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Compaq Notebook - Black Screen After Reformat
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daphne.
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23. February 2008 @ 20:14 |
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For some reason, I thought my new (used) notebook could be reformatted like my computer. I did the whole Fdisk thing to erase wipe off the old OS and now I just have a black screen after the splash page. I tried using a bootup disk (floppy) but it's apparently a non systems disk. I don't have a bootup cd, only the OS.
Can anyone help? I tried doing all of the stuff I would normally do on my desktop, but to no avail.
Thanks in advance.
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ddp
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23. February 2008 @ 21:04 |
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when you fdisked the drive, you deleted everything off it. what windows is that cd?
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daphne.
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23. February 2008 @ 21:42 |
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Thanks for the reply. I have a 98 and a 98SE package.
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ddp
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23. February 2008 @ 22:02 |
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what is the make & model# of the laptop? what windows is on your desktop? have you gone into the bios to see what the boot sequence is? if your desktop pc has a floppy drive then attempt to boot off the floppy disk to see what happens. it won't mess up your computer.
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daphne.
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23. February 2008 @ 22:12 |
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It's a Compaq Armada 1750. There is currently no OS on it, since I Fdisked and wiped it (slaps forehead). I tried booting off a floppy, but it said, "non system disk." I have also tried going into the BIOS, but I can't figure out how to do it.
durp.
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daphne.
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23. February 2008 @ 22:16 |
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Oh...I can't get into the DOS prompt. That's the issue. Is it possible that when I fdisked I deleted the DOS?
durp.
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ddp
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23. February 2008 @ 22:19 |
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 23. February 2008 @ 22:22
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daphne.
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23. February 2008 @ 22:41 |
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I managed to get it to the C prompt...but I when I try to go to D: to run the setup disk it says, "invalid drive specification." Same with the A drive. ARGH!
I think it's just the Armada 1750 Notebook PC. I had tried looking at that link, but I don't know what to download.
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daphne.
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24. February 2008 @ 04:09 |
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I got it working. Thanks for the help!
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ddp
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24. February 2008 @ 13:58 |
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good for you now what did you do so others can learn from you?
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daphne.
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24. February 2008 @ 15:28 |
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I thought about putting what I did to fix it for future use...but in all honesty I don't know WHAT I did. I just kept rebooting and suddenly I had a C prompt. From there I could go to the D prompt and type "setup."
The only thing I did was early on, so I don't know if this had anything to do with it "fixing itself." I held down the function button (Fn) then turned the machine on. I kept tapping the F11 until something came up that gave me a choice to save the settings or not, and I saved. Apparently this resets the BIOS to factory settings.
Sorry that I don't have a definitive answer...I think the only thing learned here was not to give up hope. ;)
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