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old laptop, no cd-rom, how can i get online?
« on: September 21, 2007, 04:00:48 PM »
Hey all!

was wondering if anyone could help me?

About maybe 5-7 years ago we bought my grandmother an IBM THINKPAD 755CV for Christmas.  she never did anything with it and offered it to me today.  so i have basically this brand new old laptop.

i would love to use it but there's no cd drive, just a floppy disk drive.

any ideas on how i can get AOL on to this computer?  i dont even think it has enough room for a new version, but an old version?  ((3.0 on disk doesn't work today, someone told me))

thanks!!

mektek



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    Re: old laptop, no cd-rom, how can i get online?
    « Reply #1 on: September 21, 2007, 04:57:56 PM »
    Does it have USB ports? If so you could invest in an external CD/DVD player like the one posted below

    http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=281097&CatId=655

    It also depends on the version of windows you use though. The one posted below only works on 2000/XP and Vista.
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