Media Centre Edition 2005

G

Guest

Hi guys, dont know if this is the right place to post my question so sorry if
its in the wrong place...

I just need to find out ways to Install Windows XP Pro on my laptop.

I brought I toshiba Qosmio laptop and it comes with Media Centre and the
Toshiba recovery cd has Media Centre on it of course, I brought the Windows
XP Pro a week or so ago now and I havnt been able to install it yet.

I can boot off the cd and everything not a problem and I have installed
windows plenty of times but I havent ever had this problem. The Qosmio
notebook I have has 2x 80gb sata drives built in that are raided and no
floppy drive, so when you get to the start of this windows installation and
it asks if you need to install a 3rd party scsi or raid driver to push F6, I
do this and you need to insert a floppy disk with the driver, and the
notebook doesnt have a floppy drive for me to get the driver onto, and I have
no access to a usb floppy for another 3 odd months when I get back onto the
mainland.

Any help would be awesome..

Thanks guys!
 
R

RWS

Hi guys, dont know if this is the right place to post my question so sorry if
its in the wrong place...

I just need to find out ways to Install Windows XP Pro on my laptop.

I brought I toshiba Qosmio laptop and it comes with Media Centre and the
Toshiba recovery cd has Media Centre on it of course, I brought the Windows
XP Pro a week or so ago now and I havnt been able to install it yet.

I can boot off the cd and everything not a problem and I have installed
windows plenty of times but I havent ever had this problem. The Qosmio
notebook I have has 2x 80gb sata drives built in that are raided and no
floppy drive, so when you get to the start of this windows installation and
it asks if you need to install a 3rd party scsi or raid driver to push F6, I
do this and you need to insert a floppy disk with the driver, and the
notebook doesnt have a floppy drive for me to get the driver onto, and I have
no access to a usb floppy for another 3 odd months when I get back onto the
mainland.

Any help would be awesome..

Thanks guys!

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Why in the heck are you trying to do this???????????
Did you buy this Toshiba Qosmio laptop new?
I strongly suggest you contact Toshiba before proceeding,
so that they can enlighten you concerning the ramifications
of your proposed action.
If you wanted a laptop with XP Pro why didn't you just
buy one that came with that OS installed?
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G

Guest

Yes i brought it brand new, and I got it as there is no other laptop that had
specs anywhere near these and i have spoken to toshiba and they said it will
be fine.
 
R

RWS

Yes i brought it brand new, and I got it as there is no other laptop that had
specs anywhere near these and i have spoken to toshiba and they said it will
be fine.

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Toshiba said it would be fine, eh?
Does that include keeping the warranty intact?
I guess they must have also said that you were on your own doing
this fine clean install of XP Pro or you would not be posting here.
Again, I ask why you are doing this?
If it is so that you will be able to join a Domain,
you might want to check out this information:

Joining a domain with MCE 2005 w/o reinstalling

http://www.digitaldna.ch/weblog/?itemid=36



Joining a domain within' MCE 2005

http://extended64.com/blogs/rafael/articles/404.aspx
 

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