I have a compaq P4 notebook that is about 6 years old. The computer itself still works pretty well but the hard drive easily looses a file that is necessary for the computer to boot - can't think of it right now, but last time it disappeared I ended up having to reinstall xp. It just "disappeared" again - I haven't had time to look at it. The hard drive is about a year old, I think is a toshiba 200 gb, 5200 rpm drive. How can I find out what is going wrong?
I have considered reformatting the hd and reinstall xp. My xp disk is about 6 years old. Is it possible that there are errors on it, even though it will install (seemingly) properly, i.e. no error messages?
I am planning on buying a netbook in March or April - don't have the $$ right now - and am looking for options to make this one work for eight more months. I am wondering if it is possible to install xp on a cd and boot from the cd? That is the cheapest option...the other option I thought of is to install an ide to cf adapter and install a 16 GB cf card. I saw a Kingston 133 16 gb hard drive for about $30 I can get the adapter for about $5
I don't want to spend any more $$ than option 2. I use the notebook to do open office (wp and spreadsheets), chatting, surfing, listening to music and watching movies.
I have considered reformatting the hd and reinstall xp. My xp disk is about 6 years old. Is it possible that there are errors on it, even though it will install (seemingly) properly, i.e. no error messages?
I am planning on buying a netbook in March or April - don't have the $$ right now - and am looking for options to make this one work for eight more months. I am wondering if it is possible to install xp on a cd and boot from the cd? That is the cheapest option...the other option I thought of is to install an ide to cf adapter and install a 16 GB cf card. I saw a Kingston 133 16 gb hard drive for about $30 I can get the adapter for about $5
I don't want to spend any more $$ than option 2. I use the notebook to do open office (wp and spreadsheets), chatting, surfing, listening to music and watching movies.