I am thinking of buying the above laptop from my company.The only thing that is bothering me is it is loaded with windows 2000.My internet server does not back up 2000 and they said the computer would not load their disk.I am wondering if I can format the computer and load windows 98 and if so would I have any problems with it most of all the modem which is an internal V.90.I am getting this computer for a good price and I would like to buy it if I can get 98 into it

The tecra 8100 normally comes in two variants. Look at the www.toshiba.co.uk web site, (more informative than the marketing mad but info challenged .com). You will see that you have the choice of Win58/98 or NT/W2k. The win98 is actually a cheaper 8100 in the shops - they are considered different models. So in a nutshell - it obviously takes Win98!

I have the Tecra 8100 PIII 450, I have installed XP Pro and it runs fine. Why would you want 98 on there?

Dear David M, I am thinking of installing Windows XP on my Tecra 8100 that now runs Win98SE, but am not sure if I also need other drivers for sound, screen etc. , and if so, how many, and where to find them. How did you install WinXP ?
Thank you for any help.

David
Would you be so kind as to supply my w instructions on how you loaded XP onto your Tecra? I am having difficulty doing it.
Thanks

I brought my tecra 8100 laptop with windows 2000 preinstalled and it is a very good laptop. I can fault the laptop or the operating system. I have preset my favourite screen on the laptop (windows 2000 logon scrfeensaver)

I just got one of these 8100 laptops. I've installed XP on it fine - it was pretty straightforward. XP seems to have all the necessary drivers for this laptop, so everything was recognised and installed.
I decided to upgrade the 64Mb that was on it and tried a 256Mb PC133 Sodimm. It did NOT work! The laptop seems to only like PC100 ram, so you've been warned.
I also got brand new third party battery for around £20 on ebay.
256Mb PC100 Sodimm is about £25.
The USB port is 1.0 afaik but with the two PCMCIA slots, you can easily get a card with 4 x USB 2.0 ports. I've also got it wifi'ed by plugging a USB dongle to it.

Good little laptop that can cope with today's modern technology - still can be used 7 years after it was made. It's perfect for web browsing, email, word process etc..
If you are on a budget can get one for around £50-£80, go for it. Upgrading it won't cost you more than £50

I have an 8100 which I installed XP home on with no problem apart from it then failing to allow the second memory slot to work! It has 2 slots with 128 in each both of which work in the first slot.

I get a pci.sys error, I have tried the solutions given by microsoft to no avail and I haven't found 256 memory as cheap as £25 otherwise I would be happy to stick with this laptop. As it is the memory problem makes it too slow.

Hope this helps