| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 121307 | 2011-10-20 02:33:00 | removing bad xp install | starrekin61 (10116) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1238724 | 2011-10-20 02:33:00 | how do i remove a bad xp install (wrong disc used) on a lenovo 3000 n100? need to format and re-install correct copy of XP. Thanks. |
starrekin61 (10116) | ||
| 1238725 | 2011-10-20 03:23:00 | A new install of XP will ask if you want to format the partition ?OK and it will reformat before the new install | kjaada (253) | ||
| 1238726 | 2011-10-20 21:09:00 | Bad how? wrong version or wrong key? the disk is not really important and the key can be changed I think. In any case as kjadda said, you can just reinstall and let the installer reformat the drive to wipe the old one. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1238727 | 2011-10-21 17:09:00 | That's what I thought too. But once i finally got the disc to run, no format option was there. I treied repairing disk, did not work. I have a lenovo, and it was a gateway laptop disc that was used to install XP. The hidden drive with the recovery on it, i am unable to access. That drive is fat32, c:\drive is ntfs. i tried to install updated drivers via usb flash drive, but system first made me shut down because flash drive was fat. when rebooted, did a chkdsk on flash drive and fixed errors. took numerous times before it recognized it, installed drivers, but when i checked in device manager all were still uninstalled. what should i try next? thanks for any ideas. |
starrekin61 (10116) | ||
| 1238728 | 2011-10-21 18:03:00 | Get a puppy linux disk and you can boot from it and "see"everything on yr HD.You can also then save anything you want to a usb and then run g parted from the puppy disk and reformat the HD. Puppy is a real boon in this sort of situation every one should have a copy.You can go here:puppylinux.org and get the .iso to burn to CD |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 1238729 | 2011-10-22 04:08:00 | thanks kjaada. will try this. i have been trying to use a linux live cd. perhaps this will work. i went to the site and i am amazed at what this op sys can do. and off a usb? cool. thanks so much for the link and info. i never would have found it otherwise. i'll let you know how it works out. again, thanks. |
starrekin61 (10116) | ||
| 1238730 | 2011-10-22 06:38:00 | Not sure how PartedMagic (partedmagic.com)compares with Puppy Linux - but I find it good. | johnd (85) | ||
| 1238731 | 2011-10-22 15:24:00 | hi again. will try parted magic next. puppy linux did not work the way it nshould and i'm not sure why. it froze in the middle of booting, with a strange message: kernel panic - not synching: attempted to kill init! went to puppy forum, trying to find an answer there, too. I have an older thinkpad and a netbook - just wondering if i could use the hard drives from one of those maybe? any ideas? thanks for the help, any suggestions at this point are appreciated. |
starrekin61 (10116) | ||
| 1238732 | 2011-10-22 19:08:00 | Not an expert here but from what I have read it appears; As xp has boot problem and two different linux distros will not boot It could be a problem with RAM. One fix to try is to remove one stick of ram and try booting. If it boots the stick u removed is faulty.If it does not boot try removing the other stick with the first one replaced. Puppy actually goes in to ram and does not go on yr HD so it has to be a ram fault. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 1238733 | 2011-10-22 21:19:00 | The more I think about it the more convinced I am that it is bad ram. (1)3 OS's balk while loading (2)A live CD will not run (live CD,s do not require a HDD to run. I think you will find that with the bad ram out you will even be able to go back to yr original XP install. I am also surprized no "Tech's" have replied to this thread but lets hope we can get it sorted anyway. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 1 2 | |||||