The Targus Noteworthy DVD/CDRW PCMCIA drive works (code: NW930).

"kieyra" <kieyra******.com> wrote in message
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> I know this is an ongoing horror story and I've been reading threads
> about it for an hour now. I still can't seem to find the answer.
>
> Can anyone give me specific model numbers of which drives (USB,
> PCMCIA, whatever) will boot the Toshiba Portege 3500 and bring up the
> recovery disk? I've had my tabletpc for about a year and the O/S
> *really* needs to be reinstalled (and Toshiba tech support informs me
> that I'll be charged for that, even though the system occasionally
> freezes).
>
> I do understand the issue with it not booting from USB, but some
> people allege to be able to. I'm just trying to find out what specific
> models they used.
>
> Conversely, if you used a PC card drive *other* than the one Toshiba
> sells, I wouldn't mind the details there either.
>
> Ideally I would like to go buy something at Best Buy or CompUSA rather
> than have to order the external drive online.
>
> Thanks in advance.