trouble installing windows 2000 pro

[kauai]

i have had dell notebooks in the past and have recently switched to toshiba tecra products instead. my dell came with a windows 2000 pro cd rom.

now when i want to install it on my toshiba tecra it gets almost to the install point and then a message flashes that this computer is not a dell and will not let me get any further.

is there a work around for this?

[Siliconjunkie]

Yes, buy a non Dell copy of W2K, the license probably doesnt allow you to install it anywhere else anyhow.

[squeech]

Unfortunately the recovery disc you have from Dell is programmed to search for the matching BIOS type (and some other hardware that I don't remember off the top of my head) for the machine it was originally shipped with.