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Check and see if there's a Disk in your CD/DVD ROM Drive. I assume there's on in there that has some bootable files and your computer see's it and is asking to boot from it. Usually it will say something like "Press any key to boot from CD" so if you don't want boot from that CD just don't press any keys.

yes windows xp potable CD will solve it but select boot from CD ROM rather boot from floppy disk or you can use windows xp on bootable flash memory or you can restore your windows it might work

Hi,


Download the HP Format Tool and install it. Get your boot disk or the downloadable files and copy/extract them to a folder on your HD. Make sure anything on your USB Drive is backed up because we are going to format it...

Open the HP Format Tool
Start/Programs/Hewlett-Packard Company/HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool
It should automatically select your USB Drive.
Select FAT or FAT32 Under File System.
Select Create a DOS startup disk
Select using DOS system files located at and point to the folder containing the boot disk files.
Then click Start


Or you can download Win to flash ,follow the bellow link for details,
For Windows xp
http://www.intowindows.com/bootable-usb/
Or
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-drive-from-your-windows-cd/
For vista
http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2009/08/27/make-a-bootable-usb-installer-for-windows-xp-vista-7-with-wint/

Hope this helps.
Let me know if you need more information
Thanks.

restart the pc. then boot from a cd e.g xp pro setup cd. then install the software and when it asks you to choose where you want to instal choose the local disk,c:, and choose to completely reformat this to a ntfs file system. note by reformatting you will be deleting all files in the computer and i suggest that you back the partition up to external devices.

You may obtain Cd sets from Emachine by order. If you not have back Cd or Original recovery, You may need to use same Generation OEM OS cd to recovery some of computers missing files.
Thank you
JMC

Am I correct to understand that you are attempting to install your operating system on the new hard drive, but are not successful? Or are you trying to reformat the old drive?
What OS are you using, XP or Vista?
It sounds like you will need to create a bootable image of your operating system to use for the new installation. I recommend you make a slipstream CD with service packs applied to use for the install.
Here is a step by step guide that takes you through the process of installing the HD.
What I think you want to do is called creating a bootable disk for what is known as a clean install.
If you are trying to install xp, have a look here and here and here
Finally, here is an article that is a little dated but explains the process you will be following in those previous links. create installation cd
I hope I have understood your question correctly, and this information allows you to resolve this issue.
If not please post back with a clarification.

If I've managed to answer your question or solve a problem, please take a moment to kindly rate this post....thanks!

what you need is to reinstall windows not a start up cd any win xp cd will do

installing windows 95 on your pc would require you to have a bootable disk (either a floppy or cd)
insert your bootable disk and go to bios settings --> once you start your desktop pc, press Del key
then go to Boot menu and select your frist boot to floppy or cd (wherever your bootable disk is) then exit and save changes.
once your pc boots from the bootable disk goto C:
then make a directory (let's say Win95) --> C:\md win95
then press enter
then goto that directory which you've just created ---> C;\cd win95
then press enter
then copy your windows 95 disk on this directory
once you finished copy, run setup
be sure to remove your bootable disk the next time your pc restarts or change the boot sequence (again in Bios settings) to your harddrive as first boot
hope this helps

Get Hiren's Boot CD. It has many utilities which includes data recovery, low level format and hard disk partitioning.

Hi, if this is a fairly new installed XP you're probably better off: repartitioning, reformat and reinstall WinXP but this will delete all contents of the hard drive. If however there are a good number of critical/important files you would want to save/copy, there are two (2) ways of going about saving/copying those files but both involve access to a working computer. (1) remove your Travelstar 5K100 from the laptop and using a 44 to 40 pin adaptor, connect it to the working pc which should recognize it as another hd and therefore you can copy your files to that pc. There are many sites that explains how to do this. You can try Google search or http://search.techrepublic.com.com/search/laptop+hard+drive.html. (2) another method is to boot and run your OS from your cd. While this does not involve physically removing your laptop's hard disk, it might be a bit challenging preparing the bootable CD with an OS. The procedure is better explained at http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/. This will run your laptop although a bit slow however, you can access the hd and save it to a thumbdrive or if you have a lan to another computer. Please let me know if this works ok with you. Good luck and regards.