[jamesr359]

Hi All,
I have an old Toshiba 4280ZDVD. 6GB drive is full. Toshiba had a sale on 60GB Drive, so I bought it. Specs for the laptop can be viewed HERE: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/...BV_EngineID=cccfaddmjgmkkhkcgfkceghdgngdgnn.0

I've been looking around for ways and means of:
1. taking the laptop apart
2. removing and installing the HDDs
3. booting and installing a fresh copy of win xp sp2.

My background is Air Traffic Control, however I've been messing around with desktops since the 70's. Laptops are a different story. I started swapping my desktops for laptops in 1997 (Acer 50 MHz CPU 2.1 GB HDD. yes, I still have it and its works flawlessly for me and is part of my wireless network) in 2000 I added this Toshiba and except for the hinge problem it too has worked flawlessly. In 2006 I added a HP pavilion. I follow the price not the manufacturer. Anything you all can do to help me save this ol' thing will be much appreciated and praised.


Rusty

 

[BCCOMP]

Hi Rusty,
Welcome to the forum.

Here is a guide for the XP install:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316941

As far as the HD replacement. I did not find to much free info, but I did find this:
http://www.bixnet.com/toshiba2.html#Satellite Pro 4200 Series

How much memory is in this laptop? From the specs it will only hold 320MB max
I would up it to the max. XP will run on this machine, but how well is questionable (IMO).
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Bill

 

[jamesr359]

Hi Rusty,
Welcome to the forum.

Here is a guide for the XP install:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316941

As far as the HD replacement. I did not find to much free info, but I did find this:
http://www.bixnet.com/toshiba2.html#Satellite Pro 4200 Series

How much memory is in this laptop? From the specs it will only hold 320MB max
I would up it to the max. XP will run on this machine, but how well is questionable (IMO).
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Bill

Bill,

YOU DA MAN!
That's just what I need, I did several googles on repair and install on Toshiba laptops and never hit on that. Looks like I'm on my way, thanks to you.
I maxed out the ram the day I bought it. There's no such thing as to much ram, RIGHT? Thanks again

The acer notelite 370pc ext #383 I have has reached the end of its useful life, but I really hate to get rid of it. What trooper its been, it's served as a GPS, riding around the country in the saddlebag of my BMW K1200LT. I've used it at pistol matches as a ballistics computer... dropped it, kicked it, spilled coffee on the keyboard, and thousands of other abuses, and like a Timex it just keeps on ticking. If I thought the slow frontside bus would handle it, I would upgrade the CPU and HDD. That's a project for another day.

Again Thanks for your help.

Rusty

 

[BCCOMP]

Hi Rusty,
Glad to help. Let us know how you make out.
As far as your Acer it like an old car. They were built like tanks back then.
Thanks,
Bill

 

[dai]

http://www.cmsproducts.com/pdf/driveremoval/Toshiba/Toshiba Satellite Pro 4200-4300.pdf