blackberry/HP mini help

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:54 am

I know there are enough techies out there that I can get some answer faster here than the Blackberry forums.

I am trying to install the Blackberry Desktop manager to my HP mini110.
I have copied the folder from my PC to a flash drive but am not able to load it to the Mini. Really don't want to have to buy an external CD drive, at least not right away.

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:06 pm

It should work. Do you know what format the Flash Drive is in FAT, FAT32 NTFS??

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:15 pm

Not sure what the problem is exactly.... is the flash drive not being seen or are the files missing or something? are you getting these files off a CD or downloading from the net?

Why not just download from the net on your HP mini 110 from blackberrys website?
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/desktop/

If you buy a external USB CD drive they are like $80, I made my own buying an enclosure & a new lightscribe DVD burner for around $40. Here's an example of a similar enclosure, though there are many more to choose from. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817366013

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:07 pm

I ended up going to The Shack where I purchased my BB. they had WiFi and were able to download from the web. My problem was mainly, I didn't have a WiFi connection so I couldn't download from the web.

still not sure why it wouldn't work from the flashdrive and maybe an external drive will be in my future. but for now, I am up and running.
thanks for the suggestions.