Hi, i was trying to reformat my Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop and reinstalling Wins XP home. When the screen show reformating till about 65%, it stopped and show me a message "partmgr.sys" error and asked me to restart. I restarted the laptop again with the xp cd in it but it could not boot from cd! Now i am caught in the middle without OS and i really dont know what to do. Please help!
2007-10-08 08:31:49 · 6 answers · asked by YK 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Thanks for all the halps and replies, its the hard drive that was damaged. Got it changed and it of now. Thanks guys! Appreciate for the quick responds!
2007-10-09 05:20:57 · update #1
Usually if a systems has a problem while formatting that means there is something wrong with the hard drive itself. It will likely need replacing. You can download the Ultimate boot CD and see if that will load and let you run diags. If you're not confortable doing that then you'll want to take it to a professional.
Geek Squad does not qualify as professionals.
2007-10-08 08:35:14 · answer #1 · answered by Waypo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, those are not a similar element. Formatting the force potential you're erasing each and every thing on the force which includes any working equipment on that force. in fact, uninstalling each and every thing and deleting each and every thing different than the OS is in all probability a bad thought. there'll nevertheless be registry institutions, temp records and leftover records belonging to those classes. this is going to proceed to fragment the force additionally. this is going to maximum possibly make issues worse. while you're having problems at the same time with your computing device, and you do no longer choose something on it, it may be terrific to bypass forward and do the format. XP does this with ease for you from the living house windows XP set up disc. this is going to see the old OS and ask in case you desire to format the force that's on. With each and every of the installs, uninstalls and vast document shifting I do, this is enormously lots a given to do a format approximately as quickly as a year.
2016-10-21 11:49:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u could try loading bios defaults then set it back to boot from cd first ... it could be a physical problem with the drive and if u hav access to another pc a way to tell would be to try to format it as a slave in a known good pc ..
2007-10-08 08:35:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try going to command prompt in safe mode and trpe reformat c:
Then try istalling the CD
if this doesn't work try these:
1. Install wit the computer on
2. Install by booting your computer, Pressing F2, then installing
3. Installing in safe mode
2007-10-08 08:37:11 · answer #4 · answered by TheAJ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Power on PC, press F12 for boot menu, choose CD to boot from, this time under install, choose to delete partition and recreate it again .
2007-10-08 08:34:43 · answer #5 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your bios settings are not supported
go to your bios
in the standerd bios feature select the first booting device
then select to cd rom
save it and exit.
your problem will be solved.
2007-10-08 08:38:39 · answer #6 · answered by malviya_1986 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋