Re: Unable to load XP on Toshiba Portege 3500

Thanks for the help. All I get after potting in the xcopy is "Does E specify
a file name or a directory name on target" or "invalid switch"which makes me
think the MD c is not making a directory.
The DOSAPPS may be a holdover from the "Ultimate boot disc" if it is not on
the CD,except it is still there after the Format C which it shouldn't be.
Because the Portege 3500 does not have a CDROM, it apparantly (from a lot of
info gleaned from others with this model) can only access access the setup
files (as opposed to the boot files) with a 16 bit PCMCIA card.
Thus I load the startup files from the XP CD and when it comes to the "set
up Wndows" at the end it comes up with the blue screen stating that an error
has occurred and Windows is shutting down. Same happens with the XP boot
files on floppy I got from the MS site.
You're probably right about this Boot CD since it doesn't allow download of
any files.
I'm lost on this matter and it is very frustrating but thanks for trying to
help.
--
Martin Morrow


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

In this particular case it does not matter how many spaces
you enter. The command
xcopy t:\i386 c:\i386\ /s /e
will work just as well as the command
xcopy t:\i386 c:\i386\/s/e

I just checked my own WinXP CD. It definitely does not
have a folder \i386\dosapps. This makes my wonder what
CD you're dealing with.

I also wonder about your boot CD. There is something
wrong with it. Try booting with a Win98 boot disk from
here instead: www.bootdisk.com.

Lastly, the comment from the Toshiba people does not
make sense. Windows should load straight away although
it may lack some drivers later on. Installing it the way you
won't make any difference.


"Martin" <Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dear Pegasus,

I have now tried the following
xcopy t:\i386 c:\i386\space/s space/e
It comes up with
"Unable to create directory C\ I386\DOSAPPS\AIDA16\C^???
--
Martin Morrow


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Martin" <Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Loading XP on this Laptop is difficult without the requisite 16 PCMCIA
card
on the CDROM.
So far I have used the "Ultimate boot CD" to get to DOS. I change to
the
XP
disc, I reformat C as well as doing a DELTREE to remove i386nfrom HDD.
I then create directory by typing MD c:\i386 and then type in xcopy
t:\i386
c:\i386 /e to copy to HDD.
Unfortunately I get "Unable to create directoryC:\i386\
dosapps\aida18\====.
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong.
Very many thanks,(FYI I am using morrowmm@xxxxxxxxx as default email
at
this
time
Martin Morrow
--
Martin Morrow

There are a few strange things here.
- You write "I reformat C as well as doing a DELTREE to
remove i386nfrom HDD". How come the i386 folder survived
the format operation?
- You write "I type xcopy t:\i386 c:\i386 /e". The correct command
is actually xcopy t:\i386 c:\i386\ /s /e.
- What's the Aida folder doing on your WinXP installation CD? Is it
really a WinXP installation CD?
- What happens when you try to create the problem folder manually?
- If you can boot from the Ultimate Boot CD, why can't you boot
from your WinXP installation CD?






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