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dtvonly

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Hello,

I am trying to reinstall windows 2000. For this I will need to boot from an external CD-ROM. My laptop is the Toshiba Protege 3480CT. I have contacted Toshiba's tech support. The following were advised:

1) esc -> F1 then choose the proper boot sequence; i.e CD-ROM first.
This did not work.
2) press C (the letter C on the keyboard) as soon as the computer starts up so that it will boot from the external CD-ROM.
This did not work.
3) press [F12] so that the external CD-ROM will be booted from to install Windows 2000.
This did not work.

My external CD/DVD drive is a brand new IOMEGA which is attached to the laptop via a lan replicator. For those who are not familiar with the protege 3480ct, it is a bare-bone computer; i.e. no internal CD-ROM nor FDD.

Any how, I would truly appreciate a reply on this issue.

Regards.
 
Have you gone into bios? Does it have an option to boot from other devices? It may need a different selection other than CD-Rom, maybe "try other devices" or if your bios is up to date, there may be a selection for "removable drive" or "external".
 
Hello Laptopextreme.

Yes I have gone into the BIOS. The only hardware options are FDD, HDD, CD-ROM, and LAN, and the variations of their boot up orders. I have also tried CD-ROM then LAN boot up options since my external CD-ROM is attached to a LAN replicator. This also did not work. The laptop simply continued on its normal boot up routine.

Will the latest bios offer additional hardware and boot up options? what else can I try?
 
Check the manual that came with the external drive (or find it on their website) and see if you're able to boot off of it. Some older units came with a floppy that had some drivers you had to install first.
 
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