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    Cf 29 toughbook hard disk driver

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by HT0271, Sep 12, 2012.

  1. HT0271

    HT0271 Newbie

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    i have a cf 30 and a cf 29, i have made an image of the cf 30 and want to make it workable on my cf 29 and i believe i can do this with the hard disk firmware for the cf 29. i have already copied the cf 30 image to the cf 29 and it will boot half way then i get blue screened because i dont have the correct hard disk driver for it. i have searched the web for hours and even Panasonics website for it but can not find it. i need the cf 29 hard disk driver, thanks for any help
     
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    db04p71 Notebook Deity

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    Why do you think this will work? The hardware is completely different.
     
    db04p71, Sep 12, 2012
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  3. toughasnails

    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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    Welcome to the Toughbook Forum
    It's not going to work...you have 2 totally different laptops here.
     
    toughasnails, Sep 12, 2012
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    Shawn Crackpot Search Ninja and Options Whore

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    I booted a cf50 with a cf29 image, but the hardware was very similar. I doubt a cf29 and cf30 will work, but give it a try and prove me wrong. I like thinking out of the box.
     
    Shawn, Sep 12, 2012
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    Springfield Notebook Deity

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    If you have a matching OS disk, you might try doing a Repair on the CF-30 image. Boot the CF-29 from the OS CD (e.g. a Dell Win XP Pro disk) with the copy of CF-30 software on the hard drive, but instead of installing the OS choose the option to repair existing installation. That should (re)load the right set of basic drivers.
     
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    thanks, i thought this would work i tried this before i got the message my internet was down. i copied the image from the cf 30 to the cf 29 and put in a win 7 disk and done a system repair it took 3 hours but it made the computer boot able with the cf 30 image. after that i just installed correct drivers for cf 29 and it works perfectly :) Thanks for all responses.
     
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