i try FreeDOS to break the boring old routine of installing Windows 95 or MS-DOS 6.22 + Win3.1 in those Pentium laptops, this model in particular the Dell Latitude LM TS30G and TS30GI had the bad luck of those floppy drive units always turn bad and gets unusable, so i do the trick of installing …

Well, it worked with CF, now this Thinkpad has some serious instability problems, in particular the IBM MWave audio/modem card (i'm aware those MWave cards are awful), and everytime i try to insert a CF PCMCIA adapter, it crashes the whole Windows system causing General Protection fault, even if i …

Gotcha swapping the Toshiba 1.3GB HDD to a 512MB Sandisk CF card booted straight away!, it was the high capacity of the disk all this time! EDIT: Used a Transcend 2GB CF with Windows 95 preinstalled, it worked! Hmm, maybe it just didn't like that particular drive. Used many models (post-DHAA) IBM …

It's possible the 755 has the 504 MB hard drive size BIOS limit. You might have to install a drive overlay like EZ-Drive. I probably i would try that, but i don't know why this fail if i did some HDD tests and diagnostics and all of them succeded!, the BIOS can write and read those drives just fine …

It's possible the 755 has the 504 MB hard drive size BIOS limit. You might have to install a drive overlay like EZ-Drive. I probably i would try that, but i don't know why this fail if i did some HDD tests and diagnostics and all of them succeded!, the BIOS can write and read those drives just fine …

keenmaster486 wrote on 2022-01-14, 16:10: sys a: c: I often have to do this because format, or Win9x setup, may not transfer the system files correctly. Didn't work, still giving me that I9990302 error. argh. i really don't wanna buy those IBM DHAA drives.

Thanks for the suggestions but, i tried all of these before and none worked even the FDISK /MBR trick, didn't tried the sys c: from floppy disk yet. usually this worked in other laptops, using the VirtualBox method i format and then transfer the system in the same VM (i use the Windows 95 OSR2 boot …

I recently received a ThinkPad 755CE where the seller told me it needed a HDD replacement, because it died (those old IBM DHAA-2540), replaced with a spare Toshiba MK1301MAV (1.3GB) which had similar dimensions, the ThinkPad detected it. Formatted and transfered the system (format c:/s) to the HDD, …

Hi, i own a Toshiba Tecra500CDT i won in a auction for pretty cheap, after some maintenance (and removal of RTC/clock batteries to prevent leakage) wanted to replace the very small 1.26GB Toshiba HDD called Toshiba Hard Disk Pack and it's starting to struggle. which has that annoying odd screwhole …

Hi, recently got one of those "literally who" clone laptops of late '96, in this case a aftermarket upgraded Am486 DX4100-S OpenBook 180C by Kiwi Computer, Inc laptop on eBay reasonably priced (~$56). I cracked it up and removed two barrel batteries that showed badly leaking, but thankfully didn't …

Toshiba Satellite 2800 series use rechargeable NiMH batteries for RTC: 2021-10-17_131001.gif In terms of leakage they are safer than NiCd or alkaline batteries, but there's still a small degree of risk, particularly if they have been depleted over long periods. I'd suggest replacing it with modern …

Hello!, a new Vogons user here!, but i was following this forum around 2010, but never joined until 11 years later. Recently adquired some Pentium (Normal/MMX) laptops in eBay, and a Pentium III laptop (Toshiba Satellite 2800-S202), those laptops, once i started first time, the BIOS CMOS was reset, …