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    CF-29 windows install need help

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by karamanos, Jun 28, 2008.

  1. karamanos

    karamanos Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello, Newbie i guess you can say. I have already tried the search button and couldn't find anything so far. I have a cf-29 toughbook ( i believe mk 2) with a floppy and no hd. bought a new hd with caddie. I have external cd/dvd drive and do not plan on buying a swappable internal drive if not needed. Now I need to install windows and well no cd/dvd drive. What is the easiest way to do this. external dvd/cd drive (is it possible), thumb drive or floppy boot. Detailed instructions please. If someone can help me with this it would be much appreciated.
     
    karamanos, Jun 28, 2008
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  2. Toughbook

    Toughbook Drop and Give Me 20!

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    Welcome to the forum!

    If your USB drive is readable in the BIOS you should be able to load XP with no problems. Just click on F2 upon boot to enter the BIOS... Then arrow over to the boot menu. Highlight CD/DVD and click F6 to bring it to the top and then click F10 and enter. You should be able to boot off of that. You can download all the drivers you need from here...

    https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pc/cgi-bin/itn/toughbook/dl01.cgi

    or here

    http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wc...ePage?langId=-1&storeId=15001&catalogId=13401

    The second link will require registration and I believe is a much better site.

    There will be other to chime in I'm sure.
     
    Toughbook, Jun 28, 2008
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  3. karamanos

    karamanos Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks for the quick reply and help. will try later today. will let you know how it goes.
     
    karamanos, Jun 28, 2008
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    TBtech29 Notebook Evangelist

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    or you can hit esc at the splash screen and then select the usb drive.
     
    TBtech29, Jun 29, 2008
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    karamanos Notebook Enthusiast

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    hooked everything up. keep getting pxe-e61 media test failure, check cable.
    and pxe-m0f: existing pxe rom.
    checked cable re-did everything and getting same error.

    what gives
     
    karamanos, Jul 2, 2008
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  6. TBtech29

    TBtech29 Notebook Evangelist

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    i do know the 29 does not like alot of usb boot devices, ive got one to do it once i think.

    your drive may not be bootable as well.
     
    TBtech29, Jul 2, 2008
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    karamanos Notebook Enthusiast

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    i bought a caddy and another hd for it. when i slide it in to the hard drive slot. i try to boot up and get that error. it won't let me do anything besides bring up that error over and over again.
     
    karamanos, Jul 2, 2008
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    the pxe error is because your not setup for a lan boot and the hdd has no image on it. all you need to do is image it and it should be good.
     
    TBtech29, Jul 2, 2008
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