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installing winxp pro hangs on pavilion xt963

i replace the HD for a new one same size as the original , these pavilions have the recovery inside the same HD they dosent bring CDs so i decided to install WINxp PRO the original OS was Win xp Home , the pc boot from the cd and start making the instalation when it reboots to finish the instalation it goes back to the cd to start a new instalation , then if i change the settings on the Bios forcing it to boot by the HD it just stay there on a black screen doing nothing.

woodendude

if i'm not mistaken the cd should have been removed before the reboot, then it prompts you again for the cd insaertion to finish the unstall.

lowformat

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i tried that didnt work either

i replace the HD on this machine withanother same size , as i know this pc dosent came wiht recovery cds , we are trying to install win xp pro , the problem is that after it install and reboot to finish the instalation it dosent boot from the HD , it boots from floopy and cd but not from the HD it hangs there on a black screen , i was able to read the files on the HD via the recovery cosole on the winxp cd but when it boots from the floopy win98 startup disk it , i cant see the drive and files on the fdisk command it tells me no fixed drive

tfjeff

not being able to see the files when booting to a win98 disk is usually normal (dos won't recognize an NTFS partition)...however, fdisk should still be able to see the drive...that's very strange. Try resetting your bios to factory defaults. Does bios recognize the hard drive?
good luck
jeff

lowformat

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yes the bios recognize

tfjeff

try running the manufacturer's diagnostics for the hard drive (I can give you a link but I need a brand name of the hard drive). If it all passes you might need to debug your drive and try the installation again. Very strange.

lowformat

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its a HP Pavilion xt963 , it seems that they put a hiden partition and as i dont have the recovery cd because they put it inside the same HD , and this is a new drive i guess i have to do with it

Cyber-Dude

Simple,

In each BIOS theres a 'PnP OS enabled/disabled' option. It may come in the form of: "PnP OS: Yes/No' or 'OS2 enabled/disabled' and forth... This will eliminate all hardware collisions you may experienceing...

Cyber

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lowformat

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lawyerboy780 : i tried that but it goes back into the CD to start the instalation

the old partition was an HPFS-NTSF since that partition was deleted am unable to boot
is there a way to format a disk on HPFS-NTSF or maybe doing a partition recovery or undelete will work ? how i can that be done?

Cyber-Dude

Yap; do the following:
Insert Windows XP bood CD and use 'R' to enter recovery console; provide all the details you wish and type the following command:
'diskpart'

You will enter the diskpart prompt where you'll have the chance to delete all partitions and reformat them using the 'clean' command....

Go to the following link and learn more about this command:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rlively/MANUALS/COMMANDS/D/DISKPART.HTM

Cyber

lawyerboy780

Lowformat: If you have or can get at a copy of Partition Magic, you can create a boot disk and manipulate the harddrive easily with the software. Personally, I've never had much luck with the Recovery Console, despite printing out piles of "how to". If you don't have PowerQuest's Partition Magic, there are dozens of drive utility/recovery programs out there.

Good luck with the console. by the way, what brand of harddrive are you fighting with?

Regards
James H.

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samgsun

lawyerboy780

That may be the root of your problem then. What model number? or does it support up to 133MB/sec data transfer rate (UDMA mode 6)?

Regards
James H.