How can I install Windows 2000 on my Toshiba Portege 3110 laptop?

Create an MS-DOS boot disk (you can download the necessary files from http://www.bootdisk.com ).

Copy the CD-ROM driver file to the boot disk; for the Toshiba laptop, this file is arccd.sys, which you can download from the Toshiba Web site.

Edit the config.sys file on the boot disk and add the line

DEVICE=A:ARCCD.SYS

Edit the autoexec.bat file on the boot disk and add the line

MSCDEX /D:ARCCD01 /L:E *gt; NUL

Insert the boot disk into your laptop and reboot--the CD-ROM drive should be accessible as drive E.

If no partition exists on the laptop's hard disk, you must use Fdisk to create a partition, then format the partition using the FAT file system.

Insert the Win2K installation CD-ROM, then type

cd i386

to navigate to the I386 folder.

Start the 16-bit version of the installation procedure by typing

winnt

The Win2K installation will start and copy all files to the local hard disk. You might want to convert the partition to the NTFS file system during installation.