Reboot following install of new hard drive - MSI Wind U123-002US Netbook

The first step you'll need to take is to backup all of your data to a second hard drive or thumb drive. After that it is normally best to get the drivers for the new software for your current machine prior to installing a new OS. Video, chipset, and network drivers will be your main priority. After you have done all this you will need to reboot your machine with the new install disk in the CD tray. From there you will need to hit F12 repeatedly, this should pop up a boot menu which will allow you to choose to boot from your Install disk. After you choose to boot from the CD you will need to hit any key on the keyboard once the prompt "Press any key to boot from CD:" pops up. This will take you to the windows installer and allow you to continue with the installation. Once the disk loads all of the utilities needed you will need to reformat the hard drive by deleting the current partitions. Once this is done simply choose the hard drive to install the OS on and follow the prompts.

All you've got to do is:

1) Insert the new hard drive.
2) Press the F8 key as the laptop boots. This will take you into the BIOS.
3) Locate the disk drive priority setting in the bios.
4) Set Priority 1 to your CD/DVD drive and priority 2 to the 320GB hard drive.
5) Save settings and exit the BIOS. This should reboot your laptop.
6) Insert the Windows XP CD.
7) It should not start the setup as it recognises the CD.
8) I will recommend that you format the drive before you install, go along with the format (make sure it does a full format).
9) After the format it will reboot your system.
10) You will be prompted with a message like "Press any key to boot form CD", DON'T press anything otherwise it will start all over again.
11) Now it should start the install. Follow the on-screen instructions.

when installing XP to a blank HDD, that has no existing partition, If windows detects other drives (another HDD that has a partition, USB Thumbdrive, zip drive ot media card reader (I suspect your system has a 4 in one card reader) then XP install will see those drives and assign them drive letters and then assign the new partition created C: To avoid this, the simplest step is after creating the new partition on the new hdd in the XP install process, reboot the system and start the XP install again, this time it will see an existing partition on the new HDD and assign it drive letter C:
If you have already installed XP., I have found no SUCCESSFUL way to change the drive letter of the boot drive other than re-installing Windows.

have you done clean installation on new hard drive? if no, do it .. you are fixed.

Hi, I believe you need to reinstall your operating system, follow these instruction:
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Hope this helps

Hi, if you have your Del CD, you can just put this in and select repair or reinstall. If this is not posible, follow the following:
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Hope this helps

Is this a new hard drive, if so did you initialize it with the included software? new drives need to initialized when first powered up. Install the laptop and boot the computer using the included software, the disc will initialize and then you can reboot using your windows or restore disc to finish.

your mainboard is broke down. it doesnt see HDD.

Let's check your Windows 98 Version first :)

• Right click on My Computer and select Properties
• On the System Properties page that opens up click on the General tab, if it is not already on that page.
• Under the System heading, look for the version number (see right)
• Version 4.10.1998 is the original version of Windows 98 (98FE)
• Version 4.10.2222 is Windows 98 Second Edition (98SE)
• Click the link below for the download and installation instructions for your version of Windows 98

Fo Windows 98 FE:

1. Download and install the Windows 98 Service Pack (35.5Mb)
2. Download to your desktop the driver file from the Download section below
3. Remove ALL drivers for USB flash drives in Device Manager (Optional)
   
4. Remove ALL drivers for any USB 2.0 controllers (many have an uninstall option) (Optional)
5. Remove ALL unknown devices from Device Manager
   
6. Run the exe file you downloaded, and follow the instructions, rebooting after installation
7. When the computer boots up again, it may detect new USB 2.0 controllers, in which case you may need to reboot again

The drivers can be downloaded from the following link:
Windows 98 FE Generic USB Mass Storage Device Drivers v3.20


For Windows 98SE:

1. Download the exe file to the desktop
2. Remove ALL drivers for USB flash drives in Device Manager
3. Remove ALL drivers for any USB 2.0 controllers (many have an uninstall option)
4. Remove ALL unknown devices from Device Manager
5. Run the exe file you downloaded, and follow the instructions, rebooting after installation
6. When the computer boots up again, it may detect new USB 2.0 controllers, in which case you may need to reboot again

The drivers can be downloaded from the following link:

Windows 98 SE Generic USB Mass Storage Device Drivers v3.3

For detail explanation, please visit http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk.
It's help for me :)

Thanks
AkulahPathub

plz check if your hard drive is detecting,if yes then try to reinstall the OS otherwise your hdd is dead and replace it.