First post, by dinth
Hey. Ive got a weird problem with my Thinkpad 380XD. I bought it equipped with 5GB harddrive, which unfortunately has a lot of bad sectors. The laptop also has a faulty floppy drive.
The computer can boot perfectly fine from the 5GB or i can use my (original) Windows 98SE bootable installation disk to reinstall Windows on it.
The problem is only when i replace the disk for a larger one. I can still boot from the harddrive (if there's an OS already installed on it) and it works fine, but i cannot boot from the CD anymore.
The BIOS tries to boot from CD, Windows 98 CD shows the menu to confirm if i want to boot from CD and then the computer freezes with a blinking cursor.
Did anyone had a similar problem? How can i install Windows 98SE on that computer without being able to boot it from floppy and Win98SE boot cd being fussy?