Re: Compaq Issues :( Help
Have you tried re-installing vista? or 7?
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i dont hasve any discs ..... hummm ill go in attic see if i can find a recovery disc
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well,, if you can try and install another operating system to rule out that it could be the disc. Erm,,, i have a feeling it may have somthin to do with the hard drive controller, but its too early to tell :coffee:
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i haved two copys of xp and last xp neither work :( i assume what u say is a bad thing?? and unfixable??
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lol.. no.. if its wat i say,, its still fixable.
When you are about to install XP, are you able to see the HDD partition that you want to install on?
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no it doesnt get that far!!
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try and get the correct driver for the Hard drive controller. (you have to find out which one is in your machine). Then download it, put it on a disc. Then when installing XP, when it says 'press F6 to install RAID or other 3rd party hdds (says somthin like that lol) you press f6, then put the disc in (the disc which you have your hard drive controller on) then it will load that... then it will be able to see your hard disk.. and continue with the xp installation.
BUT it might not be that problem :scared:. So try and find another Operating system disc and install it and see what happens. You can also take out your ram and re-fit/re-seat it back in while your finding another disc. Could be a memory problem, but i doubt it. Erm,, thats all that comes to mind at the moment :P
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As Slim said. I think you will need to specify the hard drive controller during setup. If you get stuck post the model number and I will see if I can find the XP driver for you. :)
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were would i find what hard drive controler the laptop has?
its a compaq cq70??
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Can you post the number off the bottom. I think it will be CQ70-****
Cheers
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its getting too the point of garden is getting a laptop!!!
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sorted now, ive thrown it against the wall and jumped on the pile of ****!!!!! i wont ever buy a HP laptop again the customer service is a pile of **** too with people who cant even speak english!!!!
Who in there mind is going to pay £269.99 to get the laptop sent off and fixed when i can get a new one for £400!! with a years warranty, Oh well its in the bin in bits and it felt GREAT
Bahhhhhhhhh HP
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all sorted :) The Laptop just wont take xp working fine on windows 7
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Originally Posted by
andyrg
all sorted :) The Laptop just wont take xp working fine on windows 7
more than likely still the same reason i was saying tho.. :cooter: