I have a little adapter, that can be had for a few bucks, that allows me to put a laptop HDD in a desktop PC. Helps for transferring files to/from a laptop without network, damaged network stack, missing a driver, no floppy or CD, dead LCD screen, etc. 40-pin IDE to 44-pin laptop HDD connector. http://www.cablesonline.com/44pinto40pin.html Brian Kelsay

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Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins@tarcanfel.org> 01/14/05 09:39AM In order to give it to Hal, I have to wipe the hard disk. In order to wipe the hard disk, I use a floppy. My wife's laptop doesn't even have a USB port, I think booting to a CD on a PCMCIA adapter would be unlikely. (Fortunately her CD drive still works.)

Sigh. Some people have too much money to spend on toys.