Ideas on hacking up a Compaq Evo Notebook?

[frankgomez75]

Someone gave me a Compaq Evo N600c Notebook to do with as I please.

Its in perfect condition, but the OS (Win98) is hosed on it and no CD/DVD Rom to reload it. I took out the HD, but its a 15GB and I can't connect it to my PC since I don't have the adapter.

I'm not sure what I can do with it.
Mods? Rip the screen out? Its just sitting here begging for me to do something to it....

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Load an OS over PXE 😛

- M4H

 

[AmigaMan]

buy a 2.5" USB hard drive enclosure and hook it up to your PC (only $15 or so from Newegg). Then you can install stuff to it. Run linux on it and set it up to be a hardware firewall. Maybe create a car-puter to stream MP3's? Or, after you've reinstalled the OS, you could donate it to charity.

 

[frankgomez75]

Originally posted by: AmigaMan
buy a 2.5" USB hard drive enclosure and hook it up to your PC (only $15 or so from Newegg). Then you can install stuff to it. Run linux on it and set it up to be a hardware firewall. Maybe create a car-puter to stream MP3's? Or, after you've reinstalled the OS, you could donate it to charity.

doh!!! great idea!

I'm gonna look up one of those enclosures. Didn't know they made them for those tiny laptop hard drives.

Thnx