Guest Paul Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 I had to replace the hard drive in a Toshiba Satellite A105 notebook and can't get Windows XP to install. I tried using both the Microsoft Windows XP disk as well as the recovery disk from Toshiba but they don't get any further than loading the initial files for set up. Does anyone have any suggetstions?
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: Problem Reinstalling Windows XP "Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AC1202AD-76C5-44C8-8E03-A5AF52AF5D0E@microsoft.com... >I had to replace the hard drive in a Toshiba Satellite A105 notebook and > can't get Windows XP to install. I tried using both the Microsoft Windows > XP > disk as well as the recovery disk from Toshiba but they don't get any > further > than loading the initial files for set up. > > Does anyone have any suggetstions? What exactly happens? Have you tried an alternate CD drive? Also, what happened to the old drive - can it be cloned? HTH -pk
Guest Paul Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: Problem Reinstalling Windows XP Don't have an external cd drive to hook up and the old HD is toast. "Patrick Keenan" wrote: > "Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:AC1202AD-76C5-44C8-8E03-A5AF52AF5D0E@microsoft.com... > >I had to replace the hard drive in a Toshiba Satellite A105 notebook and > > can't get Windows XP to install. I tried using both the Microsoft Windows > > XP > > disk as well as the recovery disk from Toshiba but they don't get any > > further > > than loading the initial files for set up. > > > > Does anyone have any suggetstions? > > What exactly happens? Have you tried an alternate CD drive? Also, what > happened to the old drive - can it be cloned? > > HTH > -pk > > >
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: Problem Reinstalling Windows XP "Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:56F57A7F-50F9-4CA6-9127-94C7648E72A2@microsoft.com... > > Don't have an external cd drive to hook up and the old HD is toast. OK, so what exactly happens? It may be that other hardware has failed, as well. HTH -pk > "Patrick Keenan" wrote: > >> "Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:AC1202AD-76C5-44C8-8E03-A5AF52AF5D0E@microsoft.com... >> >I had to replace the hard drive in a Toshiba Satellite A105 notebook and >> > can't get Windows XP to install. I tried using both the Microsoft >> > Windows >> > XP >> > disk as well as the recovery disk from Toshiba but they don't get any >> > further >> > than loading the initial files for set up. >> > >> > Does anyone have any suggetstions? >> >> What exactly happens? Have you tried an alternate CD drive? Also, >> what >> happened to the old drive - can it be cloned? >> >> HTH >> -pk >> >> >>
Guest NotMe Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: Problem Reinstalling Windows XP I had a machine recently that would not accept any of my 16 "Genuine Microsoft Windows XP" CDs. It wouldn't boot from any of them, though all worked fine in other machines. It did boot & allow me to install from a COPY of one of the CDs. I don't know if it was something in the EMachine BIOS settings or what, but it was strange. Other CDs and DVDs seem to play fine in it now that XP is working. I would check the fans, make sure it's not overheating. I have had several machines, desktop and laptop, that would not stay up long enough to load any OS until I fixed the overheat situation. -- A Professional Amateur...If anyone knew it all, none of would be here! CarGodZeroOne@hotmail.com Change Alpha to Numeric to reply "Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AC1202AD-76C5-44C8-8E03-A5AF52AF5D0E@microsoft.com... >I had to replace the hard drive in a Toshiba Satellite A105 notebook and > can't get Windows XP to install. I tried using both the Microsoft Windows > XP > disk as well as the recovery disk from Toshiba but they don't get any > further > than loading the initial files for set up. > > Does anyone have any suggetstions? > >
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