Can I install windows 7 on an old windows ME machine if I installal new hard drive?

Yes, you could do that if you take the HD out if the laptop and install in the Desktop temporarily.

I wonder if the bad HD is still plugged in. If so, that could be your problem; make sure it's not connected and seen before the new HD.

Any 3.5" IDE hard drive will do, it doesn't need to be a large one, as the Alesis will only 'see' the space it needs to - google 'standard ML9600 hard drive size' to see, I can't recall offhand.

You don't HAVE to upgrade the OS if the machine is working fine. You WILL have to install it on a new HDD if you install one.

For what it's worth, I could only get the OS to install from a disc I made on a Windows XP PC. Three or four attempts from a Vista machine all failed. Win 7 and 8 are unknown territory for me.

Make certain you have an OS disc BEFORE you replace the HDD.

The O.S is corrupted and you want to format the HDD of your Laptop.before formatting backup your all data,so that you can easily format and install new O.S.

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It sounds like you are trying to install Windows 7, if this is the case then put the instalation disk into the drive and run the 'repair' option.
With Windows 7 it should fix the problem automatically.

you deleted the partition C that the windows old folder was on, you may try a windows restore, however....the files can be retrieved they are still there, you need YODOT HARD DRIVE RECOVERY PROGRAM to scour the old partition that was there previously and restore the folders that you wish to recover onto a new area of the new partition. PLEASE NOTE THE MORE YOU FORMAT OR CREATE AND DELETE NEW PARTITIONS ON YOUR OWN THE MORE THE RECOVERY SOFTWARE WILL FIND IT HARD TO RETRIEVE OLD FILES, SO BEST NOT TO TRY ANY MORE ATTEMPTS ON TRYING TO RECOVER THE LOST ARCHIVE YOURSELF LET YODOT RECOVERY DO IT FOR YOU FIRST. CHEERS
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If the hard drive is compatible with your presario cq 41 then it will work. The operating system does not matter if you're switching hard drives.

If you want to update the operating system on the old hard drive, you will need to have the software for Windows 7.

Hi,

If I understand you correctly you had a previous operating system installed on one hard drive and you just now installed Windows 7 but on a separate drive? When you boot the machine if gives you two boot options, the old OS and the NEW OS?

What your going to have to do is format the drive(erase) that contains the old operating system. Format as NTFS.

Try unplugging the old drive, making sure the new drive is set to master and not slave. Boot up the computer.
When you boot up your computer you should immediately get options. One of these options should say "press delete for bios" or press "f6 for settings" You need to go into the bios and make sure the drive with Windows 7 is set to your primary drive in the boot order(hard drive should be first in boot list). We want the computer to boot to the new drive first.

Once you get into Windows you can use a program like partition magic to format the old drive to use as just storage space. You can even use "diskpart' which is an old windows command line utility.

If you reinsert the Windows Disk when you are booting up you will get some recovery options, and if I recall correctly one of these should let you format hard drive space. So, you may be able to do it from there.

Where exactly does the error come up in the boot process? Are you able to boot into safe mode? It may be easier for you to just reinstall Windows 7. If you boot the computer with the disk in the drive, and the BIOS set to boot first to the disk, then during the installation configuration you should be able to have Windows just format the old drive to use as space and install the MBR on the new drive.



-G33k

boot from Hirens boot liveCd , it is working from ram, copy your files from ol to new, after it restart

One bad lead can cause a computer to continue on a cycle or to shutdown or fail to detect your hard drive

Test all leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions,IDE,SATA

the leads from your ((motherboard to your hard drive)) make sure they have a secure connection and are not faulty or just replace them there probably old and faulty
make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd 3 1/2 inch floppy have secure connections and are not faulty even the electic extensions or just replace them they are probably old and faulty a computer needs its connections to have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error hope this helps
don

Remove old drive from computer and install in new computer using ide ribbon. It will connect as a secondary unit and you can then using windows explorer transfer any data on old drive to new one.