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| Thread ID: 94554 | 2008-11-03 22:51:00 | XP boot up issues | GameJunkie (72) | Press F1 |
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| 717007 | 2008-11-03 22:51:00 | :help: i have recently aquired on old px running xp pro, previous owners said there were problems booting so thought i'd have a go. first of all i opened the case and cleared out the dust which could cause problems. but when i booted up pc it starts fine until the xp loading screen appears in an endless cycle until and mesage comes up saying "windows could not start beacuse of a disk hardware configuration problem, could not read from selected boot disk". also the HDD was recenlty changed. has a seagate 20GB HDD. apologies for long post any help appreciated |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 717008 | 2008-11-03 22:58:00 | Did someone reinstall XP if the hdd was changed?? Because you cant install a hdd (if it had windows on it already), into a system, with different hardware, and expect it to work. It wont If someone did format / reinstall XP, change the bootdisk in the BIOS to the new hdd. It maybe trying to find something, that doesnt exist Or there's no OS on it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 717009 | 2008-11-03 23:03:00 | not sure if xp was reinstalled can i reformat the HDD in the bios? |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 717010 | 2008-11-03 23:05:00 | No, you need the XP / windows cd, and the cd key. To format it / reinstall it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 717011 | 2008-11-03 23:18:00 | i have looked in the bios and found what drives it is trying to boot. in particular the HDD. pressing enter gives several options, HHD-0, HDD-1 and HDD-2. what one would i select?. all i have with me is the xp sp3 disc:( |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 717012 | 2008-11-03 23:23:00 | Well if that XP cd you've got is only the SP3 CD (its not mainstreamed with XP). You cant do a lot See what the hdd appears under on the main screen (where it lists all the hdd's) Hopefully, it'll tell you, whether its hdd 0, 1 or 2 Probably 0, if there's only 1 hdd in the case Is it an HP / Dell PC?? If it is it may have a restore partition on it.. Press F10 or whatever to restore the system |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 717013 | 2008-11-03 23:37:00 | have entered bios and selected hdd-0, no luck:dogeye: as for the make the only info i can find is that on the front it says powered by albatron?? |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 717014 | 2008-11-03 23:39:00 | Try this (www.xp-professional-recovery.com) The only way you can do this, is to put it in a working system as above. And see whats in boot.ini Since, you dont have the cd |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 717015 | 2008-11-03 23:49:00 | will have a look at it thanks so far :) |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 717016 | 2008-11-04 00:13:00 | hey guys i think i can help here about the windows xp disk ... well i dont wanna mention pirated stuff but if u want i can other wise to format u can try a program called dariks boot nuke.. link:www.dban.org/ its a formatter that can help format anything and can boot off usb cd floppy anything |
dhruv94 (14109) | ||
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