks for ur fast response

it is listed in my computer but not readin any thing since 2005

no os on partition too

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skidzy

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Posted November 30, 2006 at 9:31PM

Ok,firstly check device manager for any yellow exclaimation marks beside cd/dvd drives.

Start/Right click My Computer/Select properties/Hardware/Device Manager.

Post back if you see any yellow exclaimation marks.

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ibu007

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Posted November 30, 2006 at 9:59PM

no

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skidzy

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Posted November 30, 2006 at 10:05PM

You could go into the Bios,probably by pressing the delete or F2 key and change the boot order to your PCMCIA USB2.0 CARD BUS

I have no idea if this will boot as ive never tried it this way.

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ibu007

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Posted November 30, 2006 at 10:12PM

bios dont have pcmcia boot thts the problem

boot from these only USB Floppy,cdrom and ide-0

AMIBIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1.30

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skidzy

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Posted November 30, 2006 at 10:18PM

Sorry i misread your post,try changing the bios to boot from the usb cd drive.Try different usb ports.

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ibu007

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Posted November 30, 2006 at 10:48PM

its not working like tht (cdrom)

is there any otherway like boot from floppy and then from pcmcia

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skidzy

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Posted November 30, 2006 at 10:52PM

Do you have any usb ports working ?

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ibu007

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Posted November 30, 2006 at 11:00PM

yes 3 ports all usb 1.1

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