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Access internet without a hard drive


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myys

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Is it true that the internet can be accessed without having a hard drive in your laptop?

I use my computer basically to access the internet ....ebay in particular. I want to purchase a laptop without a hard drive but network it with my desk top & share intenet connection. The desk top is a Dell OS is XP home & I'm planning on purchasing a IBM thinkpad no particular series.

Any information you may be able to give will be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you in advance,


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Metallica

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Not sure if this is what you had in mind.
But it is a way of doing it.
http://www.knoppix.org/

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if you set up the network correctly with the proper options you can boot from an os image on the network.......but even then....i think you would still need a hard drive......it's gotta have somewhere to store the malware right?
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Thank you for your speedy response. I'll check it out, thanks so much.
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BartPE would be another option I think. Knoppix is a linux os.. don't know how familiar you are with it.

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