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  1. spenser333

    Compaq Ipaq PC WinXP STOP message

    I got it done. Wow, what a pain compaq has been. Hooked up hdd as slave in my other computer, reformatted at fat32, started by installing win98, then did a new install for xp.
  2. spenser333

    Compaq Ipaq PC WinXP STOP message

    ARRRGGGHHH!!! Someone PLEASE help! I have a compaq ipaq desktop pc, 733mhz. Everything is in good shape, hardware wise. But I reformatted the hard-drive. Since that time, I could NOT boot from floppy or cd in the multibay. So, like a doofus, I took the hdd out, put it in another Compaq machine...
  3. spenser333

    Hard Drive Issue..

    What was the partition format on the "old" drive? And did you use that drive W/ a different OS than XP. Any chance your partitions are "overlayed?" that happens on some of the crappy MS operating systems, like ME, etc.
  4. spenser333

    Can't format Hard Drive on laptop

    Pro-fesshinals - Took my laptop to a computer store - where they promised to try several things cheaply - then reneged on the offer - The laptop pro would not even look at it, telling me it was not worth it. I'm going to do what i can with this or another hdd, and keep you guys posted. i just...
  5. spenser333

    Can't format Hard Drive on laptop

    Hi, Thanks for the reply: I have checked compaq site, downloaded compaq diagnostics, setup, and bios softpaq's. Cannot boot from any of these - but i've heard of an issue of these compaq's not recognizing other "boots" after non-system disk message. I cannot get into bios - other than the...
  6. spenser333

    Can't format Hard Drive on laptop

    laptop may have some bad hardware - What specifically would be bad on it? Originally (before I messed w/ removing ME, it was working well). Please remember, it's on a "swap" drive - floppy and cd are not in machine at same time. Also - here's a question - doesn't compaq actually store bios...
  7. spenser333

    Can't format Hard Drive on laptop

    Ok, here's the deal. Have just bought a used compaq armada 7380dmt laptop. Had win ME on it - hate ME so wanted to format and do a fresh install of 98. formatted, and then somewhere along the line - things got screwy. I ended up deleting the partitions. Then I used a friend's win98 boot disk...

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