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hernam19
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_ 		8. July 2007 @ 11:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
so i was handed a toshiba portege 3490ct from a friend and it currently has windows xp, but it has all of the crap from my friend and i want that cleared. the problem is, the laptop doesnt have a CD drive or floppy drive, just a USB port, which i wanna say might be helpful in something. anyways, i tried resetting to the first settings when it was new, but nothing changed. so i decided i want the hard drive cleared and i want to put linux on it.

any ideas would help
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krj15489
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_ 		8. July 2007 @ 11:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok you should follow this tut to install dsl on a flash drive

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/09/20/all-in-one-usb-slaxzip

if you dont have a flash drive then you will need to get one or get a cd drive. after the drive is ready you can use it to format the drive. then you can use the computer by booting into slax. that should work untill you can get a cd drive then install a better distro


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