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I am trying to install Windows XP onto a Toshiba P7200 via an external USB CDRom as it had no onbard optical or floppy drive other than the Hard Drive, which has no oeprating system on board.
It shows the inital Toshiba welcome screen, and the Boot Menu can be entered by pressing F2. From here there are options to load from CDROM and Network (LAN) etc, but constantly brings up 'Insert system disk in drive. Press any key when ready'.
How can I get passed this??
Thanks
Chris
It shows the inital Toshiba welcome screen, and the Boot Menu can be entered by pressing F2. From here there are options to load from CDROM and Network (LAN) etc, but constantly brings up 'Insert system disk in drive. Press any key when ready'.
How can I get passed this??
Thanks
Chris
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The "Insert system disk in drive. Press any key when ready" means it cannot find a boot device that has anything bootable in it.
As simpswr said if theres an option of booting from USB try that.
Does your external CD drive flash at all? If not then the system is not even trying to boot off it.
Without any other CD/DVD drive or floppy if that is the case and you can't boot off USB it will be difficult to install any OS.
As simpswr said if theres an option of booting from USB try that.
Does your external CD drive flash at all? If not then the system is not even trying to boot off it.
Without any other CD/DVD drive or floppy if that is the case and you can't boot off USB it will be difficult to install any OS.
Worst case, you may need to make a DOS boot disk with drivers to enable enable your USB ports and for your USB CDROM drive as well.
yeah, hmm it's quite strange, the only option is to setup your BIOS setting to the option "boot from USB", some motherboards don't support booting from the usb, but in your case it has to, because it's the only way to reinstall or to restore failed system. by the way what had happened to your windows? is you HD ok?
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It is unfortunate there was no response.
Booting off floppy or CD was not an option for this question as Chris stated theres no floppy or onboard optical. (CD/DVD)
So the only options would be booting from USB which sometimes needs enabling in BIOS, or as was later stated by maehdros removing the drive and mounting it with a mini ide controller, (Which I actually think if push comes to shove is a good option although not for the faint of heart on a laptop)
Well I reckon a split between simpswr and maehdros.
Terry
Booting off floppy or CD was not an option for this question as Chris stated theres no floppy or onboard optical. (CD/DVD)
So the only options would be booting from USB which sometimes needs enabling in BIOS, or as was later stated by maehdros removing the drive and mounting it with a mini ide controller, (Which I actually think if push comes to shove is a good option although not for the faint of heart on a laptop)
Well I reckon a split between simpswr and maehdros.
Terry
I would check your hardware... (motherboard,HDD,)
Try going into the BIOS whats installed or whats it showing ?