Comments on: My harddrive failed and I cannot reinstall operating system

By: Xav

Xav — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:11:13 +0000

Hi i have a sony vaio 3 years old.i had vista and i installed xp.i inserted windows xp 08 home edition to reboot.during the installation it gave me error that certain files could not be copied so i skipped these files and continued installation.After the installation it restarted and went to the setup screen then it gave error insert installation cd whuch was already there then it gave error file asms is needed hence insert cd.I press ok and it takes me to system setup log where it tells me that installation failed E:\ROOT\XPHR\I386\asms access is denied and it says fatal error could not be installed.I tried to install from other cd and tried windows 7 and also tried vista again but it will not boot and takes me to the same screen and asks for xp servicepack 2 cd.please help…

By: julius

julius — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:49:48 +0000

i replaced my hdd on dell inspiror 1545, laptop itself detect it, but when i try to install windows, which was in laptop box, it does not detect the new hdd, i troed a few other ways, but o still ended up wiyh notdetected….. Any help would be nice.

By: Rosa

Rosa — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:31:42 +0000

The DELL OS CD is the recovery disk that came with the laptop so I’m not sure which one it is. I also have the XP SP2 disk and I tried that but still nothing.

Would it be a boot fail?

By: Laptop Freak

Laptop Freak — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:07:22 +0000

rosa,

-windows xp boot screen
-”system is checking your hardware configurations”
-blank/black screen

and its been like this for 30 minutes.

Take a look at the Dell OS CD. Does it say what version of XP you are installing? Is it Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2?
I believe Windows XP SP1 will not support large drives.

By: rosa

rosa — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:48:21 +0000

Hello! Thank you for reading my post.

I have a DELL Inspiron 9300. My original hard
disk (60GB) was giving me problems. Two
days ago, I tried to start the computer but it
would go to the Windows XP screen and then
load a blank (or black) screen. I tried rebooting
a couple of times but it still happened.

Today, I went out got and new one (320GB). I
formatted it on another computer to give me
two different partitions (~120GB each) so I can
do a fresh install on one of them using the
recovery cd. Here comes the problem.

When I didn’t have the hard drive in the
computer, the recovery cd would work fine.
The blue installation screen would pop up and
tt would go all the way to the “install a fresh
copy of Windows XP” option before telling me
that I didn’t have a hard disk installed.
When I did have the hard drive in the computer
and the recovery cd in the cd-rom drive, it
would go through this:

-windows xp boot screen
-”system is checking your hardware configurations”
-blank/black screen

and its been like this for 30 minutes.

Any ideas?

By: brent conway

brent conway — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:35:15 +0000

I just bought a 320 Gb disk from SeaGate and the recovery disk gets to the :

to continue press (c) to abort press (a) [C, A]? I pressed C but it reboots from the CD-ROM drive. . .

Toshiba M45-S269 about 4 years old; hard drive has been formatted and is being detected.

If I need to access BIOS setup, how do I do that?

By: justheath

justheath — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:14:28 +0000

please help a new guy . tryed to upgrade to home edition. from milenium, set up failed now i have no operating system. and no milenum disk either. just would like to get milenum back .. please help me ?

By: justheath

justheath — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:11:54 +0000

i had windows milenium and tryed to upgrade to xp home edition, setup just keeps on restarting the computer. dont know what to do ? tryed going back with a recovery disk but still no luck , just keeps telling me no operating system , can anyone help me ? yes im a beginer.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:19:26 +0000

My wife’s Toshiba Satellite P10 had its HD replace about a year ago. I want to use the recovery disk to reload a clean install, because the machine has become so sluggish. What steps are recommended to insure a smooth and easy reinstall. Maybe someone can refer me to a GOOD website to lead me through this. I am not a newbie, but neither am I a geek.
Thanks for the help.

By: Laptop Freak

Laptop Freak — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:58:29 +0000

Mike B,

seems that Toshiba recovery disk only works with the same size Toshiba bought replacement part.

This is not correct. The recovery will work with any hard drive compatible with your laptop.
Maybe your laptop is too old for a 250GB hard drive and the BIOS simply cannot support large drives?

If your laptop is relatively new, try the following. Access the BIOS setup menu and load default settings. That key could be HOME, F9 or something else, it depends on the BIOS version. You’ll see instructions on the bottom of the page.
Set default values, save the settings, reboot the laptop and try reimaging the hard drive again.