PG

I am pulling my hair out here !! Another £30 spent to no avail !!

Prob is I need to get all my files off my laptop before selling it.
It has no firewire, CD-rw or network port so......
I tried to use a CF card reader but NO ! system will not update the hardware database via the wizard.....so
I go to get a USB transfer cable..none in stock so I take a USB Ethernet adapter instead and crossover cable and.....
"Update Hardware Database not responding " [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img][img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img][img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img][img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
I have a load of pics I dont want to lose but I am getting to my wits end with this and am seriously p!ssed off with the whole thing !!
Please, please help !! I beg you

PG

AAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!

sorry I am so F#cking annoyed I forgot to let you know the OS: It is ME (which is probably the root of the f#cking problem ![img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

djuk

Its probably a very last resort but depending on obviously how much stuff you want to save and what connection you are on, could you upload them on the web somewhere then just download them later?

Mr.Cookie

PG what make is the usb network card

PG

A Belkin USB 10/100



It has has probs in the past with new hardware. ie scanner ,the cf reader and so on

Soulgirl

Chuck your HD in someone elses laptop that does have cd or lan support You must know someone

Or ezdisk will connect to a laptop via usb, you can get smaller versions that have a 2.5" ... I have the normal HD version and it's ace

IWatkins

PG,

Assuming you can remove the HD from the laptop and you have a main PC you can open up, nip down to Maplin and get their widget which allows you to attach a 2.5 inch laptop HD to an IDE channel in your PC.

Boot your PC and then drag the files over from the laptop HD.

Got me out of a few scrapes in the past.

If you hardware database thingy isn't updating, I'm guessing that trying to add any new devices to the laptop isn't going to get you anywhere.

Cheers

Ian

PG

so far ........

I am busy deleting around 10,000 (maybe 100,000) 0kb .inf files
I am then to empty my Windows/temp stuff and then I may be able to get the USB stuff to work..........

TBH I do not have one flickin clue about any of the above that I have just typed but what the hey .....worth a shot

Tsunami

do u have serial ports on your laptop and have another spare pc handy? if so u can link 2 computer up via the serail using a null modem serial cable i belive or via the printer ports LPT1 which u can get with laplink software- you should be able to get the serial cables or paralle link up cables from your local pc store/maplins for about 10 to 15 pounds or make them up yourself.
If you have win98 or xp you can the then use the direct cable connect feature with the cables to link the 2 computers togther to copy files to one another - simple stuff really - i belive that a couple of pc mag have even given away full version of the laplink software away- if u goning to buy cable go for the paralle transfer cable which is a lot faster then the serial cables.

PG

not going to dance a jig yet .....but I am now able to install hardware

Hobo_Jojo

if all else fails gather together all the files u want and do a multi volume .ace file across a big box of floppys, or upload to some webspace n download later like the other guy said

PG

need I say more.

thank you all for your suggestions