Can I boot a dead computer from a working one with a LAN cable?

Question

I have a Dell Inspiron B130 laptop, and a few months back it crashed when someone decided to mess with the processes. I just now got around to fixing it, at first trying to save data from the hard drive. Getting frustrated with my hard drive adapter and IDE cable and still not being able to access the slave drive, I decided to run the Windows System Reset/Restore thing (Ctrl F11 from start-up on Dell), but like a moron I didn't have the machine plugged in. The battery flaked out during the process, and now I can't run Restore again. I recently acquired a LAN cable, and I'm wondering if there is some way I can boot the laptop from the working computer. Also, I have an external hard drive and a copy of Windows, could I boot from the external hard drive if I put the operating system files on the hard drive?

Answer 1

hold down the f11 key then turn ur laptop on u should c a list of recovery options if not have a operating system cd in the drive wen u turn the laptop u cant boot the laptop with a lan cable or from a removable drive

Answer 2

You can boot another PC from the lan by using something called PXE boot.

If your bios has that option in its boot order.

You will need to install a PXE boot client on a working computer first though.

Google it.

Answer 3

Maybe Maybe. oh do u want to be my friend too?