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frustratedinjersey
Flightless Bird
I had to install a new hard drive to my notebook. while attempting to
install windows xp professional on to the new drive - it did not nstall
properly (my fault as i attempted a second time and used the same partition
which really screwed things up) so now when i try to boot up - it goes to the
windows loading screen for a few seconds and then the screen goes black and
nothing. No matter how i try to get it to recognize the xp install disk in
the dvd drive - nada. so my question is this. how do reformat the hard
drive - so i can start fresh and load in windows xp. I tried to change the
boot order, put in safe mode, debugging - nothing works. if someone could
tell me how to wipe out the new drive and start fresh, i would appreciate it
very much
install windows xp professional on to the new drive - it did not nstall
properly (my fault as i attempted a second time and used the same partition
which really screwed things up) so now when i try to boot up - it goes to the
windows loading screen for a few seconds and then the screen goes black and
nothing. No matter how i try to get it to recognize the xp install disk in
the dvd drive - nada. so my question is this. how do reformat the hard
drive - so i can start fresh and load in windows xp. I tried to change the
boot order, put in safe mode, debugging - nothing works. if someone could
tell me how to wipe out the new drive and start fresh, i would appreciate it
very much