i have a new system and can’t seem to format the sata hard drive. i tried connecting a floppy drive but it wont recognise it. is it possible to format it without using a floppy drive?
I also tried formating it by using Linux Ubuntu live CD which didn’t work either.
anyone help???
Thanks
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i can’t seem to locate the required Image on http://bootdisk.com, seems a bit complicated for me, could you please provide a direct link, cheers
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Tagged drive, floppy drive, format, hd, recognise, SATA, sata hard drive, system, Won't
I basically want to know how to install it on the HD and get rid of Windows. I can already boot Puppy live from the CD but I want it completely stored on the HD now.
10 points for the best answer. I need your help!
Thanks Don Ho but I DO NOT WANT TO BOOT FROM CD like I mentioned before. I want to know how to install it on my hard drive.
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Tagged boot, drive, Hard Drive, hd, Linux, puppy, puppy linux, windows, windows xp
My girlfriend’s laptop has been experiencing some issues. It BSoD’d her, crashed, and kept auto-restarting to the boot choices menu. No matter what option was picked, it would just auto-restart to the menu after the Windows splash screen. She doesn’t have an XP cd, since they don’t usually come with HP laptops. We tried the built in recovery, but it crashed in the middle of repartitioning the hard drive, and now each time it is booted up, it can get to BIOS and boot settings, but after that, the error message that Windows root/system32@/hal.dll is corrupted or missing and needs replaced. Well, we can’t do much to it without the XP cd. Almost every solution online requires the disc. No other machine to hook it up to. No extra hd. Any help or ideas? I thought about recovery LiveCD’s and smaller Linux distros/utilities, but since I don’t live close by, I need something she can learn to do on her own(she isn’t very computer savvy).
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Tagged boot, bsod, choices, Compaq, compaq presario, compaq presario c300, distros, error message, girlfriend, hal dll, Hard Drive, hd, hp, hp laptops, Laptop, Linux, menu, Presario, problems, recovery, windows, windows root, windows splash screen
I am typing this on a linux freespire live cd someone please help me get back to windows!
How can I get a Windows XP cd bootable?..it’s because I’ve accidentally erased the operative system trying to deleting Linux and it looks like the only way to get back my files…somebody help me please. I’m lost. My HD is “encrypted” cause the login password and it has very very important information. It will be always important u know. I’ve already used a Knoppik cd bootable. I can open information by this way but cannot extract the information… Thanks u all readers..
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Tagged hd, help, important information, information, information thanks, Knoppik, Linux, login, operative system, password, somebody, system, way, windows, windows xp, windows xp cd
