Portege R100 - BIOS can't see 1.8-inch 2GB PCMCIA HDD

Hello,
I have notebook TOSHIBA PORTEGE R100, I wanted to reinstall win XP using PCMCIA HDD (MK2001MPL).
It is easily detectable by Windows XP, but it is not detectable by my BIOS v. 1.3 (I've changed booting priority).
I need to mention that I formatted it to FAT32 and copied bootdiskette, but it still doesn't work. Is there any possibility to start the PCMCIA HDD with BIOS, or can I use it just as internal HDD.
Maybe there is special driver or other method to solve my problem.
Waiting for answer, any advice would be helpful...

Hi,
the problem is that the HDD is not intended to act like a normal drive. Its more an extension and I am not sure I it would really work under the BIOS like you describe.
I think it wouldnt work because the HDD needs a driver which is not given when just the BIOS is loaded. Bios loads PCMCIA Network cards but I never heard from a PCMCIA HDD which was used as bootable drive. Maybe USB but no PC-Card.
IMHO I think you should drop your thoughts about using the Card as a bootable drive and use it like a normal internal memory expansion.
Otherwise: google is your friend :)
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