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I am trying to boot my computer, but it will not get me to that part of the booting process. I keep getting the message that setup cannot install windows xp on this hard disk. on x86-based computers, this message may indicate a problem with the CMOS drive type setting.

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Have you tried a System Restore/Recovery? Can you boot in safe Mode? Have you removed and tested the HDD? Do you have a Windows Repair Disk? How old is the Machine? May be time to replace the HDD? Has the Machine been losing time when you restart after a long shut down? Try replacing the CMOS battery. NTFS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS

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try to boot in the safe mode and tell me what happens

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enable "auto" in BIOS for drive #0 and drive #1. you can select IDE or SATA drive. restart the machine.

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If you are getting bad block reports on your hard drive, it means that your hard drive media has suffered some degradation. It could very well be that some system files are being affected by this, thus continually triggering the problem. You may not like the suggestion I have, but it looks to me like the most solid solution (saving you hours and hours of troubleshooting).

Backup all files from your hard drive, save all of your browser shortcuts to backup files, then perform another Windows XP installation with a low level format of the hard drive. I know a PC specialist with many years of experience that says hard drives develop faulty areas over time and that every 5 years or so, it's just best to back up data from the hard drive and perform a low level format. This resets the device completely. If there are any faulty areas on the disk, they are skipped over--to the operating system, the drive will be perfectly fine.

This is not a guaranteed solution, but it sounds to me like it will eliminate a lot of possible culprits for you. Good luck.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 27, 2009

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boot system into safe mode. locate the icon for my computer. right click and go to properties. locate the computer name tab and select it. find the radio button for "change" and click it. rename the computer to something considerably shorter then what you have. the system cannot boot and complete the logon process if the computer name is longer than 200 "bytes"

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