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USB Floppy Disk Drives

  • 27-12-2010 5:21am
    #1
    Kazuma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 558 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    It's been a while since I posted over on this side of boards :D

    While formatting/reinstalling windows on a parents Dell Mini, I foolishly decided that it would be a good idea to update the bios while I was there. Good old Dell, the laptop froze the moment the flash program opened - I did not press "GO"/"OKAY/etc.
    I left the thing on its own for a while to see if perhaps it was doing something in the background - no luck. I had to remove the power and the battery just to turn it off, so now I've bricked the thing :(

    I have a few options I think, try to fix it, send it to dell, or give up on it - I did a bit of research online and it seems at some people have had some success recovering from the same situation using a USB Floppy Drive, but I can't be sure if this will work for me.

    So fiiirst - any chance of a trusting boardsie in Dublin lending an external USB Floppy Drive to see if I can sort it out?

    If not, then any tips of buying one? Online is probably the best idea pricewise, but if anyone knows of any reasonably priced ones in a brick and mortar store, it would be handy to just get it fixed and out of the way now!

    Thanks,
    Kaz

    (ps bricking my mams laptop was a great christmas present I think)


Comments

  • #2
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Some internet cafes will have them, I presume you'll have to pay for your time though.


  • #3
    bhickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭bhickey


    If you're looking to boot from something that will allow you to run the BIOS flashing program then you could try creating a boot CD using the instructions here


  • #4
    Dulchie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭Dulchie


    You might like to look at
    http://www.fosk.it/dell-mini-9-usb-pendrive-recovery-from-failed-bios-flash.html


  • #5
    Kazuma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 558 ✭✭✭Kazuma


    Thanks, I hadn't even thought of internet cafes! I'll check in the one near the house to see if they have one!

    The machine is a mini 10, but I'll take a look at making a pendrive image or a boot cd....from what I understood from the other people who had the same problem though, it only ever recognised and reflashed from a USB FDD.

    Still worth a shot though, not as if I can make it any more bricked :pac:


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