I tried to reinstall Windows XP on my Presario V2000. But it hang in the middle of the installation. Now I cannot boot up the machine, and I can't even reinstall Windows again.
What should I do?
Your harddrive shouldn't have taken a long time to format during the Windows setup procedure, the format operation carried out during setup is a very simple format and doesn't normally take long.
If you know the make of harddrive fitted to your machine, go to the manufacturers website and download the diagnostic tools for your harddrive.
If you don't know the make of harddrive then Hitachi's "Drive Fitness Test" is a good all round diagnostic tool for all makes of harddrive.
Whichever tool you use the best way to run it is from a bootable CD, so you will need to download the tool to a computer with a CD burner. The diagnostic tools are run in a virtual DOS environment created by the CD when you start your compter up with the CD in the CD tray.
You can download the Hitachi tester and read the instructions here:
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
Please come back and let me know the test results.
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I used the Windows XP CD that comes with the laptop.
When I first reinstall the OS, I chose the option to reformat my HD. It took very long time to reach 100% reformat. After this is done, it becomes hang. I waited for at least 30 minutes and still no change in screen. So I just power cycle the machine. After that, I tried to redo the installation, but this time all I got is blank screen.
I need to ask some more questions before making any suggestions.
1. Why were you trying to reinstall Windows?
2. Does the reinstall just freeze or do you get any warning signs?
3. Have you made any hardware changes like extra memory since you bought the machine?
How were you doing the reinstall? with recovery disks or the recovery utility on the laptop?
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