Posts by kanenas

Thanks. It was the drive after all. I took the laptop to Fujitsu and they confirmed the drive couldn't boot. They ordered a replacement drive for me. They also had a bootable USB stick and I got a copy of it to compare the boot files...

Hello. I have the Xi 1547 model with the HD-DVD drive. The system also has two similar hard disks connected to the builtin VIA Raid controller but configured as separate IDE drives. I'm trying to boot the system for repairs, without...

Hello. My mostly trustworthy and weight-lifting exerciser decided to play tricks on me just a few hours before a business trip. I had to go buy another machine to get the job done so now I'm trying to find out if it's worth it to...

Hello. Hopefully somebody with this laptop can clear up some issues with it. I got this machine in a hurry when my previous laptop sort of gave up and I'm still not comfortable with its hardware setup. I had major problems with it...

Hi all. Could somebody who owns this model verify something for me please? I want to know if the hard drive and DVD writer are sharing the same IDE bus. I was checking out a friend's laptop yesterday and found out that for some...

Happy ending to this story at last. I managed to find an IDE-Slimline adapter (Memonet didn't have it Spastis but I traced it to Multinet in Athens) and I even risked opening up the laptop myself. I connected the drive to my desktop...

Spastis you're a godsend. I'll call Memonet tomorrow (their site is down). The LiggyDee site is a great resource too. They'll probably come up with a solution to my problem too. Thanks again for the great info.

I tried but it doesn't work. When I run the tool, it claims there are no drives available. Windows sees the drive but keeps it under "other devices" with no driver assigned to it. If I force the CDROM driver on it, it takes...

Thank you spastis. Great investigative work. This is most probably the problem. The laptop uses the primary connector for the CDROM because of unspecified design considerations. The secondary connector attaches to the hard disk. I'm...

Nope. The sequence is Hard disk/floppy. The CD cannot be selected since it's undetectable. The CD ROM devices list is empty.