Hello
I have this old laptop a Toshiba Satellite 1800-400. A few years ago some one throwed it at a wall and smashed the screen! not me :)
Since then I have hooked it up to a desktop screen and formated it but all I get are hard disk errors in dos, I tryed the restore disk from Toshiba and Windows boots up and I get the Windows Millennium Edition screen and then it gos blank. I am guessing the laptop is fine except just for the screen/hdd ?
I would like to try a new/used hdd as cheaply as I can as I dont want to spend lost on a broken laptop, so what hdd can I put in it will any one work?
If so I could get a cheap old one from ebay or even a new one. Its a shame to leave it laying about doing nothing.
Also what about one of these Hard drive conversion leads, would that work ok as I have a spare 3.5 HDD I could use for the laptop?
Heres some info on the HDD/Laptop:
Disk Drive: MK1517GAP
HDD2157
DC+5V 0.7A
Toshiba Satellite 1800-400
Part Number : PS181E-00D59-EN
Mobile Intel Celeron 800 MHz
14.1" TFT colour display <---- Smashed :)
Integrated 8-speed DVD-ROM drive and diskette drive
V.90 Data/Fax modem
15.0 GB HDD
128 MB SDRAM
Thanks for the help :)
I have this old laptop a Toshiba Satellite 1800-400. A few years ago some one throwed it at a wall and smashed the screen! not me :)
Since then I have hooked it up to a desktop screen and formated it but all I get are hard disk errors in dos, I tryed the restore disk from Toshiba and Windows boots up and I get the Windows Millennium Edition screen and then it gos blank. I am guessing the laptop is fine except just for the screen/hdd ?
I would like to try a new/used hdd as cheaply as I can as I dont want to spend lost on a broken laptop, so what hdd can I put in it will any one work?
If so I could get a cheap old one from ebay or even a new one. Its a shame to leave it laying about doing nothing.
Also what about one of these Hard drive conversion leads, would that work ok as I have a spare 3.5 HDD I could use for the laptop?
Heres some info on the HDD/Laptop:
Disk Drive: MK1517GAP
HDD2157
DC+5V 0.7A
Toshiba Satellite 1800-400
Part Number : PS181E-00D59-EN
Mobile Intel Celeron 800 MHz
14.1" TFT colour display <---- Smashed :)
Integrated 8-speed DVD-ROM drive and diskette drive
V.90 Data/Fax modem
15.0 GB HDD
128 MB SDRAM
Thanks for the help :)