[pchelpers] Re: Hard Drive Test

Look for a USB floppy drive if you need to run floppies. Normally no drivers
and most are bootable from USB.
The ZX5040 is anice machine though despite the reductions in equipment as
years go on although the original IBM 5150 PC was about $7500 in the 80's
and came with no hard drive, one 180k SS drive, monochrome card and
monochrome green monitor, 64k to 128k ram and no mouse. If I remember that
machine you have with everything was about $1200 or less delivered. If
inflation held true and all the added items you'd surely pay $30,000 for a
laptop (although if  you shop IBM's commercial line I bet you could find one
that price). Technology has risen and prices dropped.



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> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:44 AM
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> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Hard Drive Test
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>
> It's an Hitachi hd.
> I will have to make a bootable CD since in their wisdom they chose not to
> include a floppy drive on my HP Pavilion ZX5040US laptop. Can't get one
> either as well as a DVD writer for the thing.
> Thanks, I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Hard Drive Test
>
>
> : Do you know what brand the drive is? Many laptop drives are Toshiba or
> : Hitachi - Hitachi/IBM has a drive test (non-destructive unless
> you let it
> : repair something) for free - on floppy or bootable CD. Use google to
> search
> : for IBM Hitachi drive test if yours is one. If you can't find
> out from the
> : boot screens then open the bay for the drive. If the drive is hidden
> inside
> : and you have no idea how to get at it let me know the model (pavilion or
> : omnibook and the number) as well as the product ID (usually one
> letter, 4
> : numbers then a letter or two - if it ends in AR then it's a factory
> refurb,
> : A alone means first time sale from new stock). I have access to the
> service
> : manuals for most.
>
>
>
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