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    About Toshiba recovery CD

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by bu_7assooon, Aug 12, 2004.

  1. bu_7assooon

    bu_7assooon Newbie

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    I want to format my Toshiba P15 S479 with the recovery CD but when it restarts it says that it will start Windows 98 so does this mean that when I reinstall to its defult it will install windows 98? and not windows media center???
     
    bu_7assooon, Aug 12, 2004
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    I noticed the same exact thing with my Fujitsu P5020D. I ended up with XP Pro though, just as it should have been.

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    Brian, Aug 12, 2004
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    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    It says "Windows 98" because they base their BOOT CD on a Windows 98 image. Since you can't boot off a Windows XP diskette into a command prompt, it loads the 98 command prompt so you have support for FAT & FAT32 file systems. Once the image is reloaded onto the HDD (most likely using Ghost), the system restarts and viola, it's running XP again. You have nothing to worry about. I used to make Restore CD's the exact same way using Ghost.

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    Venombite, Aug 13, 2004
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