I have freshly installled windows xp in my pc after formatting the hard drive and now i am not able to hear any sound . all the spekers are also attached properly. when checking the volume control i saw that the options for speakers are disabled .so what to do

Hello,
you would need to insert to XP disc in the cd drive and reboot the pc. As the pc reboot whatch for "Press any key to boot from disk". This will make the pc bypass the hard drive and load the boot file from the XP disk. Once you have answered the inital start questions, it will give the option to format the hard drive or create an extended drive. If Win 7 is not needed any more, I strongly suggest doing the format and have a fresh, new install of XP, Genuine copy.

Good luck.
N.I.T.

Swapping the hard drive from the Dell into the Gateway will not work because the Dell hard drive has been installed with Dell specific drivers and configurations.
When you install the Dell hard drive into the Gateway you need to wipe the hard drive and install a fresh copy Windows XP onto this hard drive and the Gateway device drivers etc.

Hi neil720...

Installing the external CD Player...
You will go and start up and install Windows XP by doing he following:
Plug in your external CD drive, and let windows install it into the system...
Once the CD is ready to go, shut down the computer.
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You will first need to format your hard drive, I will give you instructions on how to do that.

1...To format your hard drive and install XP:
To set you computer back to factory fresh settings you will need to format the hard drive and install the XP operating system and the drivers.

1.Format the hard drive:
You do this by double left clicking on "My Computer",then double left click the main drive (normally C drive).
When the window pops open, you will choose "Format"
Keep in mind that once you format your hard drive you will loose all your files,programs,pictures,etc that you installed since the computer was new.
So make your back up on a portable hard drive,thumb drive,etc.
2. Once the formatting of the hard drive is complete you will need to install the XP operating system along with the drivers.
You will now insert the CD's into your external CD player starting with #1 first and continuing until all has been installed.
After all has been installed, shut your computer off and restart.
That will bring your computer back to Windows XP factory new condition as far as operating is concerned.
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Hello sparkling202,

• Goto http://www.bootdisk.com/
• Select Windows XP Fresh Install Bootdisk And Bootable CD
(You should be able to format the hd from the bootable cd)

*As a reminder, The format command will ERASE ALL YOUR DATA on the hard drive !

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martyshaw152

You may want to check the hard drive - sounds like it may be starting to fail. When it reaches the point of not continuing does it start to click? If you hear clicking then the drive is having issues and its time for a new one.

try installing on another hard drive...your c drive can be damaged

please check the consistancy of hard drive or try to run a zero format first and then reinstall the win

It means your hard drive is not connected to the computer. Go into the BIOS and check to make sure it shows up. The best thing, set the BIOS to the default setting.

I usually see this when the hard drive is bad, or the cd is scratched. Try loading xp onto a freshly formatted hard drive. You need to do a FULL format, not just a quick one- and if there are bad blocks I'm not 100% sure it marks them bad on a full format- but starting with a freshly formatted drive with no left over junk on it helps as a start.

make sure your hard disk is error free Try formating the disk with FAT first ,if it doesn't work out the try disk utilities .