I bought an IBM Think Pad 25640 about
5 or so years ago. It is a really nifty little notebook
computer but it did not have a CD reader.
I bought a PackBack Micro-Solutions PCMCI
CD read writer for it. I need it to run
windows only data aq software.

<SNIP

I had a Windows 2000 and I wanted to upgrade from
Windows 98. I got most of the way through
and Windows 2000 could not access the PackPack
to finish installing. In fact it disable the Back Pack
and wanted the original 3.5 inch floppy disk that came with the
computer. I can't find it so now I am screwed.

So typical of windows. Linux does not care what you do
and you can always just download a copy of the OS.

One does not get new OS's on floppy's anymore.

I guess the Think Pad is now junk.

<SNIP


If somebody has the 3.5 inch Think Pad floppy please copy it
and send it to me. I will reward you.

Paul Lamar

Paul & group -

If this notebook has a hard disk you can remove, you will be able to
put it into another laptop with a built - in DVD or CD drive. The
interface will be SATA or Micro - IDE -  used by the Amiga 1200,  way
back when. If it is the latter you can connect it to a PC with the
adaptor used by Amiga hackers to put 3.5inch IDE drives into the 1200.

Then you can partition the hard disk and try to make a bootable
partition   , or make a win 98 boot floppy and see if it will boot off
that.

The key is to copy the windoze CD to a FAT32 partition that the floppy
or the DOS - boot partion can see. You need WIn 98 for the initial
boot.

If the floppy - based OS can see the partition then you are in with a
chance - WIn 2000 needs to recognize the chipset - you may be better
off with XP. Don't put service pack 3 on if you do not need to - it
activates a nag screen for online verification.

If you are still missing the Thinkpad Motherboard drivers then this one
may not be supported by WIn XP anyway.

Hope this helps -




Worth  a Try -


http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/01/18/ibm-lenovo-thinkpad-recovery-cd/

Bryan In England

Thanks Bryan.

Paul Lamar