Satellite 230cx - restoration of Windows 95 with no CD player

Hello

I have an old Toshiba Satellite 230cx (http://resource.toshiba-europe.com/europe/computers/flyers/satellite/satellite_230_e.pdf).

I want to give it back its original factory configuration, I have the disks in the system and the driver, but unfortunately do not have the cd player - only the floppy drive.

None of my external hard drives of modern USB can connect to it (USB 1 or 2 question?) nor any Flash DRIVE I own.

Can anyone recommend a way to do this? I have considered buying a PCMCIA external CD drive, but want to ensure that I will be able to start with some device I have the restore disc on?

Any ideas would be very appreciated.

Thank you very much

Chris

Wow this is really an oldie
According to the circular that you posted your message above, the Satellite 230CX supports a select Bay, this means that you could replace the floppy with a compatible CD/DVD player drive.

The laptop seems to bear the type II and PC card type III PC card slot, so you should be able to start this slots too.

You should check this in the BIOS if this option is available

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