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MikeSty · 12-17-2007, 12:20 AM

I've got this old Toshiba Satellite Media Center laptop. Big blue hunk of crap. Original problem was that the power supply adapter broke. We opened it up and soldered the AC connector to it direct and it worked for a bit. I went to reformat, but apparently wiping the hard drive is a bad idea - you can't reformat these Toshiba laptops straight from CD.

Long story short, the hard drive is trashed too. The only option I appear to have left is "Network Boot" -- is there anything I can do with that?

It'd be a shame to see a laptop with a nice TV tuner and huge-ass screen go to waste. I could use some suggestions.

And I don't think I have a floppy drive.

12-17-2007, 12:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	Making the best out of the worst? I've got this old Toshiba Satellite Media Center laptop. Big blue hunk of crap. Original problem was that the power supply adapter broke. We opened it up and soldered the AC connector to it direct and it worked for a bit. I went to reformat, but apparently wiping the hard drive is a bad idea - you can't reformat these Toshiba laptops straight from CD. Long story short, the hard drive is trashed too. The only option I appear to have left is "Network Boot" -- is there anything I can do with that? It'd be a shame to see a laptop with a nice TV tuner and huge-ass screen go to waste. I could use some suggestions. And I don't think I have a floppy drive.