errmmm…if folks could kindly suspend the disbelief of wanting to do this!.. but can a Powerbook be hooked up to a PC and used as the external DVD drive for the PC?
We need to load some software onto some PC laptops which don’t have DVD drives (the software is on DVD) or Firewire.
If it is possible, how would you hook them up and make the PC recognise the Mac as an external drive?
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Wouldn’t it be easier to use a USB flash drive?
On 2008-12-09 09:53 -0500, hugh wrote:
errmmm…if folks could kindly suspend the disbelief of wanting to
do this!.. but can a Powerbook be hooked up to a PC and used as
the external DVD drive for the PC?We need to load some software onto some PC laptops which don’t have
DVD drives (the software is on DVD) or Firewire.If it is possible, how would you hook them up and make the PC
recognise the Mac as an external drive?Hugh
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On 9 Dec 2008, at 14:53, hugh wrote:
errmmm…if folks could kindly suspend the disbelief of wanting to
do this!.. but can a Powerbook be hooked up to a PC and used as
the external DVD drive for the PC?We need to load some software onto some PC laptops which don’t have
DVD drives (the software is on DVD) or Firewire.If it is possible, how would you hook them up and make the PC
recognise the Mac as an external drive?
How about networking them together? Or put the software onto an
external disk that you can then connect to the PC?
best wishes,
Paul Bradforth
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Hi Paul/Alan,
Guess I had the same brainwave…eventually! Put the software on to a 2gb flash drive.
I’m not very good with networking so would really like to steer clear of that one. Bad enough at networking Macs together, Macs & PCs?..hmmm
I’ll see if the flash drive works.
Thanks
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You could try starting up the mac while holding down the ‘T’ key on the keyboard. this starts the computer up as a target hard drive.
Using a fire wire cable to link the two together.
I know this works mac to mac. Mac to PC should work, but I have never done it.
Hope that helps
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