OS installation on Portege 2000

I have a floppy USB and DVD-rw USB and a PCMCIA CD-rom. The floppy boots, the DVD-rw boots, the PCMCIA card is not recognized. BIOS see the hard drive. WXP CD boots but does not see the hard drive. The floppy drive boots all O/S boot discs but does not see the hard drive (FDISK reports "No fixed disk present" or "Unable to access Drive 1".
I've spent DAYS researching here and Google and have attempted several procedures found within. I do not have the factory restore CD's but I do have XP and 2000 OEM CD's. (As well as others if necessary).
Thank you for reading. ~Adam

been away for a couple of days so I couldn't comment earlier
when you start-up with a dos-bootdiskette the harddisk wil not be recognized when the filesystem is NTFS, therefore it is essential to delete the NTFS-partition and reformat to fat32
I've found out that fdisk can't cope with the 1.8" HD's in the porteges, but BootItNG recognizes and reformats this type of HD's without problems
2 questions :
1: did you start-up with a proper DOS-bootdiskette with Delpart.exe on the same diskette??
delpart is especially made to recognize and delete 'foreign' partitions like NTFS
2: did you make a bootable diskette with the BootItNG program and start-up with that diskette ??
if none of those 2 methods will recognize your harddisk there can only be one conclusion : your harddisk is defective
the method described absolutely works, I've resussitated several porteges this way without the original recovery-diskettes
the heart of the problem is that the setup program of both W2000 and XP doesn't include the drivers for the external ( freecom ) CD/DVD-drives, so setup will freeze in an early stage
IF Toshiba could provide a "oemsetup.txt" file with the proper drivers we could solve this problem by loading them in the early setup procedure by pressing F6 and all would become much easier!!
for the Toshiba-technical-support departement : SOMETHING TO CONSIDER ???

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I recently became i happy owner of a Portege 2000 which was given to me for free(?!) from a family member that doesn't use it anymore.
When i first held it i felt impressed! Its so light and so beautiful.
It came with Windows 2000, which crashed after a while (just one day). So i decided to install windows Xp on it. But the portege has no external media drives that can be accessed through the bios, as i have come to conclude after reading several threads on this forum. After windows 2000 crashed i suspected that the hard drive may have some issues, but i decided that before i purchase i new 1.8" (very expensive) drive, i would try to install a fresh copy of windows XP os. So i bought a 1.8" to IDE hard drive adapter to plug it on my desktop. This thing works just fine as i can see the drive and also copy files on it.
But the problem for me is how can i install XP on the drive and then plug it back on the portege and make it work.
I tried installing windows through the desktop PC, and then after removing all the drivers from the device manager console, i re-install it on the portege. All i get is a grey bar that fills up on a black screen and then nothing.....
I tried to boot it in safe mode but after it loads some files it just gets stuck. I though that maybe if i did the installation on a different desktop there would be no problem, so i installed XP on all the desktops availiable to me (core 2 duo, Opteron, and athlon XP -socket A) with the exact same results.
Is there a way to make the toshiba 1.8" drive bootable through the desktop PC and also include windows XP installation files on the same drive?
What i mean is if its possible to emulate a floppy and access command prompt, while having windows XP on the same hard drive??
If not do you have any suggestions about this issue? Any idea will be very welcome as i have been trying to find a way for about a month now...
I read somewhere in this forum that you can install XP via lan, but i really don't know how to do that.
P.S. Would it be possible for anyone to find a windows xp installation for portege 2000 as a ghost image that i can load in the drive through the desktop???
Thank you in advance & please help me....

So tonight was the big night for me, it was time to find out if i could put kjo's info in practice....
Plugged the 1.8" toshiba drive in the desktop, format to fat32, set primary and active partition and then do the booting part.
So i set of to create a MS-dos boot floppy, only to find out to that (long time no-use) floppy drive was as good as dead...
I tried to do the exact same process through a usb stick but no luck there either. And then it struck me! Mark the file extraction box, unmark the writing on floppy box on the wbootess.exe window and there it is! It worked like a charm!! The drive was bootable on my Portege right away no floppy, no usb stick needed. It just booted!
So i unplugged the drive once more, copied the i386 folder on the drive and ina few secs i was in windows blue screen mode!!...
kjo i am really thankful to you for taking the time and explaining this routine, that program is very useful (wbootess.exe), as you can make almost anything bootable!!
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Hi everyone,
My Portege 2000 PIII 750MHz, 512 RAM, 20GB is simply driving me mad. I would like to try to install Linux, and have downloaded some distros to try it. The point is I am using an external CD/DVD reader, with a 16 bit pc card connector cable. Booting starts until the BIOS is involved, but when it gets to OS drivers being involved, booting hangs up, with every distro, except of course win XP, with which it installs perfectly fine.
Anybody got any suggestions on how to proceed? I really would like something lighter than WXP on my machine. Thx!

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I do not have this Portege but I know that Toshiba recovery image (WXP) contains driver for external ODD and the installation can be done without any problem.
Maybe you can find some useful tips under http://newsletter.toshiba-tro.de/main/index.html

Portege 2000 - fresh XP install using PCMCIA CD-ROM

I am trying to install XP on a Portege 2000 using the official Toshiba PCMCIA CD-ROM drive.
The XP install disk boots fine but after Setup has copied files it blue screens (BSOD). I am not very tech savvy but I think this means that the BIOS can "see" the PCMCIA CD-ROM but that the actual XP image loaded by the Setup cannot, probably due to missing drivers for the PCMCIA CD-ROM?
I then thought that perhaps I could use F6 to load extra drivers during the initial setup, but it is beyond me to create the right set of files required. I know you can download Freecom drivers but I don't know which of the CD driver files to use and how to author from scratch the right txtsetup.oem file.
Does anyone know how to successfully use F6 and load drivers for this?
I have found lots of posts suggesting I copy the setup to the HDD and run the setup from there. My problem is that the XP install is an Upgrade CD, so I will be asked at some point to insert a previous Windows CD and if at that point I do not have a working CD-ROM drive...
First post in this forum so be gentle -- I have done a search but not found a thread with an actual solution, but obviously if I have missed one please point it out!
Subject edited by: beneix_1

Toshiba is not interested in providing recovery disks for such an old, out-of-warranty and discontinued model.
I ended up doing the following:
1. On another computer, download XP SP3 iso image from Microsoft.
2. Extract the files and run nLite to integrate latest hotixes (package from RyanVM.net).
3. Modify the resulting set of XP installation files to make it an OEM SLP package that will automatically activate upon install (Google OEMBIOS).
4. Take the hard drive out of the P2000, attach it via a USB caddy to the other computer, format the drive with two partitions of which the first one _not_ mapped to a drive letter, use "winnt32 /syspart:<drive> /tempfiles:<drive> /makelocalsource /noreboot" to copy across all the XP installation files created in steps 1-3 to the second partition and make that partition bootable. Use the product key officially provided by Microsoft for SLP installations when asked.
5. Put hard drive back into P2000 and boot. Setup will start from the second partition and you will be offered to install XP to the first.
6. You've got an activated XP installation!
You'll need to do a bit of Googling to figure out the exact steps but the steps above should help you find what you need. Since the machine came with XP originally and has a COA sticker underneath, I believe this method results in a legitimate XP install nut don't take my word for it...

OS reinstallation on Portege 2000 via PXE-LAN

Hello again,
So, as said before I am trying to reinstall Win XP from the provided Recovery CDs.
In fact, I have 4 CDs: One that contains only Windows 2000 Pro and 3 CDs containing Windows 2000 and Windows XP Pro. Of course, the 4 CDs were delivered with the computer.
I tried via FDD and CD-ROM which didn't work (see preceding topic), but I also tried via PXE-LAN.
So I installed a 3 month evaluation version of Windows Server 2003 on my desktop and ran the RIS (Remote Installation Service).
1- It accepted the Windows 2000 Pro CD as a Windows Installation CD, but when launching the Portege 2000, after a few step, when it looks for the computer configuration, I get an error message that the driver for the LAN Card is missing and that it cannot proceed any further.
2- When I run the RIS with the CD 1 of 3, it doesn't even recognise it as a Windows Installation CD!!
So I managed to install a Win XP Family Edition which I normally run on my desktop, but I don't have any driver installed (WIFI, Infrared, SoundCard, etc...) but also I have only 1 licence for the Family Edition.
Has anyone an idea on how to proceed with this method (I mean with the 3 CDs)??
Thanx a lot.

Hello Josey
As far as I know recovery images on recovery CDs for Portege notebook without ODD contains drivers for PCMCIA or PC-card used on Toshiba external ODDs. Because of that when you connect original Toshiba external ODD the delivered recovery media will be bootable and you can install OS anytime you want.
ODDs are not so cheap but if you like your notebook you should invest your money und buy original and compatible ODD. Other way you can contact service partner (if ASP is not too far from you) and ask them if they can install OS for you. They have those ODD in service. I am pretty sure they will do this for you. Pay them the coffee and problem is solved.
When OS is preinstalled install all stuff you need and configure the notebook how you want to have it. After doing this try to obtain applications to create your own image like Norton ghost. Install it and create own ghost image on second partition. On this way you will be able to install self created ghost image any time you want and also without external ODD. This image you can also save on external HDD and use anytime if something goes wrong. I do this for years.
It is very practical when the OS is infected by virus or when some tool does not work anymore. In just 20 min you can have all settings as before.
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OS Reinstallation on Portege 2000 with non IDE CD-ROM

Hello,
I recently received from my Dad a Portege 2000 (bought in Japan if that makes a difference) on which I am trying to reinstall Win XP from the provided Recovery CDs (there are 3 CDs containing Win XP Pro and Win 2000).
I am trying to do this with a USB FDD and a PCMCIA Sony CRX75A CD-Rom which connects to the computer via a other manufacture PC Card ACR-A01 switchable between 16 bit and CardBus mode).
As I am not very familiar with DOS, CardBus and booting stuff I read quite some topics and found the following application, BootdiskP2000.EXE which contains drivers for PCMCIA and USB Toshiba CD-ROM. So I ran it and when choosing external PCMCIA CD Drive from the menu, I got the following:
PC Card driver for external ATAPI-IDE Drives Rev:2203
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ERROR: There is no PCCARD in socket A and B!
PCCARD not initialized!!
So, I looked on the web for DOS Drivers for my ACR-A01 and found DUAOTA16.SYS and DUOATACD.SYS. I then modified my CONFIG.SYS (again maybe not correctly as I am not at ease with that) by adding a menuitem, and further on:
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DuoATACD CD-ROM Driver Version 1.06
Copyright....
IDECD: Not Configuration CBIDE2 Card.
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If have a look on the HISTORY.TXT file from the boot disk, at the end it is written: "If you use it with other CD-Roms, you have to modify/exchange normaly the CD-Rom driver (e.g. Toscdrom.sys-file!) and the driver, over which you get access to the PCMCIA Card (Fcatapi.sys and FCPoint.exe)." but I have no idea with what I'd have to replace it.
Last point, my BIOS settings on page 2 are: Device Config.=All Devices which allows me to set PC CARD Controller Mode=CardBus/16-Bit, and by the way the onther manufacture CD-ROM used to work fine with the Portege but with a Win XP driver.
Anyone has an idea of what is going on here, because I'm kind of lost. Thanx a lot!!!
P.S I also tried to boot via PXE-LAN from a PC running Win Server 2003 but that doesn't work either, but I'll start a new topic for that.

And why you don´t try maybe a USB-DVD-ROM? A USB will be recognized for sure. I installed on my Portege R200 a XP Pro with a USB-DVD-ROM.
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SAP R/3 4.7 INSTALLATION ON WIN-2000 ADVANCED SERVER.

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Need information about Portege 2000

Hi
I have portege 2000 it's nice and pretty notebook
I have a problem: I need serial number or parts number of hard drive caddy and hdd adaptor
anybody can help me?

Hey buddy,
unfortunately I have no partnumbers for you, but I think it would be the easiest way for you to contact a local authorized service center and ask them. They can give you all information you need and they can also sell you the parts you need to work with your portege.
Heres a link to find the nearest ASP in your country:
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/generic_content.jsp?service=EU&ID=ASP_SUPPORT
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Portege 2000, Win XP & a Noteworthy DVD Drive

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I hust got a Portege 2000 to replace my older 3480CT. I had used a Port Noteworthy DVD drive (NWDVDPR) for the 3480 and now I want to use it w/ the 2000. However, there are no drivers for the DVD made specifically for XP. What can I do?
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Portege 2000 - Information needed

Hi there!
I need some special Information about the Toshiba Portege 2000, I hope anybody could help me.
1. Which CPU can I build in? At the moment there is a Pentium 3 Mobile 750 MHz...Dos the Portege 2000 supports higher CPUs like 1 GHz or 1,13 GHz? Which socket has the P2000?
2. How many RAM is supported?
3. HDD-Support. At the moment Ive got a 30 GB. Support for more? Maybe 40 GB, or even 60 GB?
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Why you dont install and use hardware diagnostic software like Everest home edition for example.
Such software provides all infos and details.
> Dos the Portege 2000 supports higher CPUs like 1 GHz or 1,13 GHz?
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>2. How many RAM is supported?
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Portege 2000 BIOS passoword is needed

I was handed a Portege 2000 to take a look at. As soon as I turn it on I can see the Toshiba logo which immediately followed by a black screen that only says "password=".
I've tried searching for answers but have come up empty handed.
I am at a loss as to what to do new. I was hoping someone here could give me some insight as to where to go from here.
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It looks like the notebook is locked by BIOS password.
You need the password in order to boot the unit.
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is it possible to connect to an WLAN Access Point with WPA-Decryption?
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Hibernate & Standby not working on Portege 2000

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[b]how can i install windows forom an external usb cd rom on my portege 2000

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this is a common situation for users without an internal optical drive.
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