I have an emachine had to clear out harddrive which software do i install first emachine software or windows vista

you need to contact the company you bought the computer from and ask them for the phone number to the software packege company they use with there computers if you contact them they will send you a copy of the vista install

hard drive failure, possibly due to a virus, go buy a new harddrive and install windows on it and be careful, you can re-route your old harddrive by switching the pins to slave and then connecting it to the pc while off and unplugged after installing new hard drive and windows. then you can access your photos and such on the old drive before opening the old drive in windows scan the whole drive with a virus software.

Two beeps usually means the memory module went bad.
Replace it and you should be ok
Good Luck.

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No you must initialize it first via a Windows install DVD, and Formatting and Partitioning it. A HD must be setup to accept the software it has to be Formatted, and have Partitions made and set to active for the PC to "See" the drive,& for the Operating system to use it. Also you must enter the BIOS first so that the PC can identify that a drive is actually attached, and save those settings and reboot, now you can format etc. This can be done without a Windows DVD by using 3rd party software such as UBCD, www.ultimatebootcd.com/
Download and burn to CD boot off it, and then you can do all described. But the Windows DVD will do it all, and then one can simply continue on and install Windows after doing it all.

When you install a new harddrive, it has no Operating System on it.
Windows XP and Windows Vista, are examples of an Operating System.

Each laptop manufacturer, has their own system of changing a laptop harddrive. Some allow you to press a key or two, to put the laptop in a state where it will save the basic Operating System files, and when you install the new harddrive, it will transfer them over to it.

Some laptop manufacturers do have this option.

You either have to take the harddrive out, install it into an external enclosure for a harddrive, (Uses a USB cable) Then attach the external enclosure via the USB cable, to another computer, and use a 'mirror' imaging program to save the Operating System to that computer.

Then the new harddrive is installed in that external enclosure, and the Operating System is 'mirrored' over to it.

Just information for you, as you cannot do this now with a crashed harddrive.
Your option now, is to buy a genuine copy of the Operating System you had on the laptop, and install it.
Not what you wanted to hear, huh?

You need to buy whatever version of Windows XP it had, (WinXP Home or WinXP Pro), or Windows Vista.
If it was Windows Vista, I suggest getting at least the Windows Vista Home Premium version.

I personally prefer Xp over Vista.
Tigerdirect.com, and Newegg.com, have these.
Look for Software>Operating Systems.

OR, you can simply put Ubuntu Linux on it for free.

Hi,
The solution to your problem is very simple.
First make two partions of your harddrive, To do so:
-Open up control panel.
-Click open Administrative Tools.
-Click open Computer Managment.
-Then Click on Disk Managment on the right side.
-Choose your main Harddrive, Right click and click Shrink Drive
The amount you Shrink will became your second partions that you can put any OS you want.


After you Have made two partions Install the Vista Os on the second partion(its usually named D:).Soon after the installation is done choose vista from the OS choice menu.
-Log into Vista
-Click on the Drive that has XP installed into and by using the ".exe" files of the software you want to install. Install the software onto vista.
And there you go, now you have:
-Vista N XP on two seperate drives.
-And your vista has the software you wanted.

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go to download.com

start menu.... programs.... look in there for the brand of computer you have or just tools.... create restore disks is what you need to do.... if you should lose your factory image or just need to restore the system and can't boot into the operating system to restore.. use them.

Robert

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you never said what the problem was ,let me know
also you may have system recovery software installed which would bring your computer back to factory settings
whats the recorded problem
who makes the computer
did you upgrade from 98
did you change ram
these are a few things to think about w/b