Re: Booting from USB Floppies OR CD Writing issues.....

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If the Thinkpad came with the combo DVD/CD-RW drive then it should wok with
it's OS,XPSP2.
Check that recording is switched on for the DVD/CD-RW drive.
Start-My Computer-R click the combo drive and select Properties.
On the Recording page select " Recording".
It may have to be switched on each time you replace the DVD/CD-RW drive with
the 31/2 floppy drive.

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Paul Woodsford
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"BarilkoLives" <BarilkoLives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello there, here's my situation....
>
> I run an IBM ThinkPad T21 with XP SP2 and for some reason, the Combo
> DVD/CD-RW drive does not let me actually write to CDs from XP, or from any
> other program I've tried. The conclusion I've come to so far (on my own)
> is
> that the firmware of the DVD/CD-RW needs to be updated. However, it can
> only
> be updated with the use of a floppy drive and a reboot. Now since my
> particular model has 1 swappable bay, I can only ever have the Combo drive
> OR
> the Floppy drive directly connected to my laptop.... And so I thought a
> USB
> floppy drive would be the answer.... Well it would be if I could get XP to
> boot from the darn thing.
>
> I realize this may also be a BIOS issue, I've tried moving my Removable
> Devices to the top of the booting order, but XP (or my BIOS) seems not to
> recognize the external floppy in this manner. I am at a loss right now
> with
> little to no time to troubleshoot this any further. If nobody can help me
> here, I'll try to do what I can with the BIOS maker, but this seemed like
> an
> easier first step.
>
> If anybody has had similar problems or circumstances and has figured out
> the
> solution, please post! I'd like to start having cheap backup capability on
> the road as soon as possible.
>
> Thanking in advance.....


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