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i put it in my other laptop and installed XP then switched it back
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If this means you put the hdd in another laptop, then installed xp and swapped the hdd back to the original laptop, it won't work unless the laptops are almost identical. You would have to perform a repair install when the drive is in the computer it will be used in or use sysprep to prepare the drive for use before removing it from the compter you are using for the install