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• Reload Windows XP on Portege R100

  I have a R100, who does not start in Windows (XP) - gets etc. secure mode/last good on-screen, then dies. I was going to try to repair the Windows installation using a XP normal drive, rather than a full recovery of the product, as the back-ups have been exceeded, of course, and I need some files.

  Another problem, my external PC card drive of Toshiba (PA3246) seems to be dead - power light turns on, but door will not open and not recognized on any PC. It seems impossible to get a Toshiba PC card disk now, only USB.

  So, questions:
  (1) what is the probability to repair the Windows installation, as opposed to the full recovery of the product?
  (2) any thoughts on a failed external drive?
  (3) would be a R100 boot from a Windows CD via a USB connection, or no one knows source of suitable PC card reader (already tried ebay etc.)?

  Any help at all welcomed.

  Hello

  I see you have a lot of Guy question ;) I will try to provide the best answers and proposals of solution :)

  Then on the point:
  1. I don't see any other chances of recovering all of the operating system.
  If you need some files, you could first remove the HARD drive and it could connect to another computer via the external USB HDD controller.

  2. If the external PC card reader is dead, it will take a new :( Sorry, but I don't see any other possibilities for a fix.
  Perhaps that the guarantee is valid and you will get a new one for free

  3. If you want more details on the R100 and boot USB please check this:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=8991&MessageID=31246
  Portege R100 does not support installation of the OS on the USB CD/DVD drive.
  Portege R100 supports the recovery of (16-bit and Cardbus) PCMCIA cards.

  Concerning

• Optical USB mouse problem with Portege R100 on windows XP

  We have three laptops Toshiba Portege R100 currently giving problems with mouse optical usb from Toshiba.

  When starting the laptop, that the mouse is not recognized by windows. Before and after will be identified in the mouse will not respond while Burns led.

  The mouse will be recognized after re - plug in the USB port.

  We have updated versions of bios to the latest version. (1.4)

  Another mouse (USB optical) works OK without problem.

  We have removed the drivers and reinstalled by windows plug-and-play process, but it does not work.

  Is this a known issue?

  Thanks in advance

  Hello
  would it be possible that the USB mouse has high power consumption?

  As far as I know, there are a load of maximum intensity for each USB Port.

  Do you know how much power (intensity) needs to this mouse?

  Good bye

• Windows XP Setup stops with "Stop 0x0000007B" on Portege R100

  I have a Portege R111, but it is the same model as R100. I am trying to install WinXp on it, with a lot of problems.
  I have no CD to recover, but as I've read, it's possible.

  I use a PCMCIA-cd/dvd player. It starts fine, but after I get a blue screen with the error "* Stop 0x0000007B."
  On the microsoft home page, I've read a lot about this
  [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103/en]

  It seems that it is a problem with my hd, so I disassembled the 1.8 "HD and connected to my normal pc. Here, I could install WinXP without any problem.
  Then I reassembled the hd (with the top winxp system), but guess what, it doesn't. I just get get the menu in what mode I want to boot into windows (safe mode, safe mode with network,...). Whatever mode I select screen freezes after.

  I tried to run a normal linux (ram only) on it to see if that works. But it's not. The screen freezes while trying to load the kernel modules.

  Any ideas on how to solve this problem?

  Hi guys

  Portege R100 supports the recovery through the BIOS (by pressing 'C') with (16-bit and Cardbus) PCMCIA cards.
  Sequence of disks and controllers (PCMCIA) might work:
  (a) Toshiba, PX1055E-1NST SN: 3431490096 with PC Card (16 bit), II cable, PCMCIA, Rev.043.242
  (b) Toshiba, PX1055E-1NST with a CardBus, cable II, CARD BUS, Rev.136

  The drive used in conjunction with the PCMCIA controller is not so important due to the fact that the driver in the BIOS must allow the controller first. There is a generic CD-ROM drive implemented in the BIOS for the connected player. The "PC Card controller Mode" settings in the BIOS has been 'Automatic Selection '.
  This means that you have nothing to change in the BIOS, because it is the default value.

  It could happen, to connect the power supply in certain circumstances, for example:
  Battery is charged too less.
  The PCMCIA supplies unless energy location.
  If a player is used with a built in battery, please always connect an appropriate adapter.

• Portege R100 - question about the installation of the USB port and Windows problems

  Hello

  I just bought a used Portege R100, but I have some problems. Of course the laptop isn't a CD or DVD, player so I tried an external DVD drive, but it did not work. What kind of device I have to install Windows (not an edition of recovery or anything like that, but a whole new windows on the formatted HARD drive)?

  I also have another problem: whenever I plug a USB device (I tried the DVD drive external and a USB keyboard) when I start the laptop, it seems to hang. At least, I am not able to type anything more; the keyboard of the laptop is dead (the point where the entrance would still be flashing in the BACK platform, but typing. sth on the keyboard isn't doing anything). It is not normal, is it?

  I also tried to get to the BIOS, but I tried various commands (F1 to F12, DEL etc.), but I couldn't access the BIOS. It would be great if someone could tell me the command for it.

  Thanks in advance for the help and sorry for the bad English, I'm not a native speaker :)

  The forum has a search function, but to help you look still these 2 wires:

  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=19232
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=23921

  Here you can see that XP installation isn't very easy, but can be done successfully

  as long as you are working in an environment with appropriate back-drivers back, you can use any kind of external (USB or pcmcia) CD player you want

  the bios is accessible by pressing ESC and the Start button

• Various installation with the Portege R100 and Windows XP issues

  Hello

  I recently bought a used Portege R100. It came without OS and I wanted to install XP SP2.

  I know that restorations only work with PCMCIA readers adapted, but the HARD drive is formatted, so there is no recovery possible I guess.
  Here are my problems:
  -with my very old Freecom PCMCIA CD player the Windows installation CD is recognized, and it starts to load the XP drivers until he wants to start copying files installiation--> then I get the blue screen of Windows with the error 00 x 7 (virus or driver)
  -the same thing happens with my former W2k Pro installation disc.
  -With the even more ancient W98SE, strange things are happening too: installation seems to work fine, but when it comes to start with W98SE, for the first time, the system hangs up with pixelgarbage.
  -Make the 6 Bootdisks with makeboot doesn't work anymore.
  -J' also tried MS-DOS! And guess what! It worked! Loading the Freecom drivers and copy of Windows I386 folder on my hard drive with the volkov Commander (something similar to NortonCommander) worked too! So I got hav files on my drive but after running Windows NT in the i386 folder, the system hangs after some time, when it starts to copy the files to a temporary folder.

  So I tried almost everything I know. at this moment I am download knoppix to try it.

  I ran Memtest86 and 9 Diskmanager to test the RAM and HARD drive, finished two withut errors, so the priority of main parts in the installation process seems to work. Maybe it's that my IDE controller is broken?
  I have no idea, WHY does he not move windows!

  Help is hot!

  Thank you

  Christian
  Does

  It should work out that way, run you own your HD first in Fat32format - file-system, otherwise it won't work!
  Don't forget to use "smartdrive' in your BACK-commissioning, otherwise it will take a lot of time, even the 'freeze' is possible.

  See also: http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=19232

• No sound on Portege R500 using Windows 7 RTM

  Hi all

  I have the problem of sound with Windows 7 RTM. No sound playback, the microphone works very well and the control panel > hardware and sound > Realtek HD Audio Manager detects whenever a microphone or headset is (UN) plugged.

  Any driver I install and no matter as the playback source (sound system, Media Player, Winamp and others), there is no playback of the sound on the speakers or the headphones. The last I installed Realtek R2.31 is.

  I start to wonder if what happens to be fixed, after all, Windows 7 is to go gold and there is no solution for this problem.

  Hello Paulo

  If you see this section of Win7 you will find a lot of comments but a general message is: Win7 is not published official and drivers Toshiba doesn't offer WIN7 at the moment. When the Win7's official published Toshiba will start Win7 support, and I hope that your Portege will also build.

  This means that Toshiba will offer drivers Win7 on Toshiba download page. These drivers will be tested and it should work properly. Now on US Toshiba support page you can download some drivers Win7 BETA (untested). If you want to check under http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_modSel.jsp

• Portege R100 and Windows 7

  Hello

  I have a portege R100, which, with the new 1 GB memory is very good. I want to update from XP to Win7.
  All the world does? Any suggestion? Win 7 slow down the system?

  Richy

  If I undestand you, you have only 1 GB of memory? If you do, I'm sorry, but your system would be slow as hell. 2 GB is a minimum in my opinion.

• Portege R100 and RIPREP

  Hello

  I'm having a problem with RIS and my laptop Toshiba Portege R100. When I try to extract an image from the notebook using riprep, it keeps failing. This happens even with a vanilla XP installation. All other my laptop works very well except this model.

  I noticed that since the file riprep.sif the last lines are missing from the torn picture failure. A successful image should look like this:

  [OSChooser]
  Description = "test image - Toshiba R100"
  Help =' '
  LaunchFile ="%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.c om»
  ImageType = SYSPREP
  Version = "5.1 (2600) '"
  SysPrepSystemRoot = "Mirror1\UserData\WINDOWS".
  HalName = halacpi.dll
  ProductType = 0

  An image failed would replace the last few lines with the following information:

  [OSChooser]
  Description = "Windows Professional.
  Help = "this will install Windows Professional in a standard configuration.
  LaunchFile = "%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.co m '.
  ImageType = "Flat".

  I also checked the riprep.log file to see if there was no problem there. There are some services that were not arrested before the images were torn off. However, these services also appear in other newspapers of riprep files other images which have succeeded. I also stopped these services before starting the imaging process, but the problem persists.

  I rip an image successfully just now. I showed a colleague what happens when I tried using riprep, and it worked. I was pretty stripped, but this was the first and last time.

  I should also mention that the configuration of the network is DHCP statistics. I also tried to give a static IP address.

  Any help would be appreciated.

  If you need further information do not hesitate to contact me.

  Hello

  I'm not familiar with this, but please check this Microsoft article http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304992.

  Also check this http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=5558&messageID=19046#19046 topic

  Good bye

• Update BIOS Portege R100

  Hi all!

  I want to update the bios of my Portege R100, I downloaded this trought this site:

  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_bios.jsp?service=EU

  unzipped and started install2.exe but I receaved this error:

  "* [Error] BIOS update is failed. "BIOS is not able, updated on this configuration."

  Windows xp sp2
  No installed external device

  Can someone help me?

  Thank you

  Hello

  You can download another version of the same-update bios here:

  http://www.CSD.Toshiba.com/cgi-bin/TAIS/Su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?soID=1153942&MOID=385411&RPN=P PR10U

  This file contains more information on the execution of the update, see the readme file
  You can do an update directly in XP or make a bootable floppy or bootable CD

  If the "live update" in XP does not work, you will need at least a key-USB-fdd, most of them is easily recognized by the bios (hold F12 during startup and choose the fdd)

• Portege R100 - missing some drivers Ethernet Controller Win XP

  The hard drive failed on my Portege R100, so I replaced and installed Windows XP.
  The only problem is that I'm missing some drivers, so I can't get into the Internet - significantly Device Manager indicates problems with the Ethernet controller.

  Is there a place to get these missing drivers? I don't even know what to look for to resolve part Ethernet controller.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you-

  George

  Hello

  Ethernet controller can be a LAN or WLan card.
  Have you installed the network card driver?

  All the drivers are located on the European driver Toshiba page:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com

  Protected R100 is an older model mobile phone, so you will need to check the Archive.
  In product type to download the form, choose Archive instead of the laptop.

  See you soon

• Portege R100: update BIOS - unauthorized user

  Hello.
  I am trying to update the BIOS of my newly purchased Portege R100, but flea market.
  I installed the driver of common Modules after it failed the first time, but now when the BIOS update starts I get an error window pop up saying "user is not authorized to update BIOS. Where do I change this?

  I only am not particularly computer savvy so please be gentle with me.

  Jim

  Hello Jim

  Is there a special reason for update you BIOS? Did you clean OS install?

• USB 2.0 blue screens on Portege R100

  Hello
  I have a Portege R100, when you insert a USB 2.0 device it blue screens and you can t do something. But if you insert a USB 1.1 device, he is very well, I tried the upgrade to Windows XP sp2 and this t hasn't helped any ideas.

  Thansks

  Hello

  Try to remove the USB entries in Device Manager, and then restart the device. The ports should be recognized and installed correctly. In my view, it cannot happen without any reason. It will be interesting to know since when this problem started.

• PORTEGE R100 CD-ROM recovery problem

  Hi, I had a few problems of recovery PORTEGE R100. My problem is that when I try to reinstall the system with the recovery of the boot disk CD, it does not recognize the CD. The CD-ROM is not a TOSHIBA product. Is there any solution for this?

  Hello

  It will be interesting to know if your external CD is a USB or PCMCIA device.

  You must make a Windows startup disk and add drivers for your CD-ROM BACK drive and then you should be able to recover the machine with this CD.

• Portege R100 and Linux - function keys not working do not and the latest version of the BIOS?

  Hello world

  I have a Portege R100 (PPR10L-13G10P). I am trying to install Linux and when you try to access function keys (F6) the computer does not allow me to... no idea why?

  Also, what is the latest version of BIOS for this computer? And where it can be downloaded?

  Thanks in advance!

  Terrence

  Hello

  At first, I must say that Toshiba doesn't support Linux in general if you are alone with this problem.
  I hope that someone will be able to help you a bit.
  If you want to discover the latest version of the BIOS, just enter the BIOS settings and check it out.
  BIOS version latest won't help you at all, so my opinion is that you shouldn't change anything.

  Anyway, the bio download page is - http://www.toshiba.eu/innovation/download_bios.jsp

  The feature keys F is supported by special tool Windows and it only works on Windows.