Hi there, my problem is ,my windows xp can't startup. i thought my OS has problem, then i try to reformat it (reinstall winxp). the format process fail to complete as well. I try to format same HDD to other PC, and success . But when put again the HDD into first PC , the windows still can't start. It stuck at the window xp logo begin to appear with moving blue light. then restart again and keep repeating. please help me. thank you in advance.

1. Yes the CD needs to be bootable to automatically format your computer and run the windows set up.

2. You can purchase a license windows XP from microsoft.

try to repair your os with a os installation disk. if you failed then contact the service center.

Thank You

Reformat the disk and reinstall XP. Be aware there may not be XP drivers for your model.

Lil, What do you mean by reformat? If it is the exact computer lingo then you want to erase everything from the HDD and reinstall Windows. is that what you want. If yes, then you must be prepared to lose all data unless you back it up before doing that and also reinstall all the programs that you have besides Windows, which in any case you are reinstalling. To do this you must first back up the data to a removable disk or a different partition of the HDD. Insert the Windows CD into the CD drive and reboot. Follow the instructions and after two reboots you will have a new installation of Windows. Now restore the data that you backed up. Also, reinstall all the programs that you had earlier or atleast those that you want now.

you need to reinstall it completely ...but first check the ram memory ..sounds like a problem there ...If you tried to format during installation and didnt worked..or it worked to format the partition but it didnt let you load files..to start the actuall installation ..this is a issue of Ram memory ..(it may also give you blue screen errors..)
if you only tried to format it from the windows...there is an issue cause this is not possible for partitions with windows on it ...so you need a windows installation bootable cd and boot from it to reinstall and only then you will see if the issue is indeed with the Ram memory ..or was just plane ...bugged..
so ...if you do not have such a disk ..go here ..download a image ..and burn it by double clcik on it ..(using nero for file association ) ..on a new blank cd-r
after that select the first boot device...(in bios) cd /dvd and restart and see whats going on ...if it fails loading files..it is the Ram memory to blame ..or the Hdd..but if the hdd accepted to be installed in another computer ..it only remain the Ram..
here is the image ...use utorrent to download
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5388204/Windows_Xp_Genuine

corrupt HD and OS....reformat HD and install OS, boot from CD rom after inserting the WinXP disk

Hello,

Regarding on your problem, the main issue their is the booting problem of XP after you delete the fedora operating system. That's common problem especially when the computer are in dual boot OS then you delete the other OS. Now, the reason why it usually fall into this problem its just because the XP is your core OS then you install Linux Fedora inside in XP so whatever changes you have done in fedora particularly deleting Linux OS inside XP affects the overall performance of your XP and eventually if you delete the Fedora without proper unistallation process done by Linux OS then the Boot Loader of your XP will also corrupt or delete that's the main cause of boot failure in your XP OS. Now the best solution there is to repair your XP by inserting the XP CD Installer and boot the CD to repair your OS or you can reinstall the XP OS without formatting the storage to prevent the lost of your data that has not yet already copyed a back up.

Please do this recommendation to save and restore your XP.

thanks

Dont worry at all. What you do is that while installing a new instance of Windows, select drive c it self. But do not format C:\. Windows will autamatically create a Windows\ directory and install the OS there without touching you othe folders on C:\ or D:\. If you already have C:\Windows\ directory from previous installation then you must install in some other directory, eg, Win or XP or WinXP. Whatever. This is to keep your data in my documents safe. Should you have some there. Any probs, come back to me, as I am online 24 hrs on my mobile and email is always on on the mobile.

hi there, may be a ram problem. take it back to the shop.

Try first  to use hiden boot cd.With it u can see all files on hdd.When u see winxp files just delte.But i will not take responsibility couse sometimes xp wont boot up...
 
But i recomneded you to save all your data and format your pc.Make sure that the partition cd must be deltet befor u contiuing with formating ur pc like in this pics:
 
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