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More info?)
Would love to update the BIOS but it asks to install the
update to a floppy. I don't have a floppy drive.
The really annoying thing is I want XP pro, I can only use
XP home and that is the one that Toshiba supply and it has
all their other software that I don't want.
Ah well, seems it is not to be!!!
Thanks
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Have you tried to backup all the data files and then
perform a clean installation of XP Pro?
>I have installed XP PRO for my friend's 4 years old
Toshiba Satelite laptop (CPU PII400MHz 128 MB SD Ram) and
it works fine. After installed SP1, I can use a PCMCIA
USB2.0 card, just plug and play.
>
>BTW, have you updated the BIOS and chipset drivers for
the laptop?
>
>Peter
>
>
> ----- Matt wrote: -----
>
> Do you get the same as me in that the host
controller
> appears with an exclamtion mark in Hardware ?
>
> I just don't understand what is so different with XP
home
> and Pro that stops the USB 2 working.
>
> I actually tried an upgrade to Pro, it kept
restarting on
> device search part of the setup, would never get
past it
> however long I left it running.
>
> Help. someone please
)
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have exactly the same problem with a Tosh A30 -
USB
> worked fine on HOme and when i did and upgrade today
to
> Professional USB devices are not recognised.
> >>I have tried the 3 previously suggested solutions
but
> none sem to help. The regedit one sounded like it
could
> work but I dont have the USB folder entry in the
registry
> although i do have other usb*** folder entries but
did not
> want to change those.
> >>Any further information on this would be greatly
> appreciated.
> >>Thanks in advance
> >>Andrew
> >.
> >
>.
>