Need help: Unknown USB Device Xp

4743hudsonj

i considered that as ive had some experience with my own laptop but its only a 40gb hard drive, and theres only an os partition and my brother doesnt want to lose data.

Hes making this issue rather difficult i know.....

thats why i came to here, for fixes that dont require reinstalling xp or putting other os's on it etc...

regards josh

-TangleFoot-

4743hudsonj wrote: »

...hes too tight to buy an £11 express card...

ExpressCard slots are found exclusively in new laptops, so even if he did buy one of those it probably wouldn't fit.

gaming_guy

4743hudsonj wrote: »

i considered that as ive had some experience with my own laptop but its only a 40gb hard drive, and theres only an os partition and my brother doesnt want to lose data.

Hes making this issue rather difficult i know.....

thats why i came to here, for fixes that dont require reinstalling xp or putting other os's on it etc...

regards josh

a live cd doesnt need installing, you run linux from the cd meaning that it doesnt touch the data on the HDD unless you install it

4743hudsonj

well where do i get one of those from??

and this laptop has some sort of card port, i wouldnt know what though, it isnt pci-e though, i think its something like PCMCIA???? simply known as "pc card", seems to come to mind when thinking of it...

anywys yes, how would i load ubuntu like that, and any other suggestion whilst i wait for a reply???

regards josh

-TangleFoot-

The usual means of acquiring a live CD involves downloading a disc image and plopping it on a CD-R, but you can also order an Ubuntu disc from Canonical for free, or even buy one.

4743hudsonj

i like free lol, so does my brother but it will take ages, you can only request 9.04 which doesnt come out till may, then u have to wait up to 10 weeks.

any other ways?

-TangleFoot-

4743hudsonj wrote: »

any other ways?

Do you have access to a DVD±RW or CD-RW drive?

4743hudsonj

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

Do you have access to a DVD±RW or CD-RW drive?

Not right now no, i have a high spec laptop with none of these issues and dvd -rw but its been off for repair and now im arguing with currys for my replacement! haha so not yet buit should have access to one in a few weeks at most, what would i do then if i get hold of one?

gaming_guy

4743hudsonj wrote: »

what would i do then if i get hold of one?

if you download an ISO image of ubuntu from the link above, you will need to burn it to a cd using something like imgburn

4743hudsonj

thats what i figured, i realised this laptop does have cd-r capabilities, took me a few mins before i found an iso that it would let me download but doing that now, do i just write the iso as it is and put it in?? and just to check, it wont affect xp in any way will it?

ps. as an after thought can i mount the image on a virtual drive and use it like that?

regards josh