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    Docking Station

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by m1ke, Feb 13, 2007.

  1. m1ke

    m1ke Newbie

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    Hi a have a nc8430 Laptop with an advance Docking station and i added a 80gig to the docking station and i try to make the laptop to boot from the 80gig of the dockingstation and some how i got a blue screen when windows is about to load "0x0000007B"


    I want to do that so that when i remove the laptop from the docking station, i have the OS of the Laptop running ....

    Thanks

    -MIKE
     
    m1ke, Feb 13, 2007
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  2. vespoli

    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    I am not sure I understand what you are asking, so correct me if I am wrong.

    -You have a second hard drive installed in a docking station and have installed Windows on it.
    -You boot to this drive, it works fine
    -you try to remove the laptop from the dock, windows crashes.

    If that's the case I am sorry to inform you that you will have to keep the hard drive containing the OS you want to run always plugged in.
     
    vespoli, Feb 13, 2007
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  3. m1ke

    m1ke Newbie

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    No sorry, ill try to be a bit more clear :) sorry !!

    I want 1 OS installed on the Laptop, and 1 OS installed on the Docking Station.

    What i want is to Connect my laptop to the Docking station and have the Docking station OS running at that time.

    And when i have to leave I remove the Laptop and i want to have the Laptop OS running.


    I Juste cant make the OS from the docking station to work , i get a blue screen when Windows from the Docking station is loading up !!

    0x0000007 <-- is the error i received, i remade the partition and stuff and formated !! Nothing seems to work, if anyone can help me it would be appreciated Thanks


    Thanks
     
    m1ke, Feb 13, 2007
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  4. Gator

    Gator Go Gators!

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    Try going into your BIOS and setting the hard drive from your Docking Station as the primary boot device (1st on the list), then your laptop hard drive.
     
    Gator, Feb 14, 2007
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  5. m1ke

    m1ke Newbie

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    I did that, and i managed to install XP on the docking station but when it loads up, ( when the white bar at the bottom is loading ) it's really slow then i get that blue screen !
     
    m1ke, Feb 14, 2007
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  6. Bonesaw

    Bonesaw Notebook Enthusiast

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    Mike, I've got a nc8430 - where'd you pick up your docking station? I'm looking for a dirt cheap one with a dvi-d output for my laptop
     
    Bonesaw, Feb 16, 2007
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