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    Problem loading XP in a Cf-28

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Vmax87, Apr 5, 2012.

  1. Vmax87

    Vmax87 Newbie

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    i know the Pro's are here, my problem is a have a older Toughtbook CF-28
    PIII 600, want to get it up and running, but when i try to load XP Pro, it goes through most of the loading,but stalls at 34-35 minutes remaining, i've tried several times, but stalls at the same point each time, Any idea's?
    thanks
     
    Vmax87, Apr 5, 2012
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  2. Rob

    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    Why is this in the buy/sell/trade forum????
     
    Rob, Apr 5, 2012
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  3. toughasnails

    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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    All moved Rob... :D
     
    toughasnails, Apr 5, 2012
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  4. toughasnails

    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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    Have you had a good look at the cd...marks on it. I have had this problem before and it was the cd...scratched.
     
    toughasnails, Apr 5, 2012
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  5. Shawn

    Shawn Crackpot Search Ninja and Options Whore

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    What service pack is the cd? Try a cd with no service packs. The later editions of XP have more hardware requirements and can stall on slower machines.

    xp
     
    Shawn, Apr 5, 2012
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  6. Vmax87

    Vmax87 Newbie

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    Sorry about posting it on the wrong forum, with all the toughbook forums, i thought i had the right one, please send me the correct one, and in the future i will post there send link to
     
    Vmax87, Apr 6, 2012
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  7. capt.dogfish

    capt.dogfish The Curmudgeon

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    Right forum, wrong place. The Buy-Sell-Trade forum is a sub-forum of the main one. Just scroll down, not too far, there are some stickies and FAQ's that are well worth reading. Right after them you will find the nut house we call the Toughbook Forum. Welcome,
    CAP
     
    capt.dogfish, Apr 6, 2012
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  8. Toughbook

    Toughbook Drop and Give Me 20!

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    I had this issue and it was exactly as Shawn described. Try an earlier version of an XP Pro install... Even if it is (Dare I say) a Dell Installation CD.
     
    Toughbook, Apr 6, 2012
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  9. toughasnails

    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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    at the very top click on Panasonic and that will take you there :)
     
    toughasnails, Apr 6, 2012
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  10. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Yeah, and truthfully, the Mk1 is a poor candidate for XP anyways; it only came with Win2000. 384MB max RAM means it will be hashing the HDD swapfile constantly; therefore will be very sluggish. I recommend Win2000 or Ubuntu for these machines.

    mnem
    I can't BELIEVE I used to happily run XP on only 512MB all the time...
     
    mnementh, Apr 7, 2012
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  11. MasterBlaster2039

    MasterBlaster2039 Notebook Evangelist

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    I ran Windows XP (sp1) on an old Compaq Armada 1592DT laptop. Yeah,

    96 mb ram, 4 gig harddrive, and only a Pentium uno (1) with 233Mhz. It worked okay, i only used XP for a little kid, who played games on it. Not too slow... Hehe. But of course not much multitasking pleasure with 96 mb rams....
     
    MasterBlaster2039, Apr 7, 2012
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