Laptop Problem

[Trem]

I was recently given an IBM Thinkpad X20 laptop.

It has got a network card+cable thingy, it has also got an external usb cd writer. I have just bought a new hard drive for it as the last one was knackered(hence the reason it was given to me). Now the problem I have is how the hell do I get an operating system onto it? It has no floppy and it has only the USB cd-r, this is doing my nut in as I can't figure out how to do this without maybe buying a docking station or summat(really don't wanna spend anymore on it).

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[jaba]

Bit of an interesting way I found on google:

http://use.perl.org/~yudel/journal/14333

if not this seems quite good:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ca...+a+laptop++with+external+cdrom&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

 

[Trem]

I have just 3 words to say to you Jaba..















....I love you.



Oh yeah and 2 more......






THANK YOU!

 

[sibanac]

or just get one of these
install the system from another pc and plug hd back in to lappy

 

[jaba]

hehe, glad I could help

 

[Trem]

Woohooo, it gets better. Maplins sell those lappy to IDE connectors for five squids. What was a ball ache is now a special treat.