My Dell Mini Forum

bmcclure937 · 09-16-2009, 07:39 PM

I think you can do "dd" on Windows under Cygwin

SlvrScoobie · 09-17-2009, 12:58 AM

How many people have to brick their mini before people realize-
THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION BUTTON.
Once you run the EXE, it starts the process..
DO NOT unplug / shut it down. leave it alone. If it takes an hour, it takes an hour. Just let it do its thing.
Shut everything down BEFORE you run the update

Jon_J · 09-17-2009, 05:25 AM

Quick question.
Are there any available USB enclosures, like the ones used for hard drives, that I could place a floppy drive into?
I have about 4-5 old computers sitting around that all have 3 1/2 inch floppy drives in them.
I even still have a very old 5 inch floppy drive that takes the flexible floppy disks.

holmes4 · 09-17-2009, 01:32 PM

I haven't ever seen one of those - floppy drives have a different connector than disk/CD drives. I did a web search and found a product that sort of went the other way, allowing you to replace an internal floppy drive with a USB flash drive, but not what you want. I would guess that such a thing might cost almost as much as buying a regular USB floppy drive.

systemmessage · 11-29-2009, 06:41 PM

in process of fixing bricked 9. how long should i expect? i heard the first beep and released fn+b keys after disk started reading..but now i dont hear any more beeps..

fbyte · 11-30-2009, 01:08 PM

there is no need for a USB floppy you can do it with a USB memory stick (or pendriver, or whatever you want to call it

Have a look at my post in this thread

URGENT Help Required Please !! - Dead Mini 9

I attached a Windows tool from Phoenix to create a recovery bootable usb stick (I included A05 in the zip file)

willpower101 · 10-06-2010, 03:20 AM

all the first links are dead

holmes4 · 10-06-2010, 04:05 PM

See first post in Dell I910 Mini/Vostro A90 USB Key Drive flashBIOS Utility

xerobull · 01-14-2011, 11:02 PM

BIG Props to you guys. Saved my son's mini9 from brickdom.

(by the way, the utility to make the USB drive doesn't work in Windows 7 64bit)

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systemmessage Junior Member Posts: 1 Join Date: Nov 2009	11-29-2009, 06:41 PM in process of fixing bricked 9. how long should i expect? i heard the first beep and released fn+b keys after disk started reading..but now i dont hear any more beeps..

fbyte Junior Member Posts: 14 Join Date: Oct 2009	11-30-2009, 01:08 PM there is no need for a USB floppy you can do it with a USB memory stick (or pendriver, or whatever you want to call it Have a look at my post in this thread URGENT Help Required Please !! - Dead Mini 9 I attached a Windows tool from Phoenix to create a recovery bootable usb stick (I included A05 in the zip file)

willpower101 Junior Member Posts: 4 Join Date: Oct 2010	10-06-2010, 03:20 AM all the first links are dead

holmes4 Super Moderator Posts: 5,686 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New Hampshire	10-06-2010, 04:05 PM See first post in Dell I910 Mini/Vostro A90 USB Key Drive flashBIOS Utility Steve Mini 9\|2GB RAM\|64GB RunCore\|Intel 5300\|Windows 8

xerobull Junior Member Posts: 1 Join Date: Jan 2011	01-14-2011, 11:02 PM BIG Props to you guys. Saved my son's mini9 from brickdom. (by the way, the utility to make the USB drive doesn't work in Windows 7 64bit)

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