Re: Portege M200: Need boot disk to boot Win XP

Hi all
I'm looking for a floppy boot disk to boot XP tablet edition 2005 on my Portege M200,
If anyone could point me in the right direction that would be great.

Hi
You need boot disk??
I wonder why you need such disk?
I think you dont know one fact. The boot disk in not needed but you need an compatible CD/DVD drive if you want to boot from the CD or DVD.
The Portege M200 supports the Recovery via BIOS (pressing "C") with USB 2.0 and PCMCIA cards (16bit and Cardbus).
_Following drives and Controllers (USB, PCMCIA) can be used:_
a) Toshiba, PA3352E-SCD2, USB2.0 CD-RW/DVD-Rom Drive
b) Toshiba, PA3402E-1DV2 USB2.0 DVD Super Multi Drive, SN: 5362870112
c) Toshiba, PX1055E-1NST SN: 3431490096 with a PC Card (16bit), Cable II, PCMCIA, Rev.043.242, SN: 18496 043 3999 0343 01093
d) Toshiba, PX1055E-1NST SN: 3431490096 with a CardBus, Cable II, CARD BUS, Rev.136, SN: 16693 136 3999 0149 06122
The setting of "PC Card Controller Mode" in the BIOS should be "Auto-Selected".
This means, that you have nothing to change in the BIOS, because it is the default value.

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