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Presario 5BW130 HDD Install Problem
Matthew S Gillettewrote:
After tossing the old hard drive, I can't get this new Maxtor to take WINXP. I just want to load XP and start from scratch. Everything loads fine for copying, but on the first reboot before installing Windows, this Compaq can't seem to boot through. Is it missing bios info on a non-dos partition or something? I've only tried to boot to CD and am using WINXP partitioning/formatting. I can't find any Compaq bootable disk files which will setup this HDD for an OS. Am I missing something glaringly obvious. Thank you in advance for any help. 5BW130 5000 Series Compaq PC Celeron 667/66 MHz 256 MB sys rom date: 11.17.00 sysrom family: 686c3 chassis serial #:xxxxxxxxxxxx I know this sounds silly, but did you take the installation CD out of the drawer? It sounds like it's booting to the ROM drive over and over. |
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