Toshiba Laptop Problem

urb · 2005-12-14, 05:54 AM

My cousin has bought a second hand Toshiba Tecra 8000 for her son for Christmas.

However, it has two operating systems installed on it Win2000 and Win98. I think there's some kind of partition on the hard drive.

There are some copied utility disks with it, but I can't boot from the CD (pressing Esc+F1, F8 or F12).

The CD Drive works fine, and the machine works well once you've cleared the start up error, where the machine has an identity crisis regarding it's OS.

She's asked me to wipe the hard drive and reinstall Windows 95, then upgrade to 98 SE. My question is, can anyone please give me an idea of how to set up this machine from scratch? I'm not really sure if I have the right disks, but if anyone can point me in the right direction, it will make a little kid's Christmas.

Many thanks

2005-12-14, 05:54 AM	#1
urb All the way from Room 101 Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,557	Toshiba Laptop Problem My cousin has bought a second hand Toshiba Tecra 8000 for her son for Christmas. However, it has two operating systems installed on it Win2000 and Win98. I think there's some kind of partition on the hard drive. There are some copied utility disks with it, but I can't boot from the CD (pressing Esc+F1, F8 or F12). The CD Drive works fine, and the machine works well once you've cleared the start up error, where the machine has an identity crisis regarding it's OS. She's asked me to wipe the hard drive and reinstall Windows 95, then upgrade to 98 SE. My question is, can anyone please give me an idea of how to set up this machine from scratch? I'm not really sure if I have the right disks, but if anyone can point me in the right direction, it will make a little kid's Christmas. Many thanks __________________