First, to boot to your CD, you need to strike F12 as you start the computer, and select an option that talks about CD/DVD rom. Then be ready to hit any key.
As for repairing the OS, is there more to the error message or is that it?
@Pawk wrote:
First, to boot to your CD, you need to strike F12 as you start the computer, and select an option that talks about CD/DVD rom. Then be ready to hit any key.
As for repairing the OS, is there more to the error message or is that it?
okay when i first start up my computer, it says, "SMART Failure predicted on HArd Disk 0. Warning immediatley back-up your data and replace your Hard Disk Drive.A failure may be imminant."PRess f1 to continue. so i do, and i boot the disc. when i do it, when i reach the formatting part, it says to pick one, like this C: PArtition1 [unkown] 57224 mb (57223 mb free)then under this 1 it says inportined space 8 mb. i pick the first one,(second one is to small) it goes quick, once at 100% it says:"Setup was unable to format the partition. The disk may be damaged.Make sure the drive is switchedon and property connected to your computer.IF the disk is a SCSI disk ,MAke sure your SCSI devices are properly terminated.COnsult your computer manual or SCSI adapter documentation for more informtation.
Heres a link to the picture of what it says, OH BTW its a laptop(perfer not to say which type).http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00170mo5.jpg
Message Edited by Dizzy8109 on 02-22-2008 02:02 PM
Hope you've got all your files backed up on CD or DVD, because the hard drive is about to, or has already failed! And if you reformat, you'll lose all your files, so think
carefully about what you're doing!
If your files aren't backed up, you may need to install this hard drive in another PC as a secondary drive so you can copy off your files.
If they're already backed up, it's probably not work trying to reformat and reinstall XP on the old drive. The drive is bad and needs to be replaced. If you install a new hard drive and put XP on it, you can then install the old drive as secondary in your system to copy off your files.
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February 22nd, 2008 17:00
is the hdd seen in bios?
Pawk
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February 22nd, 2008 17:00
As for repairing the OS, is there more to the error message or is that it?
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February 22nd, 2008 17:00
RoHe
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February 23rd, 2008 00:00
If your files aren't backed up, you may need to install this hard drive in another PC as a secondary drive so you can copy off your files.
If they're already backed up, it's probably not work trying to reformat and reinstall XP on the old drive. The drive is bad and needs to be replaced. If you install a new hard drive and put XP on it, you can then install the old drive as secondary in your system to copy off your files.
Ron