toshiba 5000- 104

rollmesome · 09-15-2008, 04:49 PM

hey..trying to format my copmuter...problem is i cant get admin access in to my computer.....the cd drive doesnt work for some reason..have an external cd drive..got a windows xp cd..how do i boot from it?...cant get in to BIOS either

**TriggerFinger** · 09-15-2008, 07:08 PM

May be you need to get the internal CD drive working. Not all laptops support boot from external CD/DVD drives.

A good work around is to format your drive in another PC. If you want to install XP on the drive without CD/DVD drive, try the steps here:

http://www.syschat.com/install-windo...py-cd-463.html

rollmesome · 09-16-2008, 10:08 AM

how do i get in the bios of the laptop....i might have to change the boot sequence?...have tried f5....delete key..etc.

**TriggerFinger** · 09-16-2008, 10:18 AM

try the procedure here: http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.c...FID=0000000401

for more details, get the Users Guide for your model.

09-15-2008, 04:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
rollmesome Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 280 OS: winxp	toshiba 5000- 104 hey..trying to format my copmuter...problem is i cant get admin access in to my computer.....the cd drive doesnt work for some reason..have an external cd drive..got a windows xp cd..how do i boot from it?...cant get in to BIOS either

09-15-2008, 07:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,802 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: toshiba 5000- 104 May be you need to get the internal CD drive working. Not all laptops support boot from external CD/DVD drives. A good work around is to format your drive in another PC. If you want to install XP on the drive without CD/DVD drive, try the steps here: http://www.syschat.com/install-windo...py-cd-463.html __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

09-16-2008, 10:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
rollmesome Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 280 OS: winxp	Re: toshiba 5000- 104 how do i get in the bios of the laptop....i might have to change the boot sequence?...have tried f5....delete key..etc.

09-16-2008, 10:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,802 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: toshiba 5000- 104 try the procedure here: http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.c...FID=0000000401 for more details, get the Users Guide for your model. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE