mbr problem..maybe?

Littlehawk · 02-27-2009, 09:02 PM

Hello,
i have an acer travelmate c100. i love the thing and can't afford anything better.
so, the external cd rom firewire connection doesn't work so i am unable to load ANYTHING..including the restore cd's. how can i load the reinstall disc's on the harddrive. someone suggested i disconnect my desktop hd and then simply connect the laptop hd up and load the discs that way.

would that work?

it's alot of work for me to go to for something that may or may not work.

i THINK the main issue is the MBR on the hd is fubar. how can i fix this? would the previous disc switch do that?
thanks all!
LittleHawk

**Squashman** · 02-27-2009, 09:07 PM

Can you boot from USB on that machine?

Littlehawk · 02-28-2009, 07:07 PM

sadly, no. in the bio's it offers , cd rom, hd & floppy. i have one of teh firewire dvd rom drives that came with this machine. i can only assume that 2 usb port &firewire combo part is fubar'd somehow. it will not recognize the dvd rom. thats why i am having so many fits with it.

**Squashman** · 02-28-2009, 07:32 PM

So you don't have an internal CDrom on this computer?

02-27-2009, 09:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Littlehawk Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp sp3 ( but going back to linux VERY soon)	mbr problem..maybe? Hello, i have an acer travelmate c100. i love the thing and can't afford anything better. so, the external cd rom firewire connection doesn't work so i am unable to load ANYTHING..including the restore cd's. how can i load the reinstall disc's on the harddrive. someone suggested i disconnect my desktop hd and then simply connect the laptop hd up and load the discs that way. would that work? it's alot of work for me to go to for something that may or may not work. i THINK the main issue is the MBR on the hd is fubar. how can i fix this? would the previous disc switch do that? thanks all! LittleHawk

02-27-2009, 09:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
Squashman Tech, Networking Forums Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 1265 Lombardi Ave. Posts: 1,142 OS: All of the above	Re: mbr problem..maybe? Can you boot from USB on that machine?

02-28-2009, 07:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
Littlehawk Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp sp3 ( but going back to linux VERY soon)	Re: mbr problem..maybe? sadly, no. in the bio's it offers , cd rom, hd & floppy. i have one of teh firewire dvd rom drives that came with this machine. i can only assume that 2 usb port &firewire combo part is fubar'd somehow. it will not recognize the dvd rom. thats why i am having so many fits with it.

02-28-2009, 07:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
Squashman Tech, Networking Forums Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 1265 Lombardi Ave. Posts: 1,142 OS: All of the above	Re: mbr problem..maybe? So you don't have an internal CDrom on this computer?