Laptop install of XP Home - problem

G

Guest

My wife has an older Fujitsu laptop. It has one drive bay that will recieve
the CD-ROM or floppy drive. When I upgraded to XP Home from Windows ME, the
laptop hardly functioned anymore. I am attempting to do a clean and install
of XP Home and have already reformatted the c: drive with a WIndows 98 setup
disk. I downloaded the XP Home floppy setup disk utility and created the 6
setup disks. When I run the setup disks, the files load, but I cannot run
setup with the CD-ROM, because during the floppy setup, the CD-ROM was not in
the drive bay, and thus was not recognized by setup.
Does anyone know how I can install XP on this laptop?
 
C

Colin Barnhorst

Please state the model of your Fujitsu. It is very hard to guess whether
your Fujitsu can handle things like an addon floppy drive or cd rom drive so
that you can have both a floppy and a cd rom drive attached at the same time
without the model number. Also give some specifics about hard drive size,
ram, and so on.
 
G

Guest

Colin,

It's an E-Series 6540 LifeBook. Like I stated in my original post, there is
only one drive bay available. So I cannot have both floppy and CD-ROM
installed simultaneously. I have both floppy and CD-ROM drives. But only
one can be connected at a time. If I could have both at once, I wouldn't be
having this problem.

It has a 600 MHz Pentium III, 64 MB RAM, and a 12GB hard drive.

Colin Barnhorst said:
Please state the model of your Fujitsu. It is very hard to guess whether
your Fujitsu can handle things like an addon floppy drive or cd rom drive so
that you can have both a floppy and a cd rom drive attached at the same time
without the model number. Also give some specifics about hard drive size,
ram, and so on.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
GreenAlgae said:
My wife has an older Fujitsu laptop. It has one drive bay that will
recieve
the CD-ROM or floppy drive. When I upgraded to XP Home from Windows ME,
the
laptop hardly functioned anymore. I am attempting to do a clean and
install
of XP Home and have already reformatted the c: drive with a WIndows 98
setup
disk. I downloaded the XP Home floppy setup disk utility and created the 6
setup disks. When I run the setup disks, the files load, but I cannot run
setup with the CD-ROM, because during the floppy setup, the CD-ROM was not
in
the drive bay, and thus was not recognized by setup.
Does anyone know how I can install XP on this laptop?
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G

Guest

Colin,

I appreciate your reply and willingness to help. It just so happens that
Fujitsu installed a backup partition (hidden) that I set as active - then was
able to boot with the Windows XP CD-ROM. All is well.

Thanks again.

Alan



GreenAlgae said:
Colin,

It's an E-Series 6540 LifeBook. Like I stated in my original post, there is
only one drive bay available. So I cannot have both floppy and CD-ROM
installed simultaneously. I have both floppy and CD-ROM drives. But only
one can be connected at a time. If I could have both at once, I wouldn't be
having this problem.

It has a 600 MHz Pentium III, 64 MB RAM, and a 12GB hard drive.

Colin Barnhorst said:
Please state the model of your Fujitsu. It is very hard to guess whether
your Fujitsu can handle things like an addon floppy drive or cd rom drive so
that you can have both a floppy and a cd rom drive attached at the same time
without the model number. Also give some specifics about hard drive size,
ram, and so on.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
GreenAlgae said:
My wife has an older Fujitsu laptop. It has one drive bay that will
recieve
the CD-ROM or floppy drive. When I upgraded to XP Home from Windows ME,
the
laptop hardly functioned anymore. I am attempting to do a clean and
install
of XP Home and have already reformatted the c: drive with a WIndows 98
setup
disk. I downloaded the XP Home floppy setup disk utility and created the 6
setup disks. When I run the setup disks, the files load, but I cannot run
setup with the CD-ROM, because during the floppy setup, the CD-ROM was not
in
the drive bay, and thus was not recognized by setup.
Does anyone know how I can install XP on this laptop?
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J

Jim Macklin

You should check on www.crucial.com to see about increasing
the RAM to at least 256 MB if possible. Even 128 MB will be
better, but 64 MB RAM means that the hard drive will be in
use constantly as the swapfile (virtual memory) will be very
busy.


message
| Colin,
|
| I appreciate your reply and willingness to help. It just
so happens that
| Fujitsu installed a backup partition (hidden) that I set
as active - then was
| able to boot with the Windows XP CD-ROM. All is well.
|
| Thanks again.
|
| Alan
|
|
|
| "GreenAlgae" wrote:
|
| > Colin,
| >
| > It's an E-Series 6540 LifeBook. Like I stated in my
original post, there is
| > only one drive bay available. So I cannot have both
floppy and CD-ROM
| > installed simultaneously. I have both floppy and CD-ROM
drives. But only
| > one can be connected at a time. If I could have both at
once, I wouldn't be
| > having this problem.
| >
| > It has a 600 MHz Pentium III, 64 MB RAM, and a 12GB hard
drive.
| >
| > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
| >
| > > Please state the model of your Fujitsu. It is very
hard to guess whether
| > > your Fujitsu can handle things like an addon floppy
drive or cd rom drive so
| > > that you can have both a floppy and a cd rom drive
attached at the same time
| > > without the model number. Also give some specifics
about hard drive size,
| > > ram, and so on.
| > >
| > > --
| > > Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
| > > (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
| > > "GreenAlgae" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
| > >
| > > > My wife has an older Fujitsu laptop. It has one
drive bay that will
| > > > recieve
| > > > the CD-ROM or floppy drive. When I upgraded to XP
Home from Windows ME,
| > > > the
| > > > laptop hardly functioned anymore. I am attempting
to do a clean and
| > > > install
| > > > of XP Home and have already reformatted the c: drive
with a WIndows 98
| > > > setup
| > > > disk. I downloaded the XP Home floppy setup disk
utility and created the 6
| > > > setup disks. When I run the setup disks, the files
load, but I cannot run
| > > > setup with the CD-ROM, because during the floppy
setup, the CD-ROM was not
| > > > in
| > > > the drive bay, and thus was not recognized by setup.
| > > > Does anyone know how I can install XP on this
laptop?
| > > >
| > >
| > >
| > >
 
C

Colin Barnhorst

Maximum memory is 192mb. It has 64mb permanent and one available slot. The
maximum card made for the slot is 128mb.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
Jim Macklin said:
You should check on www.crucial.com to see about increasing
the RAM to at least 256 MB if possible. Even 128 MB will be
better, but 64 MB RAM means that the hard drive will be in
use constantly as the swapfile (virtual memory) will be very
busy.


message
| Colin,
|
| I appreciate your reply and willingness to help. It just
so happens that
| Fujitsu installed a backup partition (hidden) that I set
as active - then was
| able to boot with the Windows XP CD-ROM. All is well.
|
| Thanks again.
|
| Alan
|
|
|
| "GreenAlgae" wrote:
|
| > Colin,
| >
| > It's an E-Series 6540 LifeBook. Like I stated in my
original post, there is
| > only one drive bay available. So I cannot have both
floppy and CD-ROM
| > installed simultaneously. I have both floppy and CD-ROM
drives. But only
| > one can be connected at a time. If I could have both at
once, I wouldn't be
| > having this problem.
| >
| > It has a 600 MHz Pentium III, 64 MB RAM, and a 12GB hard
drive.
| >
| > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
| >
| > > Please state the model of your Fujitsu. It is very
hard to guess whether
| > > your Fujitsu can handle things like an addon floppy
drive or cd rom drive so
| > > that you can have both a floppy and a cd rom drive
attached at the same time
| > > without the model number. Also give some specifics
about hard drive size,
| > > ram, and so on.
| > >
| > > --
| > > Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
| > > (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
| > > "GreenAlgae" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
| > >
| > > > My wife has an older Fujitsu laptop. It has one
drive bay that will
| > > > recieve
| > > > the CD-ROM or floppy drive. When I upgraded to XP
Home from Windows ME,
| > > > the
| > > > laptop hardly functioned anymore. I am attempting
to do a clean and
| > > > install
| > > > of XP Home and have already reformatted the c: drive
with a WIndows 98
| > > > setup
| > > > disk. I downloaded the XP Home floppy setup disk
utility and created the 6
| > > > setup disks. When I run the setup disks, the files
load, but I cannot run
| > > > setup with the CD-ROM, because during the floppy
setup, the CD-ROM was not
| > > > in
| > > > the drive bay, and thus was not recognized by setup.
| > > > Does anyone know how I can install XP on this
laptop?
| > > >
| > >
| > >
| > >
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