U need to create a new partition and then install the software. Windows 7 will set up a new hard drive and I am sure that Win 8 will do the same. Just throw in the disks, make sure the cmos is set to boot up from the cd drive first and follow the prompts to install the software.
SOURCE: I purchased Compaq computer that
your windows xp installer is able to format a hard drive... use it...
SOURCE: I hit F8, here is the new error message
If this is all you are seeing, then this is not an error. What is happening here is that your computer is loading Safe Mode. This is a way to load Windows operating system without any extra software or programs, using the most basic drivers and software to load. There are a lot of benefits to accessing this mode, especially if you installed a program that stops you from getting into Normal Mode, or you have a virus that does the same. It makes it easy to troubleshoot. Here is a link to a website with a little more info:
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/safemode.htm
If you load your computer normally by not pressing any keys, then you should be fine.
SOURCE: emachines pc keeps saying hard drive is failing
What kind of resources are you pulling on the pc everyday? For example are you doing heavy writing to the drive everyday such as video editing, ripping etc and how much air flow is your pc getting. If the case gets too hot or warm for long periods of time it can cause the hard drive to fail quickly. Lastly check your power supply male sure its pputting out the proper voltage to the computer specifially the connection to the hard drive. If its not stable the nit will cause your hard drive to fail.
Joe
SOURCE: ntdlr is compressed but i have no cd
Yes, provided the recovery partition on your hddisk is still intact.
What you'll just do is, restart your system, and while doing so, keep tapping the F11 key, this brings out, or boots your recovery partition.
Then just follow the on-screen instructions after that. (PLEASE!!! backup your necessary files first, because that process is going to Format your harddisk and change everything back to the way you bought it...NEW! )
Goodluck!
SOURCE: Windows doesn't recognize recovery partition after os reinstall
The issue you are having involves using multiple systems,...If your emachine came with vistan and you installed xp, you voided your warranty status...However remove your dual boot and stick to vista if you wanna keep your restore partition working properly.....On a side note theres usually conflict with running OEM OS's on dual boot...typically it doesnt work and if it does it doesnt work like you want it to! so here is what you can do..Call Emachine up and fib to them a bit (just alittle) tell them that you cought a nasty bug and it messed with your restore partition and now you cant restore your pc....request the factory programing discs (if you ask nicely they'll hook you up 99.99% of the time) you get the discs so you can reprogram the pc to factory spec if you ever wanted to. Now use a retail version of vista and a retail version of xp. and create your dual boot, feel free to remove your restore partition if you want (cause you have the factory programing discs if you wanna go back to stock stuff YAY) I hope this helps!
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Sorry for my typo's I'm on my mobile phone as my computer is broke. I'm trying to boot to my recovery screen using alt+f10, it goes to recovery app text then a black screen?
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