while i was installing windows xp it got stuck on blackscreen after reboot laptop

[adamalzo66]

Please help i installed windows XP on an old laptop i bought of my mate it used to have windows XP on it. But i re installed it because it was dead slow. I want help because i need this laptop. Please help me i installed puppy Linux on it and it was working alright. Please i need some help i am still new at this laptop and pc stuff. It just stays like this and i tried to re install windows XP 10 times but still the same.

 

Thanks in advance

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[KenB]

Hi and welcome

 

1. What OS was on the laptop in the first place ? ( sticker underneath should say )

 

2. The version of XP you are trying to install - what is written on the disk itself ?

 

3. When you put the disk in the disk-drive and switch on .... do you get anything on screen at all ?

 

4. Before you tried to install XP - did the laptop work?

[adamalzo66]

Hi and welcome

 

1. What OS was on the laptop in the first place ? ( sticker underneath should say )

 

2. The version of XP you are trying to install - what is written on the disk itself ?

 

3. When you put the disk in the disk-drive and switch on .... do you get anything on screen at all ?

 

4. Before you tried to install XP - did the laptop work?

 

1.It was on windows XP home edition

 

2. It was a windows XP cd home edition the cd

 

3. first time i did the setup and everything and it was setting up windows but then in the installation it told me to reboot your laptop so i did it and then it stayed like this

 

4. it was working and it had loads of apps and files on it and it was slow so that's why i re installed it

[adamalzo66]

O By The Way there is some reset button under the laptop shall i try that ?

[adamalzo66]

i get the Packard Bell logo and then it asks me to press a key to boot from disc i tried that and i get the black screen and then i just kept it without booting from disc and same thing happened and then i tried to take the disc out and the same black screen pops up Puppy linux was alright but the wifi was not working so i want to go back to windows xp

[KenB]

i get the Packard Bell logo and then it asks me to press a key to boot from disc i tried that and i get the black screen

If you can't get past this we are going to have to try something else.

 

When the Packard Bell logo shows hold ALT down and tap F10 about once per second.

If there is a recovery partition it should show up here.

Do this with the installation disk out of the drive.

 

If the above doesn't work:

If you can take the hard drive out and connect it up to another machine you should be able format the hard drive then try installing the OS again.

 

If you need advice on how to do this just ask.

[adamalzo66]

Thanks I am going to try it but if it didn't work I've got puppy Linux on it is there a way I can format it from puppy Linux because I don't have another pc I just got another laptop and I can't put that hdd in a laptop

 

Thanks

[adamalzo66]

If you can't get past this we are going to have to try something else.

 

When the Packard Bell logo shows hold ALT down and tap F10 about once per second.

If there is a recovery partition it should show up here.

Do this with the installation disk out of the drive.

 

If the above doesn't work:

If you can take the hard drive out and connect it up to another machine you should be able format the hard drive then try installing the OS again.

 

If you need advice on how to do this just ask.

 

By the way i can get to the BIOS of the laptop if that helps

[KenB]

I've got puppy Linux on it is there a way I can format it from puppy Linux

You cannot format a hard drive from the installed OS.

 

I don't have another pc I just got another laptop and I can't put that hdd in a laptop

Actually you can - using a 2.5 inch hard drive to USB adapter.

It connects the drive to the USB port and you can treat it like a memory stick.

 

Alternatively - you can put it into an external enclosure ( caddy ) and connect this to the USB port.

 

You need to know if your drive is SATA or IDE - do you ?

 

By the way i can get to the BIOS of the laptop if that helps

It doesn't help your present problem.

[adamalzo66]

well nothing worked i guess i should keep it on puppy linux because i dont have an HDD enclosure to do it

[Synapse]

You can clear the hard drive using a boot CD.

 

Gparted is a Linux tool, dead easy to use, and will run from a boot CD here

 

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

 

 

[adamalzo66]

You can clear the hard drive using a boot CD.

 

Gparted is a Linux tool, dead easy to use, and will run from a boot CD here

 

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

 

 

 

 

I think I am going to keep it on puppy Linux but I have one question will an Internet to USB adapter work on puppy Linux ?

[Synapse]

Some will work, it is the wireless chipset that is important.

 

This post details some of the chipsets known to work.

 

http://www.puppylinuxforum.org/thread-298.html