Copy a win 98 boot disk to a cd. Copy the cd to the c: drive on the laptop. 
Modify the autoexec.bat and config.sys files to point to the right 
directories. You need mscdex file and win 98 boot disk has generic ones that 
work with 99% of cd drives.
Terry

"John Smith" <mrsmithis@sunwave.net> wrote in message 
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> I have a tecra 8000, I had win xp on it and it slowed it down to being 
> useless.  I decided to re-install the original software that came on the 
> toshiba disk.
> It all went well until win 95 asked for the serial # for the disk.  I lost 
> that years ago.  Phoned toshiba - no support anymore for that model - to 
> old.
> I got a win98 disk and # and tried to install that - no go, stick on 
> asking for w95 #.
> I C-alt-del enough to get it to ask me if I want to start in safe mode 
> etc.
> I start in dos and format hd (format\s) , now I cannot get to the cd drive 
> to install w98.
> It is like the system does not know there is a d: drive.
> I am unable to install anything.....
> any ideas?
> The a: drive broke about 3 years ago so I can't use that option.
> My youngest daughter was looking forward to getting her own computer.  I 
> don't know why, but...  I can remember when I bought my first one  (vic 
> 20), I didn't know why I wanted it then, and still don't.
>
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