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    CF-31 w/o Hard Drive

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by stevepapa, Apr 3, 2014.

  1. stevepapa

    stevepapa Newbie

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    I just bought a CF-31 and it doesn't have a hard drive or a CD/DVD drive. Is there a way to avoid buying a hard drive, CD/DVD drive, and the recovery disks?
     
    stevepapa, Apr 3, 2014
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  2. toughasnails

    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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    welcome to the Panasonic Toughbook forum

    Avoid ?? My guess you need the hard drive and caddy ?? too. ($100.00). You can use a USB external DVD drive to install the recovery disk ($35.00). By the way a DVD for it will cost you $200.00 + .
     
    toughasnails, Apr 4, 2014
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  3. Springfield

    Springfield Notebook Deity

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    Maybe so but it's probably not what you bought a Toughbook for. You might be able to boot from a 32GB micro USB stick, and Windows drivers are on the PANASONIC site. But the drivers can be tricky to get all loaded right. And a proper caddy (31 and 30 are interchangeable) with a nice 240GB Intel SSD will make your 31 perform nicely. An external USB DVD drive may be enough for just loading software.
     
    Springfield, Apr 4, 2014
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  4. stevepapa

    stevepapa Newbie

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    I'm sorry, I didn't mean to type avoid buying a hard drive, I meant just the DVD drive. I do have a CF-30 I use for work and that has a DVD drive, are they interchangeable?
     
    stevepapa, Apr 4, 2014
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  5. ADOR

    ADOR Evil Mad Scientist

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    No, the CF-31 uses a different/newer type.
     
    ADOR, Apr 4, 2014
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