Ok, I have a Dell Latitude c400 with the A12 BIOS. I'm sure on not the first person who has run into this problem, but I can't find a good solution.
I cannot install windows on another machine and then put the hard drive back in, it won't boot properly. I know the hard drive works because it runs great in my other laptop. I also know that the Dell is reading the hard drive because if I boot in safe mode it scrolls through a number of files before going to the blank screen with the flashing cursor in the corner.
I tried formating and copying the windows install files on my laptop and then putting it back in the Dell and got nothing. I have windows installed on both partitions but it doesn't ask on bootup which to use, it's just choosing one or the other and asking if I want to use safe mode.
Here are my questions:
-Is there a way to upgrade the Dell A12 BIOS to support booting from the USB?
-Is there a way to install a windows which will work in different machine (I tried using the sysprep tool but didn't have any success, I think it was over my head)
-Are there any other ways to get Windows XP installed on this machine and working!?
Thank you!!!
