Hard drive i made a big mistake!!!

chris111690 · 04-30-2006, 02:30 PM

I formatted my hard drive because the setup told me that i cant deleate the partion so i erased the whole hard drive big mistake!!!! now what can i do to put windows back on it because it wont load windows even when i set the boot option to the cd rom drive all it does is flicker a whit line after the dell logo comes up please help me?

**K-B** · 04-30-2006, 03:01 PM

You have the Windows CD in the drive? Is it an internal cd drive? Are you sure its a real Windows install cd, or just a repair cd?

chris111690 · 04-30-2006, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kbalona

You have the Windows CD in the drive? Is it an internal cd drive? Are you sure its a real Windows install cd, or just a repair cd?

yes it is in/ yes it is an internal disk/ and it is a real windows disk!!!!

**K-B** · 04-30-2006, 03:19 PM

Hmm, you have BIOS set for CD boot, well do you hear any noise coming from the drive? Like the normal whirring noise?

Tumbleweed36 · 04-30-2006, 03:20 PM

Hi,

If you didn't do anything except format the disk, then it should work. How did you go about formatting it, I mean by what method and how did you do it?

In the BIOS setup menu, be sure your boot order is set to:

CDRom - 1st
Floppy - 2nd
Hard Disk - 3rd (make sure this is the disk you want to boot from)

Note: Don't forget to save before you exit.

That being done, you should be able to put the CDRom OS disk (full version) in the cd drive, turn on the computer, and away it should start to load the OS.

Post back with questions/concerns.

chris111690 · 04-30-2006, 03:25 PM

i used this program called "eraser" http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

Tumbleweed36 · 04-30-2006, 03:44 PM

Hi,

Go again through the steps I gave you and tell me what happens at what point.

~~whodat~~ · 04-30-2006, 03:59 PM

check the bios again

Quote:

when i set the boot option to the cd rom drive

set all the boot options to rom only

chris111690 · 04-30-2006, 06:11 PM

umm it is already like is the way i have it!

04-30-2006, 02:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
chris111690 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4 OS: winxp home sp2	Hard drive i made a big mistake!!! I formatted my hard drive because the setup told me that i cant deleate the partion so i erased the whole hard drive big mistake!!!! now what can i do to put windows back on it because it wont load windows even when i set the boot option to the cd rom drive all it does is flicker a whit line after the dell logo comes up please help me?

04-30-2006, 03:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,642 OS: XP Professional	Hi, If you didn't do anything except format the disk, then it should work. How did you go about formatting it, I mean by what method and how did you do it? In the BIOS setup menu, be sure your boot order is set to: CDRom - 1st Floppy - 2nd Hard Disk - 3rd (make sure this is the disk you want to boot from) Note: Don't forget to save before you exit. That being done, you should be able to put the CDRom OS disk (full version) in the cd drive, turn on the computer, and away it should start to load the OS. Post back with questions/concerns. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

04-30-2006, 03:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,642 OS: XP Professional	Hi, Go again through the steps I gave you and tell me what happens at what point. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

04-30-2006, 03:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
K-B Moderator, Linux Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NY Posts: 2,876 OS: Vista, Ubuntu My System	You have the Windows CD in the drive? Is it an internal cd drive? Are you sure its a real Windows install cd, or just a repair cd?

04-30-2006, 03:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
K-B Moderator, Linux Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NY Posts: 2,876 OS: Vista, Ubuntu My System	Hmm, you have BIOS set for CD boot, well do you hear any noise coming from the drive? Like the normal whirring noise?

04-30-2006, 03:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
chris111690 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4 OS: winxp home sp2	i used this program called "eraser" http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

04-30-2006, 06:11 PM	#9 (permalink)
chris111690 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4 OS: winxp home sp2	umm it is already like is the way i have it!