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mivalenz 06-25-2008 07:58 PM

Thanks.
This tutorial finally made the imposible. Format a laptop hard drive in my Sony Vaio PCG-SR17 that now is running windows XP
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

the-tine 07-03-2008 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by mivalenz (Post 11615)
Thanks.
This tutorial finally made the imposible.
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

My thoughts exactly. XP is running smoothly on an HP Pavilion ze4900.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

stu06 07-06-2008 05:19 PM

Excellent solution thank you
 
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I would like to thank William and all the other contributors on this thread for an excellent solution to what seemed to me to be an unsolveable problem. After following the tuto and the various replies concerning some of the setbacks I experienced during my attempt I have finally managed to reinstall the Windows XP OS back to my dinosaur Acer 341T.
If I may I would care to add a note.The major setback I encountered personally was getting the DOS ver 7.10 to install onto the formatted laptop HDD,eventually after a couple of failed attempts with cd's(would run but not give installation prompt) I wrote the DOS ver 7.10 contents to a new floppy disc using winimage and booted the host desktop with the laptop's HDD still in slave mode on IDE 1 channel 2 with the master HDD on the desktop disconnected and DOS ver 7.10 started to install.

Many thanks again and keep up the good work
Regards .
Stuart.

the-tine 07-19-2008 04:57 PM

For people who want a no-hassle way to remove the dual boot screen:

1. Right click My Computer.
2. Open the Advanced tab.
3. In Startup and Recovery, click the Settings button.
4. Select your default operating system from the drop down menu.
5. Find the "Time to Display Operating Systems" box. Uncheck it.
6. Done!

old sparky5 07-26-2008 06:54 PM

Dell L400 No Floppy Or Cd Drive
 
hello I am new here so please correct me if I make a mistake but would like to say a big thanks to William for his tutorial as it helped me get my brother-in-laws Dell up and running again after someone had deleted o/s files on his laptop. Thanks once again:)

brown786 08-10-2008 12:06 AM

~~wonderful Tutorial~~
 
Subject: Keyboard not working in XP install, but works fine in DOS

Okay so I did everything as stated in the tutorial, and I just can't get my keyboard to work on my Toshiba Portege 3500.

BIOS Setting for USB Keyboard and Mouse are 'Enabled'

The exact state of the XP Tablet install I am stuck in is when the installation asks where the files are stored.

Also, while in the installation the keys' lights up (i.e. caps, fn, num etc)

Any advice??

Thanks,

mattzehr 08-14-2008 02:41 PM

I have the same problem
 
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Originally Posted by murj (Post 4294)
I tryed this using xp pro. When i put it back in my laptop and started it up the hdd read for a second and then nothing. Nothing on display.

I tried to format my hardrive in a DELL inspiron and then placed it in my DELL C400 but all I get after the bios is a black screen. any help would be great!

stu06 08-14-2008 05:21 PM

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The exact state of the XP Tablet install I am stuck in is when the installation asks where the files are stored.
A shot in the dark here,hope it helps!
Is this after you have entered at the prompt in DOS> run smartdrv.exe (type C:\smartdrv.exe at command prompt) > (type C:\I386\winnt.exe)and then have a windows prompt line asking for the directory? If thats the case press the enter key and the installation should continue.

beekeys 08-21-2008 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by William_Wilson (Post 3863)

Another option is an external cd drive, this should be ok once the floppies are installed.

Dear william thnx for very nice tutorial. I hv toshiba laptop where i can install 6 floppy, but when it asks for installation win xp, i dont found external cd drive for further installation of xp, help plz.

my laptop works with floppy plz, thnx in advance

Wombat 08-21-2008 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by beekeys (Post 12173)
Dear william thnx for very nice tutorial. I hv toshiba laptop where i can install 6 floppy, but when it asks for installation win xp, i dont found external cd drive for further installation of xp, help plz.
my laptop works with floppy plz, thnx in advance

You still need a cdrom drive to install Win XP, do you have a one connected externally yet...


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