Posts by m94mni

I'd try a program called gparted (GNOME partition editor) on the LiveCD. You can see there if the partition(s) on the drive are intact at all. DON'T modify anything (gparted will warn you before, but anyway). Just look at the partitions...

Ubuntu liveCD is a good thing to try. It doesn't install anything, and you *might* be able to read the disk. However, without more information about the error, it's hard to say exactly what is the cause - the drive, the enclosure or...

Amazing.... have fun, congratulations.

I have the 200Gb and it's really fast for a laptop drive, and I'm very satisfied. I don't currently have use for more space, but if I did, I wouldn't hesitate for a second to get a 320Gb drive. Sure, it's nice to be a bit faster, but...

It's correct that it's a chipset limitation. It is, however, incorrect that it's at all related to the CPU - there are x86 chipsets that allow for more than 4Gb. The limitation is in some of the PCI hardware, which is 32bit on the Napa...

The M1730 keyboard is the one with backlight. It might be possible to transfer to the 1720, but certainly not to the e1705. The M1710 does *not* have backlight.

The e1705 has a (flash) card reader, as does the m1710. However, the M1710, like the M90, *also* has a SmartCard reader, used for advanced authentication etc. Don't confuse the two.

e1705 was very close to M1710 The same is definitively *not* true for 1720 <-> 1730 - they are completely different laptops. Dell has made quite an effort, in the new models, to make sure that if you're looking for high-end, you...

Being honest usually leaves you better off in the long run. Now you have had a lot of problems, so obviously you should be compensated. Trying to trick them is not the best way though - being straightforward is better (having a DVI port...

1. No 2. Anything with Socket M from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...icroprocessors or here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...icroprocessors Short version: the only upgrades for you are * T2700 - very insignificant *...