Top 20 Panasonic Toughbook CF-27 Notebook Questions & Answers

It sounds to me like you requre Win'XP Service Pack 3. If you are using Service Pack 2 or earlier, there is no SATA support which is why the HDD is not recognized. Get Service Pack 3 and your problems will be solved. Good Luck

had same problem with loading win xp proff on cf 74 toughbook mk1. soution for me was downloading sata hdd controller from panasonic toughbook support site, loading the driver onto floppy drive, using usb floppy with driver ready to use, loading win xp profesional and on first loading win screen pressing f6 when prompted at beginning of win intallation, when on screen instructions to load sata driver appeared, i followed on screen instructions and loaded 3rd option from floppy sata drive mobile driver, left usb installed untill xp loaded and running, do not remove usb floppy untill win loaded, i really hope this helps you

Boot up with the Windows XP installation CD (you will need the Product Installation code) then proceed to install Windows XP follow the instruction to delete the existing partition - create a new partition - then Format the partition (not a quick Format) - this will wipe the hard disk and install a clean Windows XP system.

Any usb mouse will work. Just get one off ebay: http://www.ebay.com Click Start/Control Panel and look for Mouse. Look through it for what ever problem you might be having. If you are saying your mouse/touchpad has a problem then try reinstalling the touchpad driver.

Get online and got to www.google.com In the google search box type: "Panasonic Support" (without the quotes and put your manufacturer name before Support). Look for downloads and drivers. Enter your model number and operating system when requested. Download and install the Touchpad drivers.

If thelaptop battery is more than 3 - 4 years old then the battery could be worn out.Rechargeable batteries have a finite number of charge and discharge cycles andwill lose their charge capacity over time, i.e. won't charge to 100% andgradually the charge reduces until the battery won't charge up at all. OR Thebattery shows a 100% charge but when the adapter is disconnected the batterydrops off to zero capacity in a very short time. If the battery drops to anunacceptable charge level then the battery needs to be replaced.

if you disconnect the charger and the battery died then that means that your laptop battery is broken and it won't work untill you get a new one.

Check your BIOS settings and make sure they USB is not blocked in BIOS from booting the machine. By Default the Toughbook series are set to block the USB port from booting the machine at the factory.

You'll need to go to the Panasonic site and download the Bios update from them. for the Toughbook series they normally don't release updates through a 3rd party.

The CF47 Panasonic Notebook will even support Windows 98. The drivers are located here: http://help.panasonic.ca/english/support/sandd/softwarequery.asp# This is the Panasonic Canada Website and Drivers are still available. Good Luck

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Don't know the generic password, you probably can get it if you contact Panasonic about this, but you can however reset the password. To reset the BIOS password read the information from this link.

In case of your laptop the easiest method would be using software from Hiren's Boot CD.

If using WinXP....
go to Control Panel
look for Power Options
open and change settings
locate the Hybernate Tab and remove the hybernation settings

Turn it on and press F12 to get to the boot menu. From there, you can select your external DVD drive.

Yes you can install XP on it, make sure you have XP SP3, as it has more drivers included in it than the older versions of XP

Try to take the battery out for a few days then try again
If its a windows password just hit F8 and go into safe mode and create a new user name delete old.

you might have a corrupted/bad hard drive

This is an older laptop that comes with a modem (RJ-11 on the back), not an ethernet adapter onboard. You can try to get a PC card ethernet adapter (type 2 or type 3 fit the slot) or a USB ethernet adapter. The USB port was not available on models that came with WinNT.

I wish I could be of more help.

Cindy Wells

Please reset your bios battery your password will disabled automatically.

A program is badly designed. When this happens open Task Manager and look for the process that is using all the processing power - close it and uninstall it.