Compaq Presario Laptop

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MarillionFan replied

4 October 2006, 17:06
Actually the reason I couldnt take all the crap out of the start menu is due to AOL. Quicktime, messenger, AOL Host. ******* thing kills the machine
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Mordac replied

4 October 2006, 16:57
Originally posted by MarillionFan

Ooooo. Compaq Presario. I made the mistake of getting one of those from PC World

And you're still using AOL. No wonder you have to keep ringing me up for support...
I should start charging.
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Mordac replied

4 October 2006, 16:55
Originally posted by olud

Hey Peoples,

I do hope someone can help me as i am at my tether's end. I bought a compaq laptop last week and it came with win xp home pre installed. I need to have xp pro on the machine as i am a web developer and i need to have iis and other xp pro features. The drive is partitioned in 2 with one partition holding the system restore files and the other holding the o/s.

I have tried a clean install, upgrade, you name it but it keeps coming up with a blue error screen when ste up restarts the machine and wont go any further. PLEASE HELP!!!

I think your problem may be with the hidden system restore partition. It's looking for the OS files which aren't there any more - machines which are aimed at home users tend to have this *useful* feature, which is a pain in the arse if you want to replace the OS.
If you delete both partitions (you'll need a boot disk, try googling for Barts network disk) and repartition the disk, you should be able to get round it. You will then need a bootable XP Pro CD, which is quite easy to knock up.

Last edited by Mordac; 4 October 2006, 16:57.
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MarillionFan replied

4 October 2006, 16:45
Ooooo. Compaq Presario. I made the mistake of getting one of those from PC World then upgraded as I needed to run Internet Services on it for some development work.

All went to tulip after that. Turns out that certain drivers only worked with the pre-build, was never able to get the CD burner to work again. Shocking. Eventually restored it and bought a different machine.
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HankWangford replied

4 October 2006, 15:52
Originally posted by olud

Its a brand new laptop and all software/drivers was updated from the HP/Compaq website the first time i switched it on and connected to the internet

send it back and buy a alienware/dell laptop
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DaveB replied

4 October 2006, 12:57
Sounds like the partitioning got fecked somewhere down the line.
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olud replied

4 October 2006, 12:00
Its a brand new laptop and all software/drivers was updated from the HP/Compaq website the first time i switched it on and connected to the internet
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NoddY replied

4 October 2006, 11:58
Maybe it needs drivers to access hardware (like the IDE/ATA subsystem, although more common for SCSI) at the start of installation? Also make sure the BIOS is up to date.
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olud replied

4 October 2006, 11:45
Its a blue scren that sayssomthing like" there was a hardware error and set up will not continue". it also says to run chdsk to fix the errors....sorry i cant give you the exact wording as i am at work and i dont have the machine with me.....Thanks
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DaveB replied

4 October 2006, 11:26
What is the error message?
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olud started a topic Compaq Presario Laptop

4 October 2006, 11:25
Compaq Presario Laptop

Hey Peoples,

I do hope someone can help me as i am at my tether's end. I bought a compaq laptop last week and it came with win xp home pre installed. I need to have xp pro on the machine as i am a web developer and i need to have iis and other xp pro features. The drive is partitioned in 2 with one partition holding the system restore files and the other holding the o/s.

I have tried a clean install, upgrade, you name it but it keeps coming up with a blue error screen when ste up restarts the machine and wont go any further. PLEASE HELP!!!
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