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HP hard drive xp install problem
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10. July 2005 @ 13:27 |
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I was give a HP Pavilion x1938 that had a ton of spyware and viruses so I decided to start over. I did the usual; boot off cd, reformat hd, install xp. Now i'm in a kind of loop. It said xp is on hard drive do I want to reformat. When I do, I get in the loop again. Install xp, xp exists,do you want to reformat. ect.ect.
Any advice, and I hope I made this clear.
Thanks in advance for the advice.
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10. July 2005 @ 13:39 |
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Have your tried deleting the partition?
aye aye man
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10. July 2005 @ 14:00 |
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yes, I think it was hit "L" to delete partition.
I've installed xp many times with no problem. Till now.
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10. July 2005 @ 14:45 |
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The best way I have found for this is to get an Win98 or other bootable disk. Select go to command prompt when computer boots up and do a complete F-Disk on the drive and remove all partions. Then create one new partition.. Exit out of F-Disk then reboot with XP Disk in again this should work :-)
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10. July 2005 @ 15:28 |
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10. July 2005 @ 16:40 |
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ddp
the file I downloaded if 6 floppies worth. Is this the right file.
If it is not a pain to explain, what is causing this.
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10. July 2005 @ 16:46 |
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It will give him the FAT32 to start with but when he loads XP he can then select to format using NTFS :-) What it will do is get him into his system so he can actually load XP and thats all I was trying to do, but the floppies will work too..
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10. July 2005 @ 16:52 |
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go with bbmayo's method as i didn't know there was 6 disks involved. are you doing any dvd burning??
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10. July 2005 @ 17:02 |
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I've got the 6 floppies (hard to believe I had them) I will install a dvd burner when I get up and running.
So I just use these floppies instead of xp disk?
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10. July 2005 @ 17:10 |
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I just got a file hpn.sys is corrupted error on disk 4. I
guess I have to reformat all 6 disks and start over. I'll let yall know how it works out. Thanks for the advice so far.
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10. July 2005 @ 17:42 |
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10. July 2005 @ 17:48 |
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Here is another place to get some boot disks. To make it easy for you though I would go ahead and use either the win95 or 98 boot disks then jusgo into "Fdisk" and delete all your partitions. Then create your partition. It will tell you need to restart and format for the partition to be active. So just restart and then format the C:\ drive. Then put in your WinXP CD and restart the computer and reload XP like you normally would making sure you format your partition again using the NTFS file system :-)
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10. July 2005 @ 17:48 |
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Thanks for sticking with me. The 6 disks didn't work. I got back in the loop again.
bbmayo,
I just downloaded the file you said, and will give it a try.
Thanks for hanging with me.
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10. July 2005 @ 18:08 |
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I'll try to find a 95 or 98 window boot disk. There is an 8 meg partition that will not go away. I can't seem to delete it.
Thanks for all your help. I'll let you know how it works out.
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10. July 2005 @ 19:13 |
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That last link I provided has all the boot disk's you will need :-)
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10. July 2005 @ 20:18 |
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bbmayo
That did it. 98 boot disk and fdisk.Thank you very much. I will file that away in my things to remember and pass along.
Hogan
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10. July 2005 @ 20:29 |
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No problem :-) DDP's way is more preffered but that way I showed you is the easiest for most people and it usually works. Glad you got it working :-)
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11. July 2005 @ 08:39 |
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actually i use the win98se bootdisk to partition & format a hd for xp as i can access xp off the bootdisk if xp screws up
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11. July 2005 @ 20:34 |
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I got hd formated and xp installed. The mobo is an asus a7v-vm, made for hp. I can find no support on the Asus site. Searching for my drivers now (chipset, audio and video).
Thanks ddp and bbmayo for the help.
Hogan
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12. July 2005 @ 06:40 |
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12. July 2005 @ 20:19 |
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ddp,
after a closer look, it turns out to be a pavilion XT938. I poked around on other forums(asus help forums and the like) and found all the drivers. The computer is running like a clock, every thing is working great.
Not a bad system for a freebie. I plan to install an old Nec dvd r drive I have laying here. My sister needs a computer for her kids and can't afford one. So this is one is going to their house.
Thanks again to you and bbmayo for all the help.
Hogan
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12. July 2005 @ 20:28 |
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12. July 2005 @ 22:27 |
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That was where I got my drivers. Chipset, graphic and I think audio. It was 3 am so I don't remember. I did put them on disk though, for future use.
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13. July 2005 @ 07:15 |
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ok, no problem. teach & learn
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16. July 2005 @ 03:46 |
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LOL i had this exact problem its an exact loop and goes over and over... i took my hp to a pc repair shop and we had a look at it in shop turned out the hd had no jumper we put one in the rite spot and then it worked and i could install windows again... if u know how to do put a jumper in ure computer i suggest u have a look and do that but if u dont know what im talking about i suggest u take it into a pc repair shop... hope this helps
chainsaw the computer in half... im 99% sure it will fix the problem. and u might even get some new ones
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