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| Thread ID: 92050 | 2008-07-27 03:42:00 | PCI Simple Communications Controller driver | lakewoodlady (103) | Press F1 |
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| 692662 | 2008-07-28 03:57:00 | Depending on the size of the Hard Drive will tell how long - if its a big drive it will take longer to format than a smaller one. Once formatted, it's usually about 45-60 minutes to install windows, then drivers etc. Doing a install right now, the drives a 80Gb at 91% its taken around 25 minutes so far. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 692663 | 2008-07-28 03:58:00 | Ah that maybe tricky, because the recovery cd's (wont ask you to activate, I think). I've never had one, so I maybe wrong. Whereas the XP Home install might. And you may not be able to put a key in then activate it after (If XP Home manages to install). |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 692664 | 2008-07-28 04:12:00 | Oh well, If that happens, then I'm screwed! There wasn't much on the laptop and I had backed most things up. What's the point in having it if I can't connect to the internet anyway? Like having a car with no engine! | lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 692665 | 2008-07-28 04:26:00 | If a recovery CD fails its usually either the wrong CD for the machine (wrong drivers), faulty CD, or faulty CD drive not being able to read the CD correctly . If the recovery CD failed, use the windows XP CD, wipe then format the drive, and install windows . The PC I mentioned back in post 21 has just finished installing windows XP Media Centre - 40 minutes . The Mother board drivers are installing now . As speedy mentioned, Recovery CD's usually don't need to be activated, as they always appear to be pre activated, a standard install from a XP CD will need to be activated . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 692666 | 2008-07-28 05:20:00 | Hi, what I meant when I said the recovery cd didn't work, It did load properly but didn't fix the prob of the PCI Comms Controller. As I said in a previous post I was reinstalling from the XP Home OS cd. Well I got fed up waiting for it and so boldly ejected the cd and re booted. It hadn't been installing at all! My Mistake. However, now everything is back to exactly like it was prior to that. Intel Pro wireless still says "No network adapter on system". Also PCI Comms Controller is no longer in the device manager. GRRRRR!!! |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
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