I built a digital photo frame from an old laptop but the hard drive is so darn loud, I would prefer to just take it out. I don’t think this laptop is new enough to have the ability to boot from USB. So I was wondering is there a way to run the computer off a network drive and do all this over 100mps network. I realize this may not even be possible. But I thought I would just check first. Thanks

Justin Hulbert

Hello Justin,

Unfortunately, there isn't actually a way to boot a computer off of a network drive. If you're 100% sure it is the hard drive itself making all the noise, you should be able to find a laptop hard drive pretty cheap to replace it with.

Hope that helps!

Yeah im starting to think that would be best. And how about solid state any cheap way to go. The best i have seen would be like $50 for 2gb. Well anyway ill just get another drive for now.