Reinstalling xp on panasonic CF-19

Hello folks i'm new to the forum & desperately need help.
I have a cf-19 & need to reinstall xp the reason is when it boots up it gets to the xp screen then i get the bsod this all started after i tried to reinstall xp using a usb drive (not the best idea i've had) any how so now i'm stuck and don't know what to do.

 

Do you have a USB DVD Rom? Do you have recovery disks? If not... Have you downloaded all the drivers you'll need?

 

I buy a CF19 and install new XP on it

Use Nlite for integrate SATA driver on your XP Pro

Use USB Stick with this : http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/installing-windows-xp-from-usb-thumb.html


For Drivers you can find here :

http://pc-dl.panasonic.co.jp/cgi-bin/itn/toughbook/dl01.cgi

Just for Blutooth Driver use this : http://redirectingat.com/?id=525X83...f-19%20mk-1%20bluetooth%20%20xp%20drivers.zip

Thanks to JB007Rules For upload it

If you have other problem post or MP me my CF19 work very well

 

mick711 you are a star.

The problem was the sata driver i had not loaded it at the beginning of the instalation,i took it for granted that xp would find it but i was wrong.So now using your links i have downloaded the right driver and manage the to do the usb install of xp so all i can say now is Thank you very much for pointing me the right direction to go.

 

GREAT WRITE-UP MICK!! Rep to You!!!

 

Hi Mick,

Did you slipstream ALL the SATA/AHCI drivers from that download or just the one you needed?

I've being trying to the same. Create a slipstream windows XP CD and then boot from USB CD drive but its failing miserably....

see http://www.msfn.org/board/slipstrea...rivers-but-still-bsod-t138117-pid-883993.html

 

Psychocandy i send to you MP

What Proc on the CF19 ?

U2400
U7200
U9300

 

Hmm. No idea. :-(

 

When you stard computer push F2 for go to the bios and you can see

 

You have the mk. 3
So, your Proc is Mobile Intel 2 Core Duo ULV SU9300 1200Mhz (Centrino2 VPro) L2 Cache 3Mb FSB 800Mhz
See, please, here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=416578

 

My Toughbook (CF-19) has a 'Windows Vista Business OEMAct, Panasonic' COA on the bottom of the unit. When I extracted the key before reformatting - it was a 'Windows XP Professional' Product Name and the Product ID code has 'OEM' in it...and I can confirm this upgrade was last OS installed (w/ Service Pack 3) - but there was the tablet functionality.

This extracted product key isn't working with any version of Windows I try installing. XP Pro, XP Pro Tablet 2005 OEM, Tablet XP OEM. Any insights?

 

Wrong key

You will need restore disks for your model
That is the easiest way as you have to install sata drivers when you use a regular disk
Available for $30 or so on ebay or from Hearland services in the USA
Post your full model # and I will link to the proper disks or find the part # for them


Alex

 

Cf-19fcgadcm

 

Try this seller on ebay
Message him and say that you need xp tablet restore DVD for a cf-19 mk-2 digitizer
http://cgi.ebay.com/Panasonic-Tough...iewItemQQptZLaptops_Nov05?hash=item414ce560f8

If he does not have them you can purchase from Heartland services, do a google search for their phone #

Alex

 

jlar -

Based on the fact that you DO NOT have a Windows XP COA on your laptop, I suspect one of the two following scenarios:

Your "extracted" product key (and therefore your Windows XP install) may have been from a pirated copy of Windows XP (There are literally HUNDREDS OF VERSIONS that have been circulated on the internet by now), or it may have been an automatically generated key from a "Site license" copy of XP. NEITHER key is valid; the Pirated copy for obvious reasons, but the site license key because that license DOESN'T BELONG with the PC - it ONLY belongs to the company that bought the site license, and it is NOT TRANSFERABLE.

You have three choices to acquire a legal install of Windows on your machine:

Buy a Retail copy of Windows XP complete with COA (A choice you may not like, since you CANNOT BUY XP Tablet PC edition - it was only sold to OEMs and system builders)

or:

Reinstall the correct version of Windows Vista as appropriate to the COA on your laptop

or:

Buy an upgrade version of Win7 and do a clean install. Your Windows Vista COA has at least some value there; it entitles you to use the less expensive Upgrade version to install Win7, then you'll have BOTH COAs.

No matter what you do, unless YOU have a site license for whatever version of Windoze you want to run, you HAVE TO HAVE A COA for that version to be legal.

At this point, I'll take a moment to remind my fellow members that TPTB at notebookreview.com frown on discussion of how to circumvent ANY form of security or licensing on your laptop; it is VERBOTEN.

mnem
Go ahead. Ask me how I know.

 

mnem

I looked up the part # and it is licenced, using restore disks for the xp downgrade
So like most newer Toughbooks it has Vista and XP as options


Alex

 

Alex -

If the previous owner BOUGHT the downgrade, it would have EITHER one COA with BOTH keys (Like they did with the dual-boot models), or a second key for the downgrade option. Microsuck does NOT play nice with their licensure; they WILL stick it tooya if they find out you have a privately owned laptop with an OS OTHER than that described on the COA.

I went through all this myself on my Dell XPS-M1330; it was SUPPOSED to be eligible for the "free downgrade" to XP, which I requested; when I got, it had Vista on it and ONLY a COA for Vista. I went round and round with them over several afternoons; of course the phone banks in India outlasted me, so I just used one of my student license COAs on it.

mnem
Even dragons must choose their battles...

 

For some reason the two keys are not shown on the COA, and have not been there since the cf-28 models
All my newer models are licensed for both, but one O/S at a time and they come with both disks
Official specs on his model

Alex

 

Alex -

I got nuthin'. You say you own one made that way I'll believe you; but that does contradict everything I've been told in my own very similar case.

Since they're both OEM Version install disks I don't imagine Setup is going to demand the Key anyways unless you try to install on something other than a Panasonic... but it REALLY irks me to find out yet again that M$ tells one thing to one customer and something completely different to another, especially when I'm the OTHER.

mnem
*Flips M$ the bird just on GP*

 

This link has some info,
http://www.reasonco.com/products/software/vista/vistadowngraderights.htm

Just checked my cf-30 mk-2 and same situation , Key for Vista only

Advice is to buy the restore disks, You are right oem will not work as there is no keys provided


Alex

 

According to this, once you "downgrade" you STILL cannot activate automatically; you have to call M$ activation line and talk to someone. Does the Panny restore disc actually have the OOBE timer enabled? I've had some Dell restores that didn't...

mnem
Micro$uck... ehh. What more do I need to say.

 

Here's the official word from Panasonic.

Glen

 

Well... that document echoes what the M$ document says - that they are NOT actually providing a license for Windows XP, but rather expect the Corporate Customer to assume licensure via their pre-existing site license for XP. Panasonic is just providing the convenience of pre-loading the OS of choice for the Corporate Customer who already has a site license.

This would mean that once the laptop leaves the ownership of the Corporate Customer (and their XP site license) actual licensure for XP is vaporware. (Like most of M$ promises)

The XP restore media would be an "end-run" around this... since it doesn't demand the key at registration. I don't know if this version has the OOBE timer disabled; if it doesn't, you'll have to register via the manual process described in the M$ document. Therein may lie your snag; they may refuse to honor that activation since you are not the Corporate Customer that originally had the site license that both documents refer to.

Uggghhh. I hate this legal cr@p.

mnem
Fekking lawyers... they could mess up a wet dream.

 

The XP and Vista restore discs do not require activation or registration.

Glen

 

I'll take your word for it Glen - I've seen 'em both ways; tho when they have the OOBE timer disabled in restore media, they're usually very restrictive about letting it get out to the general public.

Still doesn't negate what I said about the legal BS involved, or the lawyers pertinent to it. :wink:

mnem<~~~ Legal. Barely. ~~~<<<