Compaq Presario Laptop

**DaveB** · 4 October 2006, 11:26

What is the error message?

**olud** · 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

**NoddY** · 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.

**olud** · 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

**DaveB** · 4 October 2006, 12:57

Sounds like the partitioning got fecked somewhere down the line.

**HankWangford** · 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

**MarillionFan** · 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.

**Mordac** · 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.

**Mordac** · 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.

Compaq Presario Laptop