Dell Latitude x300 reformat problem

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date: 18 Sep 2009 09:22:15 GMT, group: uk.adverts.computer back

Dell Latitude x300 reformat problem

This was working when given to me - I did a standard wipe of the hard drive 
and then reinstalled Windows xp - it completes the dos based installation 
but hangs when booting - any one have any tips for getting this to work ?

The drive did contain a Dell utility partition, now gone. Windows was 
reinstalled from an i386 folder on the (repartitioned) hard drive - no cd.

Thanks

date: 18 Sep 2009 09:22:15 GMT author: Alan Plaid

Re: Dell Latitude x300 reformat problem

Sorry - reposted in error.

date: 18 Sep 2009 09:24:49 GMT author: Alan Plaid

Re: Dell Latitude x300 reformat problem

Alan Plaid  wrote in
news:Xns9C8A698B81687Plaid@193.202.122.115: 

> This was working when given to me - I did a standard wipe of the hard
> drive and then reinstalled Windows xp - it completes the dos based
> installation but hangs when booting - any one have any tips for
> getting this to work ? 

If there was a Dell recovery partition originally then possibly there is 
a non-standard MBR. I'd suggest booting from an XP cd into recovery 
console and run FIXMBR (and maybe FIXBOOT also, can't do any harm)


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date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:31:53 -0500 author: Groove

Re: Dell Latitude x300 reformat problem

Groove  wrote in news:Xns9C8A93D56121Bd4v1d@
216.196.109.131:

> Alan Plaid  wrote in
> news:Xns9C8A698B81687Plaid@193.202.122.115: 
> 
>> This was working when given to me - I did a standard wipe of the hard
>> drive and then reinstalled Windows xp - it completes the dos based
>> installation but hangs when booting - any one have any tips for
>> getting this to work ? 
> 
> If there was a Dell recovery partition originally then possibly there 
is 
> a non-standard MBR. I'd suggest booting from an XP cd into recovery 
> console and run FIXMBR (and maybe FIXBOOT also, can't do any harm)
> 
> 

No CD !

Thanks

date: 18 Sep 2009 22:19:51 GMT author: Alan Plaid

Re: Dell Latitude x300 reformat problem

In article , Alan Plaid
 writes
>Sorry - reposted in error.

Reposted to the _wrong_ group... 

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date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:24:06 +0100 author: Mike Tomlinson