Re: Booting from USB Floppies OR CD Writing issues.....
- From: Lem <lemp40@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:00:51 -0400
I upgraded the firmware on my IBM combo DVD/CD-RW drive (which has never been all
that reliable anyway) when I upgraded my Thinkpad from 98se to XP. Fortunately
for me, my A22 has both a built-in floppy drive and the multi-purpose drive bay.
Boot from USB is a BIOS feature. If you don't see anything like this in your
current BIOS, perhaps you could upgrade to the latest BIOS. See
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=BMOE-3VAM8Y#t
On the other hand, since you said that you could move your removeable devices to
the top of the list, it sounds like your BIOS already should support this.
If "XP takes over pretty much the instant my booting process begins" you are not
booting from the floppy but from your hard drive. There is no XP on the floppy.
See if step 2.g at
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-4YQHJY
offers any help.
Try Googling +"boot from USB" +XP Here, for example, is a lengthy thread that
might help, although it's mostly concerned with booting from a USB thumbdrive
(includes several comments on why you can't boot TO WinXP from a USB device; this
should not be your problem, because the IBM firmware flash diskette should not be
attempting to boot to XP, but rather to some DOS or Unix type of OS):
http://www.aaltonen.us/archive/2004/03/01/tip-boot-from-usb-key-addendum/
Otherwise, you might have to find a friend (or a local computer repair shop) with
an IBM laptop that has both a floppy drive and a drive bay.
BarilkoLives wrote:
> I don't really like repeating myself, but, in the interest of clarity, I will.
>
> My computer was made for 98 and 2000, before XP was released. I did not buy
> my computer from IBM, it is a hand-me-down, off a lease. The swappable drive
> bay only holds 1 drive at a time - either the Combo drive or a floppy drive,
> which I do not own. I must upgrade the firmware from an external USB floppy
> because I cannot boot from the device I'm trying to upgrade, the upgrade
> utility is a diskette (remember those?) utility from IBM, and it's physically
> impossible for two solid objects to occupy the same space and time...go ahead
> and try it.
>
> I do agree that the OS should support it, and in point of fact, XP supports
> every function on this drive EXCEPT recording. I have gone through every
> exercise I can think of to get it to work (including enabling recording -
> which was never disabled in the first place, it's always been enabled when I
> try) and nothing is working. The firmware upgrade to the Combo drive is
> really the only option I have left before I write a letter to Bill about how
> Windows managed to let this piece of hardware fall through the cracks.
>
> Putting my removable devices at the top of the BIOS boot list has no effect
> as XP takes over pretty much the instant my booting process begins. Now, the
> one piece of info that I have left out to this point is that my copy of XP is
> an upgrade to 98, not a full version. I doubt this has anything to do with
> the problem, but I thought I'd throw it out there anyway.
>
> Thanks for everyone's input so far, but I'm no closer to solving this than
> when I started. Perhaps someone could recommend a different group or
> community wher I could get help....
>
> "Paul Woodsford" wrote:
>
> > If the Thinkpad came with the combo DVD/CD-RW drive then it should work 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.
> >
> > --
> > Paul Woodsford
> > Remove NOSPAM to reply.
> > "BarilkoLives" <BarilkoLives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:57D1C060-C674-41C6-9B7A-F4A23F845A96@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > 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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