CD-ROM Not Appearing in Boot Sequence in LifeBook B Series

LIFEBOOK B SERIES B-2545
Configuration #: P/N ABE02040A5000411, S/N: R1800906, Part #: CP090362-01, Reg. #: B-2545, Product #: FPC01015AK,(2) 1.1 USB ports.

PhoenixBIOS
Bios v1.56
Bios Date: 6/25/2001
Pentium III, 600 Mhz, 256 MB, 20 GB HD

Peripherials:
1. USB 1.1 Portable Diskette Drive
2. Memorex USB 1.1 ULTRA SPEED CD-RW Recorder
Part #: 3202 3234, S/N: 5401014500, Series: 0540YTLCD06244
3. SYBA USB 2.0 PCMCIA CardBus

I have the above Lifebook B Series, along with the specs. This device had a serious virus infestation, so much so that I had to wipe the hard drive intenting to format and clean install Windows XP Professional. As you can see from the specs I have added a USB 1.1 Portable Diskette Drive (which works perfectly) a USB 2.0 PCMCIA Card, and a USB 1.1 Memorex CD-RW, which I can’t get the bios to recognize in the boot sequence at all. I followed RaZZNut’s (from the forum) advice (8/20/10) for reformatting: (“This is the official instruction from Fujitsu website for third-party CD-ROM):” http://www.pc-ap.fujitsu.com/support...y_process.html, and followed the instructions for editing the config.sys line: (DEVICE=A:\USBCDROM\USBCD.SYS /D:OEMCD001) …still nothing. No device recognition at all. I don’t have any problem with the diskette drive being recognized in the boot sequence, but the cd-rw is giving me mucho problems. Can anyone throw me a lifeline? Is this simply editing the config.sys the correct way? I really hope so because without the CDROM I can't clean install Windows XP Professional. I certainly can't install it with diskettes.

This is what config.sys looked liked BEFORE I edited it:

DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=EMM386.EXE /RAM
DEVICE=OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001
FILES=20
BUFFERS=20
DOS=HIGH,UMB
STACKS=9,256

This is what config.sys looked liked AFTER I edited it:
DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=EMM386.EXE /RAM
DEVICE=A:\USBCDROM\USBCD.SYS /D:OEMCD001
FILES=20
BUFFERS=20
DOS=HIGH,UMB
STACKS=9,256

After I edited the config.sys I got the following error message: “The following file is missing or corrupted A:\USBCDROM\USBCD.SYS. There is an error in your config.sys file on line 3.”

 

Have you checked the floppy disk to ensure that a file called USBCD.SYS is in a folder called USBCDROM? It is possible that USBCD.SYS is not in a folder and line 3 of config.sys should read DEVICE=A:USBCD.SYS /D:OEMCD00

John

 

Thanks for the reply John, however, I''m still getting the same error messages after I added the USBCDROM/USBCD.SYS folder in config.sys. Could it be possible that I'm using a boot disk that isn't workable with LifeBook? The only boot disks I can use are made from Windows XP or Windows 98. Are there any alternatives to this? Can a boot disk be made specifically for LifeBook?

 

Would an alternative strategy be to temporarily remove the HDD and put in an external enclosure, copy the entire Windows installation disc into a folder on the HDD, replace the HDD and then use the floppy to boot so that you can go to the Windows installer and start it running?

John

 

I'm kind of tethering on the edge of that strategy. My expertise has been in desktop machines, not laptops. So I gather you're saying to take out the HDD in the laptop. Put it in another enclosure (could that be a desktop?), copy Windows installation into a folder on the HDD and then replace it and so forth and so on? I don't know, that sounds kind of dubious expecially when you consider my desktop is formatted in NTFS and the Fujitsu laptop is formatted in FAT32.