installing xp from windows 7

[12345guy12345]

hi i have a samsung n130 notebook it came with xp installed i put windows 7 on to it after a few month it was running slow so i decided to put windows xp back on to my notebook so i connected up the external dvd drive and ran the windows xp disc formatted my drive with a quick format and let it install then when it got to about 51% the hdd was ratteling like mad  and then  it started to say the rest off the files couldn t be copyed reset computer so i tried to put windows 7 back on and that did the same with the hdd rattling again now i have no operating system and carnt get any thing to install i have just downloaded flashboot and made a bootable usb with windows xp and its stuck at o% formatted i also forgot to say that when i tried to do a full format at first with xp and 7  it would just stay at 0 % i left it formatting for 12 hours and still stuck at 0 % i can see my hdd in my bios anyone any ideas or know what it could be thanks for reading

[Plastic Nev]

Hi and welcome to Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help,

loud and sustained rattling noises from the hard drive suggest it has died on you I am afraid. Good job perhaps that there was no data on it to be lost.

 

There may be some instructions in your manual for removing the hard drive for replacement, in most cases it will be a cover underneath, remove that, perhaps one or two screws, and usually just pull the drive out.

 

Nev.

[12345guy12345]

hi nev i removed my hdd and connected it to my other pc it lets me tranfer files is it possible to try and install xp via this computer to the hdd then put it back in the notebook

[KenB]

The only way you could do this would be to install XP as you suggest then, after putting it in the Notebook you would need to do a Repair Installation using the original installation CD.

 

I doubt very much if it would boot when first put in the Notebook as Windows would recognise a different environment ( motherboard etc )

 

The Repair Installation would not remove any data / files etc.

[12345guy12345]

thanks for the reply after playing with the hdd for abit trying to transfer large amount off files at a time it started to stop transfering and a window popped up saying carnt copy files there is a hardware problem will this hdd defo be dead and i should just buy a replasement i seen one on ebay for 25pound with postage 160 gig same as my old one

[KenB]

I think that just about confirms it :)