Reply With QuoteSorry, it's the USB driver which needs to be installed> The solution can be found at and it does work.
you can download the boot floppy from
What happens if I press alt + F4?
Sorry, it's the USB driver which needs to be installed> The solution can be found at and it does work.
Unfortunately the A200 doesn't have a floppy drive. Any other ideas?
Z80, I can't see any way into this machine either - there's no screws visible on the bottom. none hidden under the rubber feet either.
Read post #8 and install xp from a usb drive.
What happens if I press alt + F4?
The BIOS doesn't have an option to boot from usb.Originally Posted by rob916
Sorry Don, getting confused here as the thread has been hijacked.
For your problem, remove the hard drive, put it in another laptop with a working cd drive and install windows that way( then copy all files from the xp cd to the drive as well and return it to its own laptop), or get a 2.5" - 3.5" drive adaptor and install it from a desktop.
We will work out some way to do it.
What happens if I press alt + F4?
Yeah, I'd already thought of that approach; I just gotta work out a way to open the laptop up, as I said there's no visible screws on the bottom or anywhere else
scuse double post post
sometimes you may need to lift the keyboard, this was the case with an old lappy of mine,
the procedure may be covered in the manual if you can get hold of one.
Yep, that did it, thanks mate.
Z80, the part no for the CDROM is G8CC0001N710. Got any of those?
Please post a photo? ( I keep asking.....)
I am thinking it is just a standard selectbay CDROM that i could replace with any old drive from a scrap machine.
Toshibas have a variety of drives that work.
I have over 40 scrapped laptops here...so I need a photo, or send me the old one.
Thx mate, I dropped the drive on the scanner, see if this is clear enough:
LOL Take your HDD out of your laptop and install in your main computer and then
load xp on to it and then stick it back in your laptop. This has worked for me more than 80% of the time
When you do things right, people won't be sure that you have done anything at all
LOL this was already suggested earlier in the thread.
LOL I already said it wasn't easy to get the back off the laptop
lol i Hope i didn't upset you mate
Maybe if he looks under the key board as some lappy's have there HDD drive there
But ignore that if someone else has suggested that OK
Just trying to help
When you do things right, people won't be sure that you have done anything at all
You going pretty well Don.
I would have smashed the case off by now.
What happens if I press alt + F4?
This will help you pull the a100 apart might be the same
try this
When you do things right, people won't be sure that you have done anything at all
It is a standard selectbay DVD as used in just about every model toshiba.
I have a few of them.
If you just want a reader?
$15 plus postage...say $30 for the lot express post.
Worst case...you may have to take off the bits of plastic shroud with a fine jewellers screwdriver and fit to the replacement.
too easy.....
By the way it's just a crappy UJDA755 panasonic drive....
I could kiss you mate - but I ain't gonna :-) PM me your details, will send $ asap.
thx
Thanks anyway, but its a Portege, not a Satellite. Nothing like the pics in the link.
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