On 12/15/05, Dan Armbrust <daniel.armbrust.list at gmail.com> wrote: > Will it boot to USB? > > I just set up a DSL Linux install on my USB thumb drive, it works slick. > > Assuming the BIOS supports booting to USB. > > Dan > > -- > **************************** > Daniel Armbrust > Biomedical Informatics > Mayo Clinic Rochester > daniel.armbrust(at)mayo.edu > http://informatics.mayo.edu/ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > I use an external 2.5" hard drive enclosure to work on laptop hard drives. Recovered a lot of systems that way. Picked one up for $25 at a trade show; now that I look at NewEgg you can get them even cheaper than that $10-$20 w/ shipping: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Go&DEPA=0&type=&description=2.5%22+enclosure&Category=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0 At the very worst you can backup her data, wipe the whole thing and start over... once you have a working optical drive. -- Donovan Niesen