alternate boot for laptop

[bum_co]

i have an old laptop that was running windows xp (profesinal), and i wanted to make it into a pictureframe to hang up, the problem is the harddrive stoped working and i can't find another one with the whole operating system on it already. I was wondering if i could boot it into network mode off my main computer (windows xp media) but then when searching on google for it they said i only could if i had 2003 server, then i was wondering if there was some way i could put a small linux or something onto a flashdrive with the pictures for the picture frame on there with the operating system but i wasnt sure if that would work, or even if that small of operating systems could handel a screen saver (which is what i would use to make the digital picture frame look like a picture frame), so what im trying to say is will any of this work? is there another way i might be able to do this? if you have any idea of what im saying please post here with your ideas and help,

 

 

 

thanks

[nvw08]

http://www.gnoppix.org/

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnoppix

 

 

 

works like a charm :D

[Olgath]

You coulde also try DSL(damn small linux). 50 meg version fits on a pen drive.

[bum_co]

thanks ill give those a try, any backup plans from other ppl incase those things dont work?

[nvw08]

Not that I can think of, I can run Gnoppix on my laptop from 1998, and all my hardware worked with it so you should be good :)