Can't install windows.

[paulineowns]

I have an older model laptop that one of my children deleted important system files on. It's a Fujitsu B series 2131 with an external cd rom. I can't boot from cd. I tried the six windows boot diskettes but I get an error msg on the 5th disk and installation stops. I have even tried to make my own boot disk with the special cd rom driver I need, so far I've only succeeded in getting power to the cd rom but it says there's no atapi manager loaded. I have a nic adapter that supports Intel UNDI, PXE But I do not know how to boot to a network or if you can boot to a home network. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[gwhite]

Try this http://www.compu-docs.com/DeskBoot.htm . Or do a search for laptop boot disks. I have an older compaq that I had to do the same thing with. Hope this helps.

 

[gwhite]

OOPS! I read over the part that it was an external cd and not a swappable one. You might still give it a try. What it did for me was it loaded boot files on the hard drive with cd rom support. I didn't use this particular one but it does the same thing.

 

[RealBlackStuff]

What is the exact error on that 5th floppy, and what System are you trying to load?
Perhaps one of us could make/send a duplicate of that floppy-content by email?