Installing Windows XP On Panasonic Toughbook CF-W7
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| ==Install Windows XP== | How to install windows XP/2000 on a panasonic CF-w7 |
| Time to complete: 10 minutes plus windows XP install time |
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[edit] Intro
Have you ever seen a rugged notebook? They are typically ugly, heavy, and slow. As soon as I heard “New Toughbook”, I assumed the worst. Military spec with fat rubber pads on the outside, 10+ lbs, and a tiny, dark screen.
Wrong, the CF-W7 is gorgeous! It’s sexy, sleek, lightweight, has a bright screen, and a super slick optical drive.
[edit] The problem
The CF-W7 comes with Windows Vista installed on it, and some legacy software will not work under Vista. So, we downgrade to XP.
[edit] What to do
When you start the XP install, you need to press F6 to supply a driver for the HDD controller. This driver is a pain to find, but can be downloaded from here.
Once you downloaded the driver file, run it, and it will extract a program to make a floppy disk to be used for the XP installation.
[edit] The second problem
There’s one more step though, which isn’t documented here.
Since the toughbook has no internal floppy drive, you’ll need to use a USB one for the install. The BIOS sees it as an external floppy, so it’ll work at first. Once it gets to the part where it actually starts to copy the files, it will fail, saying it can't read the floppy.
[edit] What to do
What you need to do is open the txtsetup.oem file (with notepad) on the diskette on another computer, and add a few lines.
Under this heading:
[HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_ICH8M]
id= “PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_0106”,”iaStore”
add these lines:
id = "USB\VID_03F0&PID_2001", "usbstor" #--HP
id = "USB\VID_054C&PID_002C", "usbstor" #--Sony
id = "USB\VID_057B&PID_0001", "usbstor" #--Y-E Data
id = "USB\VID_0409&PID_0040", "usbstor" #--NEC
id = "USB\VID_0424&PID_0FDC", "usbstor" #--SMSC
id = "USB\VID_08BD&PID_1100", "usbstor" #--Iomega
id = "USB\VID_055D&PID_2020", "usbstor" #--Samsung
Save it, exit, and run the install again, selecting F6, then specifying the driver for the HDD controller.
now finish windows xp setup as you would normally
Written by Luke122 of TBCS