Get a 2.5 to 3.5" IDE adapter. Copy the cd to the new hard drive from a 
normal computer. Boot the laptop with a floppy after replacing the hard 
drive and install from the copy on the hard drive.
Terry
"Mnews Phound" <yourekidding@right.right.right> wrote in message 
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> Hi,
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> I have a Portege 3505, which has no internal CD drive.
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> What happens if I crash my hard disk?
> 1. How do I replace the hard disk (Toshiba servie reps are useless)
> 2. How do I reformat the hard disk without a CD-drive?
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> Note: the external CD drive does not boot (yes, I have set the BIOS to
> boot from CD, but booting Knoppix for example, did not work).
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> Thanks for any help - I'll watch this forum.
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> Eb Guenther
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