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Sonnich Jensen
Apr 13, 2012, 2:58:22 PM4/13/12
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Hi
I got a HP/Compaq nc6220 second hand, with the old HD deleted - almost
- it boots but fails. Anyway I wanted to install XP on it, and took my
previous XP CD,from which it loads (but does not offer to format the
HD). At some point it crashes.
The nc6220 has a sata HD, I think that is the problem.
I also tried some old Win95 and 98 disks - similar result.
Any ideas what I can do?
When booting from a dos disk, there is no HD to be seen.... sata?
Sonnich
I got a HP/Compaq nc6220 second hand, with the old HD deleted - almost
- it boots but fails. Anyway I wanted to install XP on it, and took my
previous XP CD,from which it loads (but does not offer to format the
HD). At some point it crashes.
The nc6220 has a sata HD, I think that is the problem.
I also tried some old Win95 and 98 disks - similar result.
Any ideas what I can do?
When booting from a dos disk, there is no HD to be seen.... sata?
Sonnich
Ben Myers
Apr 14, 2012, 1:00:39 PM4/14/12
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Sonnich Jensen" <sonnic...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:839627a8-908c-4b31...@l3g2000vbv.googlegroups.com...
> The nc6220 has a sata HD, I think that is the problem.
> I also tried some old Win95 and 98 disks - similar result.
> Any ideas what I can do?
> When booting from a dos disk, there is no HD to be seen.... sata?
Try typing "fdisk" and select option 4. If the entry under "System" is something other
than "FAT" or "FAT32", you will have to use an NT style system like Windows XP or
repartition the disk by deleting the existing partition and creating a new one using option
1. If your boot disk doesn't have fdisk, see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263044
Ben
>
> Sonnich
> Hi
> I got a HP/Compaq nc6220 second hand, with the old HD deleted - almost
> - it boots but fails. Anyway I wanted to install XP on it, and took my
> previous XP CD,from which it loads (but does not offer to format the
> HD). At some point it crashes.
Try cleaning the CD.
> I got a HP/Compaq nc6220 second hand, with the old HD deleted - almost
> - it boots but fails. Anyway I wanted to install XP on it, and took my
> previous XP CD,from which it loads (but does not offer to format the
> HD). At some point it crashes.
> The nc6220 has a sata HD, I think that is the problem.
> I also tried some old Win95 and 98 disks - similar result.
> Any ideas what I can do?
> When booting from a dos disk, there is no HD to be seen.... sata?
than "FAT" or "FAT32", you will have to use an NT style system like Windows XP or
repartition the disk by deleting the existing partition and creating a new one using option
1. If your boot disk doesn't have fdisk, see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263044
Ben
>
> Sonnich
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