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abbott · 12-22-2007, 10:36 AM

OK, an update. Pulled all the memory, reinstalled and connected an external monitor. System now boots to bios but doesn't see hard drive and consequently OS. Loaded XP install disk on DVD, XP loads but since the system doesn't see a hard drive, the install fails. Can't manually load device drivers (no floppy) so now doing trial and error to see if I can get the HD recognized.

12-22-2007, 10:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
abbott Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 5 OS: xp	Re: Laptop will not boot OK, an update. Pulled all the memory, reinstalled and connected an external monitor. System now boots to bios but doesn't see hard drive and consequently OS. Loaded XP install disk on DVD, XP loads but since the system doesn't see a hard drive, the install fails. Can't manually load device drivers (no floppy) so now doing trial and error to see if I can get the HD recognized.