I've been trying to install windows xp from a cd onto my dell c400 notebook which does not have an internal cd drive. Thus far I've tried to pre-load the installation files on the hard drive and boot from them, use windows PE to install off a network cd drive, and install off an external usb cd drive
View 14 RepliesA friend of mine would like me to take a look at his computer for him later. He said he is getting an error message when he starts it up that says Failure to read internal drive Press F1 to reboot. He doesn't have the exact message but that's about it. Does this mean the hard drive is bad, or is there hope that I can fix this?
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy sis has one of those Wally-Mart Acer mini laptops; NO CD-ROM drive in it (PS: way-bad idea! Never buy a computer w/o a dvd/cd drive in it!). She managed to delete the graphics card driver and so when that occurred and rebooted, nothing on-screen! Its there, you just cannot see anything in windows! And, because there is no drive, the CD with all the original programs cannot be run in start-up mode without an external CD-ROM drive
I want to use my (HP Pavilion zv6000 w/XP) laptop as that external drive to re-load her original CD, which (of course) has all the drives on it! At start-up, the Acer (also w/XP) has an option to start-up from an ext. drive, so it has that capability (obviously, w/o a drive of its own), but how to make my HP "look" like an external drive (via USB-to-USB hookup) is the problem!
I decided to help out an older friend upgrade their computer. I had an old tower lying around minus a Hard Drive, and I figured that I could remove my friends Hard Drive from his PC and pop it into my Tower and away he'd go. Well, it didn't work. The PC seemed to boot fine and showed the initial text, but when it came to the Windows XP loading-part of the boot process, the monitor flashed white for a millisecond then went blank and the power light turned to amber, then off altogether.I disabled my ATI Graphics card, then tried again with no luck so I looked in BIOS but couldn't get it to detect the drive which is a Seagate Barracuda 40GB drive.I did however notice that the HD was listed as Secondary Slave. I was able to move it up to Primary Slave by moving the jumper but couldn't set it as Master. I even tried with the jumper removed. In fact I don't recall whether or not there was a Secondary Master there is a DVD/CD Combo drive installed so maybe that was set as Secondary Master? I'm afraid I can't remember.
I then tried connecting the HD to the same cable as the DVD/CD drive with no luck. The HD is an IDE and my original HD was also a Seagate IDE drive. Also FWIW, the last time I used my Tower with an IDE HD installed ( only months ago) it all worked perfectly.After a few hours I called it a day.So, when I returned home I realised that the DVD/CD drive was probably throwing a spanner in the works and I should have unplugged it to see if that would get a result.Finally it dawned on me that my friends internal HD would have all the drivers pertaining to his particular set up (Mobo, etc) but not the drivers for my mobo and maybe that's why Windows didn't boot up.I'm left wondering if it's even possible to do what I'm trying to achieve, or would my friends IDE Hard Disc need to be wiped before installing it into my Tower? I have the ABIT VIA-1.31M driver disc that came with my mobo, but don't really know where to go from here other than to try to install the drivers for my Mobo onto my friends HD before I remove it from his PC and install it in the one I want to give to him ..
internal hard drive delete all partition and create a ntfs partition. (due to some problem)I put the windows xp disc to boot ; Ntldr is missing. (boot prority set to cd)I extract Ntldr and ndtect from the windows xp disc and create boot.ini, then put all three file to the internal hard drive.This time it said hal file is missing.
View 8 Replies View RelatedRecently I haven't been able to install certain programs due to Internal Error 2908.When I press OK in the message box another one opens and all I can do is kill the setup program in Task Manager.I guess this is some sort of registry problem.
View 6 Replies View RelatedRunning XP Professional SP3. I am curious why Windows does not recognize an internal DVD ROM as a DVD? It sees it under My Computer as a CD Drive. But, if you put a DVD disc in the drive, then it sees it as a DVD..... THE DVD ROM is an LG Model GH22NP20.
View 3 Replies View Relatedmy friend keeps telling me to buy this: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2349357
but i really have no idea what it will do for my computer, i dont really understand. could someone please explain it to me????
I have a Dell Dimension 8300 desktop with 80GB hard drive and 3 GB RAM. Dell do told me I can have only a total of 120GB hard drive on my machine. Dell forum said that is not right. The Dell manual states there is are 2 bays for 1" high hard drives and it gives installation directions for adding a second internal drive. I have 3 external hard drives for backups, photos and much of what I don't need or want on the C drive. I need to install more programs for photography since they can not be run from an external drive according to those I have asked.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI'm looking for Tapisrv (Telephony Service). I've looked under MMC services panel, and it seems to be missing. I've added an old internal 56K modem after the install. While everything seems to have installed okay, the computer seems to think that I have no modem (drivers are okay). A browse through the event log shows that the Tapisrv is n/a. Are all services not installed for the first time? If not, then how to add a service? I've just moved to XP, so I'm unfamiliar with it.
View 13 Replies View RelatedMy problem is that I am trying to use a 60 GB ATA / 133 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Internal Hard Drive as an External Drive as a Slave and I am having trouble getting my bios to recognize it.The Hard Drive is hooked up in the same way as an Internal SATA DVD burner setup as an External DVD Burner that is running on Windows Office XP 2003 and it works fine. So what suggestion would you give me so that I maybe able to get the bios to recognize this drive?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a Maxtor internal 300gb drive that I've mounted in an external casing. The other day I knocked it over and ever since then when I turn it on it makes some kind of warning sound three times. The computer doesn't detect it anymore and I can't access any of the information on it
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have two burners in my system; one CD-R/W and one DVD-R/W. I usually burn everything on the DVD drive. However, after I burn something and place it back into the DVD drive to view the files, I can't. When I go to My Computer, right click on the DVD drive, I don't have the option to "OPEN". I do have this option on the CD-R/W drive but I'm wondering why I don't have that option on the DVD drive. This seems strange to me that I cannot do an OPEN on the right click with the DVD drive. any suggestions? I'm running WinXP Pro with all the updates, 2GB Ram.
View 8 Replies View Relatedbefore I install the new hard drive making this new drive the boot drive which will be replacing my existing "C" drive how I by to do this, my system is Compaq Presario with Windows XP Home Edition and has Drive "C" with 20GB, Drive "D" (which is the SYSTEM SAVE DRIVE) with 18GB, Slave Drive "G" with 98GB and I made a partition on this drive which is Drive "H" with 15GB, the new drive that I want to install is a Seagate with 120 GB.
View 14 Replies View RelatedEver wanted to convert your internal Zip Drive to a portable one? Purchase a Mobile Hard Disk Rack. Install your internal Zip Drive to the Rack. XP will automatically recognize the Zip Drive and you are good to go!
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am interested in adding a 3rd internal hard drive to my computer. All the connection are in use, so I need a way to connect the third hard drive. Is there a device i can buy that will allow me to conect the 3rd hard drive?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'd like to add a floppy drive to my newish XP based desktop (which came without), and am debating whether to put in an internal drive or get an external USB drive. Since I don't expect to be using it a lot (mainly to read floppies from previous systems), I'm leaning toward the USB drive for reasons ranging from convenience to leaving a free bay for another hard drive,
View 3 Replies View RelatedHi Folks, I have a Dell Optiplex GX240 running Windows XP Pro with 512MB memory. I currently have a 40GB hard drive in there. I want to know if it can handle a 250GB hard drive. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I'm considering the Western Digital Hard Drive.
View 12 Replies View RelatedLast Tuesday when I turned my computer on, I got the message ?A disk read error occurred, press crtrl+alt+delete to restart?. Since then I have been searching online for a way to get my computer back up & running.The specs of my computer:Dell Inspiron 9100 NotebookWindows XP Pro SP3P4 @ 3.2 Ghz w/ Hyper Threading1 gb Memory 160 gb Western Digital PATA/IDE HD (Replaced original 80 gb HD in May 08 b/c too small Removable internal DVD/CD-RW drive (& a removable internal floppy dis Purchased in Oct. 04.)
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have not been able to get past a dark screen for two days. I have rebooted about 10 to 15 times. One of those times it attempted to do a scan disc but failed to complete. One time I got the XP loading screen, but it failed also. If I turn the moniter off then on, I get the moniter logo followed by NO SYNC. I am not a pc guru, but I think the hard drive may be dead.
View 4 Replies View RelatedEvery time I turn my computer on I am getting the following error message;
"Read Failure on internal hard drive. No bootable devices -- Strike F1 to retry boot F2 for setup utlility"
and every time I attempt to retry boot by entering F1 I do am immediately brought back to the same message. Can someone please help as I am in desperate need to recover company files located on the hard drive.
i recently added an extra hard drive(40gb)internal to my e-machine running wxp-sp2.the new hd came with files i'd like to clear first.then,i want to copy my entire c (os) to the new d drive.is there a way to do so for free?
View 2 Replies View Relatedmy computer running slow and now, my computer has completely failed me.It's a Dell Inspiron 9300. About 4 years old. Without finding a way into it, I can't tell you much else. The only thing I downloaded today was HJT so I could post a log on the other thread I have up. fell asleep on the couch, and when I awoke, there was a lovely blue screen with some gibberish about "if this is the first time you have seen this screen, restart" and when I did...BLACK SCREEN and this horrendous clicking noise coming from the lower right-hand side of the unit. I should also mention the unit was so hot to the touch I nearly burned myself. Literally. It's gotten hot before, but this was honestly stove-top burner hot
View 3 Replies View RelatedI want to use a 120GB for backups for my wired computer and 2 wireless computers. How do i do this? And what software should i use to be able to backup and restore?
View 16 Replies View RelatedI was just wondering if there's a special piece I can connect to the hard drive internal plug (that used to connect to my comp) that will like change it and make it into a USB??
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have usb drive on my desk top 2 in the front and 4 in the back only one in the back is working for my printer when I plug up my mouse it does not recognize my mouse I tried other plug mouse
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a Dell computer where one of the loading .dll files came up 'missing' one day, so it won't boot. I want to get all the photos and other docs off the hard drive. I had downloaded one version of linux and was able to see the files on the internal hard drive, but was unable to copy them to a memory stick or external hard drive. Now I've downloaded ubuntu and booted off a memory stick... this time, it's telling me that the internal hard drive has all kinds of bad sectors and won't let me access any of the files on there.
View 1 Replies View Relatedjust installed a second internal hard drive. tried to access bios at start up (to setup hard drive) but system doesn't respond to ANY keyboard keys. system just continues with normal Windows boot-up. once XP is running all functions and software seem fine. no matter how many times I try at "Press Del to enter Setup" nothing works. Jusat before I had this problem, I had a problem with software (which I have removed) that caused my system to lock up. when I rebooted system stopped and offerred reboot options, ea: Safe Mode, but I the arrow keys would not work, system just went directly to Windows boot up.how can I access the bios if system doesn't respond to keyboard?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI own a Dell GX270 (the one with the bad Motherboards) and would like to take the Hard Drive from this bad bad machine and install it on my other (Similar, but actually working) Dell (OPTIPLEX 160) as a Second Hard Drive. The Hard Drive from the defective PC obviously has all my valuable programs on it, some of which antiques that I love using for work. Both computers have identical Operating systems (XP-Pro)
My questions are:
Will I be able to run programs directly from the old (now second) Hard Drive? If not, what is the safest way to merge the individual program's registry entries with the registry on the drive which actually operates the machine
These two folders appeared some time back on my 250GB internal storage drive. The names of the folder are 15 characters long and are alphanumeric and have one subfolder in each named i386. And are ?0? in size. I first tried shift delete, ?Can?t remove access denied? I download and tried Erase. First with 1 pass, nothing? Not even an error! I went all out and did the Gutmann, 35 passes. Nothing and no error! The file just remains. For convenient sake I renamed the main folder to 1 and 2 and booted into the recovery consol and tried to delete it from there. Same thing! ?Can?t remove access denied? What the!!
View 9 Replies View RelatedI had been chatting with the sales rep. in Dell but this is what they want me to purchase [Western Digital
500GB SATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive 8MB 5400RPM 2.5IN Scorpio Blue ] is everyone could help me find a internal hard drive with capacity of "160-500gb" that is compatible with my Inspiron 6000 notebook? and does my notebook support SATA?