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To: TH who wrote (6860)	3/24/1999 12:29:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Respond to of 14778

Do you think the hardrive in a Dell laptop will use the standard IDE interface cable connection? Good question. I do not know. I had an old Compaq laptop that used a standard IDE connection. You can not get a DOS prompt either, and I tried everything including pulling the battery while it was running to trigger a fault that I hoped would lead to safe mode. You can probably get to the DOS prompt with the F8 key during boot...it will also give you a safemode option. You should be able to copy files to the A drive. If there are a lot of files...and lots of MBs then the floppy routine could take a long time. Zeuspaul

To: TH who wrote (6860)	3/24/1999 1:47:00 AM
From: peter michaelson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Thurston: If you get a DOS prompt up, I have a DOS program called FastLynx for back-ups and copying multiple files from computer to computer across the Laplink type cable. I have successfully emailed the program to others in the past. How's the Professor? Peter