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Okay, I have an HP laptop. Specs not really important for this Question, now the piece of metal junk has crashed on me for the second time, the first time, i reinstalled operating system and all, and it worked. A week later, it crashed, and now when i try installing the operating system, it gets to the part where I have to choose which drive or whatever to install xp on, no matter what option i click, the thing flashes an error message, and tells me it must shut down to prevent damage to computer. Obviously it ain't bright cause the comp is already damaged. If i start it without operating system is reads operating system not found, and shuts off after a few minutes. What do I need to do to fix this? Do I need to just buy a new internal hard drive? or is the comp totaled? i'm thinking maybe hard drive is just piece of garb, but i'm no expert that's why i'm asking anyone out their. Your answers are definitely appreciated and helpful, thank you all in advance.

2006-12-30 08:05:34 · 10 answers · asked by raynics82 2 in Computers & Internet Hardware Laptops & Notebooks

Some more details, i contacted hp, and they walked me through the "hp restoration" which was succesful, by pressing f10. When it comes to asking me which to set up XP on, it only gives one option, and would be the hard drive.

2006-12-30 08:18:11 · update #1

One other note, is I try and do the F10 thing again with the operating system cd that came with the laptop, and what worked the first time, and it all goes according to plan, except it just fails after i click install, and says it must shut down.

2006-12-30 08:26:49 · update #2

10 answers

most hard drives for laptops have a life expectancy of roughly around 6months to a year. so most likely your hard drive crashed. if you have a windows disc great but if not you will have to purchase a new one due to some hard drives have a restore partition

hope this helps
happy new year

2006-12-30 08:12:15 · answer #1 · answered by ExpressWebDesigns.com 4 · 0 0

Another note,

Sounds like the Hard Drive isn't sized for the system properly. Try a Bios upgrade.

What model?

Tom


Hey there,

I sounds like you have an overheating problem. There are sensors all over the computer that, if it gets too hot, the computer will shut itself down. My guess, and only a guess, is that there is something up with the processor or processor cooling. Under the processor is a reverse thermister. When it gets hot, it will pop and then send a "the sky is falling" message to the bios and shut itself down.

So, how does this help? It doesn't, except your hard drive probably isn't at fault.

My suggestion:
If that doesn't work, get the biggest piece of wood you can find and pound the living crap out of your laptop. It will never work again, but you'll feel really good destroying something that makes you feel stupid.

Then, go buy a new one.

Repeat. :)

Tom

2006-12-30 08:20:08 · answer #2 · answered by Cafetom 4 · 0 1

Any time I'm called to fix a HP Laptop hardware problem, I start by swapping out the Hard Drive ... that fixes 9 out of 10 (if the HDD swap don't fix it, I swap it for a Dell :-) ).

In my experience, HP Laptops suffer from poor cooling of the Hard Drives. This means they have a short, overheated, life. Fujitsu drives seem to last longer than others, but, hey, they all gonna fail sooner or later ...

Once you have it fixed, make sure you get an external (USB) drive and take regular back-ups.

2007-01-03 07:42:45 · answer #3 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0 0

First off, the PC one uses is only as smart as the user! 99.9 percent of peoples PC woes are caused by the users and their ignorance of how a PC operates! Now if you would have read the manual, you would have found that your HP has a very good restoration program! All you had to do is boot up while pressing the f10 key and you could have restored it to factory settings! This would have rectified all the mistakes YOU made using it! I have to say tho, its people like you that make me money!

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2016-10-28 18:13:41 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

You need to reinstall your system32.exe file which is a window XP starting file,if your computer manufacturers has provided you software reinstall CD you can use it,If you have window XP CD you can run it.If your system is pirated window website will not validate the o/s unless and until you provide the key.Or call the number appeared on your screen (while validating the o/s) and explain.They will give you temporary access key.Once the system restart,you can revalidate your system.

2006-12-30 08:12:46 · answer #6 · answered by precede2005 5 · 0 1

I had a very similar problem with my desktop computer. I replaced the hard drive and it did the trick. I'm not sure this is exactly the case with yours or not.

2006-12-30 08:13:47 · answer #7 · answered by scpenname 2 · 0 0

Get a new hard drive. Or a new laptop. But i'd get a new hard drive. Because I don't like spending money.

2006-12-30 08:08:00 · answer #8 · answered by Mayoku 2 · 0 0

hmmm i can't tell i need more detail about the part choosign which drive to install xp on
this could be your bios failing bad cpu or bad ram
or bad harddrive
when you boot it up does it have hard time loading operating system? if yes then it's the hard drive

2006-12-30 08:09:55 · answer #9 · answered by Evermore 3 · 0 2

You need to contact HP, for answers.

2006-12-30 08:09:14 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0 1

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