Booting laptop with Archos 20 GB Jukebox

[Taggart]

The motherboard on my laptop has a defective CDROM slot, and I'm trying to install a new internal hard drive. I copied the 2 recovery CD's (they are bootable) for my laptop to my 20 GB Mp3 player. It is also a USB 2.0 hard disk, so I assume I can set it up to boot the laptop.

I don't have a floppy drive either.

So far I can't get the laptop to boot off the Archos, any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.

 

[newbiepcuser]

Well, are you positive that that your laptop supports a USB device drive as boot option? You would need to consult our manual. You can check quickly in your laptop BIOS to see if that is an option. Also I believe, there is file within the the boot CD you copied over that points it towards the CD not your USB device.

 

[duhh]

you cant just copy the cds over and assume the would boot, where did you put the boot sector?
aside from that, while your device functions as a hard drive, it doesnt necissarily mean it is a bootable device. Most models I have looked at arents.