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    WTB: Restore disks for CF-28S Mk-3 WinXP

    Discussion in 'ToughBook Buy Sell and Trade Forum' started by Springfield, Nov 7, 2009.

  1. Springfield

    Springfield Notebook Deity

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    Looking to buy a set of restore disks for CF-28S Mk-3 running Windows XP Professional. Please email with price to springfield98(at)gmail(dot)com. Also willing to trade for CF-28 small parts (Mk-1,2, or 3).
     
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    Dumb question... Did your CF-28 come with the XP coa or Win2K? If you try XP recovery disks on a Win2k setup... It won't work...
     
    Toughbook, Nov 8, 2009
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    For what its worth, it is much faster to find a oem, say Dull, XP disk,preferably SP3 and install it then put in the drivers yourself. The recovery disks are now so old that it literally takes hours to download all the XP updates that have been added since your CF-28 was built. If you have a legitimate COA on your machine it really is much easier, trust me on this.
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  4. Springfield

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    Yeah I learned that one. These have XP Pro stickers.
    I know what you mean, takes hours to step up to SP3. I had hoped to avoid driver problems by doing it once, then cloning the HDD for several other CF-28 Mk-3's. But I'll check around fleaBay for a bargain SP3 disk. Thanks for the helpful suggestions.
     
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    No, you don't need to buy one. Surely you know someone who has a Dull. The disks shipped with Dulls go right in and if you have the COA on the bottom from Panasonic you are perfectly legal and will have no problems with M$ when you go to activate. Just use the Panasonic key.
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    Thanks for everyone's help. Think I'm all set now.
     
    Springfield, Nov 10, 2009
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