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    What is the protocall for using the recovery CDs on a cf-18?

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by rtreads, Jan 25, 2011.

  1. rtreads

    rtreads Notebook Geek

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    I have obtained a set of recovery CDs for my CF-18 Mk2 digitatizer. I have done some searching on how to use them correcty, but I havn't come up with specfic instructions?

    I am using them to wipe my 18 clean of all of the junk the PO has installed. I want to make sure I do this right so everything works. I would hate to mess this up and have to install software/drivers individually.

    thanks for the help!

    Ryan
     
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  2. Alex

    Alex Super Moderator

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    rtreads Notebook Geek

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    I followed the instructions. Upon disk 1 booting it gave me an error. It said permission denied. Then it asked if I would like to continue running the scripts. What do I do now?

    ...I clicked ok to run anyway, and nothing happened.
     
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    Are you sure you have you cd-drive set to first boot in the BIOS.Never had this problem before
     
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    Yes. I have it set to boot from the USB CD drive in bios and I have verified that by hitting escape on the bios screen.

    Now after restarts, still booting from CD, nothing happens.
     
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    ..I cannot open the CD either because it says it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been corrupted.

    ...wooo-saww
     
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    So I restarted and the error popped back up.

    But now it reads "Internet Explorer Script Error". "an error has occurred in the script on this page"
    line: 1
    Char: 7
    Error: Invalid Character


    What is going on? How do I get it to boot from the CD?
     
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    I burned another disk 1. It now boots from the disk.

    But I get the error " the following file is missing or corrupted :COMMAND.COM"

    How do I fix this?

    THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE HELP.
    Ryan
     
    rtreads, Jan 26, 2011
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    Try the other usb port

    Check the bios settings and make sure the hard drive is not password protected

    Check that you are restoring with the correct disks
     
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    The CD drive works for all other CDs I have put in it. Would it work fine for all that and not work for the recovery CD?
     
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    his post on this issue was the only solution for my cf-18. Only other thing to say is don't get too fast on hitting enter when loading the restore disc as you will get an error message, give it a few seconds and sometimes even then you'll have to hit enter again till it takes and does what it should do with no hangups. hope this helps......... aye aye Captn!......Driller
     
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