Can i take a cf 47 toughbook BACK to win 2000 or even further?? i need a machine that can get all the way back to 'DOS' to run a music program called cakelive!!! if so..where do i find drivers etc..thanks,

Press "F2" on your keyboard when you see the Panasonic logo appear on the screen. You will immediately be prompted to enter your Panasonic Toughbook Cf-29 BIOS password. Type the word "Biostar" into the password prompt. This is your Panasonic Toughbook Cf-29 backdoor BIOS password. Press the "Enter" key to unlock your Panasonic Toughbook Cf-29 BIOS.

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

You will need a operatingsystem disk or a repair disk to fix it. Insert it in the drive then bootfrom it. You want to get to a dos command prompt (black screen with whitelettering) and type the following commands. Press ENTER after eachcommand.
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
bootrec.exe /fixboot
bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd

Reboot and see if the problem is solved. If not get back to the doscommand prompt and run the check disk utility.Torun the check disk utility you will need a repair disc or a operating systemdisc. Put the disc in the cd drive and boot from it. You want toget to the Dos Command Prompt (Black screen with white letters) and type thefollowing command: chkdsk /r
Check disk will run well over an hour or two and you will notice thepercentages going from high to low, this is normal. Let it run tocompletion. Then reboot machine.

If check disk fails to solve your problem you might have to reinstall windows.Try doing a Repair Install that way you don't loose your data, documents,music, pictures, videos or programs.

In windows xp you get to the dos command prompt by selecting R for repair whenthe options appear.

In Vista and Windows 7 you want to get to the recoveryconsole and look down at the bottom of the window for the Dos Command.

if you don't have a card, you can always buy a pcmcia card if it has the appopriate slot. if not you can buy a usb adapter for it. make sure that you have the physical on/off switch set to on

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the hard drive is located under the keyboard in toughbooks

http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/computers-beginners/opening-toughbook-cf-47-a-25391.html
note its for CF47 but they are similar
As for not booting fully that could be a number of things, maybe you have tried these.......you have power so a reset might not help but still try it, remove battery and ac power hold power button down for 40 seconds. Try running also just on ac and then just on battery. Have you tried to run the machine in safe mode pressing F8 on boot. Even though it could be corrupt data or damaged HD worth trying the simple stuff.
hope helps a bit, get back to me if i can help at all

Most often the OS that came with the system is usually optomized fot the hardware.
However if the notebook came with say Win 98, ME, or XP you should be able to upgrade to the latest XP SP-3.
I would be surprised if Vista would work on a machine that wasn't already equipped in running at least XP SP-2

This means that the computer cannot find an operating system on the hard drive. This is often because the hard drive has gone bad. Replace with a new drive and reinstall windows and that will solve your problem. Thanks and please if you could remember to give this answer a rating of fixya; even if the answer isn't the greatest news :c) Thanks! :c)

Your touch pad drivers need to be installed. Power off the laptop. Install an external mouse, power back on and install drivers. When finished, power down, remove the external mouse and reboot.

You assume correctly. Open the device manager to see which drivers you need exactly. You can find them at Panasonic's support site. The link below will take you directly to it. If there are any you can't find here, then try driverguide.com. You will have to register with driver guide, but it's free.
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pc/cgi-bin/itn/toughbook/dl01.cgi

i need help i have a panasonic cf-27 toughbook with a usb cd drive and usb floppy drive ive tried both seperate and with a multi usb connector to boot both but it doesnt find them can anyone help me?