Have never read a problem where XP booted to the C: prompt. Have your friend make sure there is no floppy or CD in drives. Ask your friend...
Must assume you are using FAT32 partition type and not NTFS. There should be not problem with the way you did it, I've done it the same way...
Yep that did it. You need to remove the ID code written to the first sector of hdd (MBR). Have read that if you use 98 boot floppy and run FDISK...
From your post can not determine just when your error come up. Is it before booting into OS or after ? If after what OS are you using and just...
If XP is what you want read http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176
Have you look at all the startup floppies at www.bootdisk.com ? The files that work for me is Usbaspi.sys and DI1000dd.sys, do not know where...
From within Windows run FDISK-say yes to large disk support- select option #5 -select the usb drive (if you have only 1 internal hdd the USB will...
What size is the hdd ? Have you partitioned and formated the hdd yet ? Till you do it will not show up in My Computer. You will need to use...
Might work- see if in bios you have an entire for Plug and Play -turn it off.
Will say up front that I do not have Win ME, so not sure just how much is the same as 98. Some things will not work the same. Use a boot floppy...
Explain more in detail. find out just how he did it, IE: tried to upgrade or did he format ? Does he have a Win ME cd or a Compaq restore cd ?...
Questions: 1) what OS is on the comp ? 2) Just what do you mean by system restore ? 3) Compaq model number ? 5) do you know how to get into...
What Make/Model of hdd with password ? Only if that hdd does indeed have password protection firmware, read below. Have never had a passworded...
Your best choice as far as I know, is to contact the hdd manufacture, you will have to prove ownership. They might be able to help you recover...
I'm not up on XP but read an old post http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=52719&highlight=XP+assign+drive+letter Might do a google for...
Thanks for the feedback, it helps us to know if we are on right \wrong track. Do not think I will ever get to Croatia, did have to google to...
Some general info: Sector*Heads*Cylinders=Totol Sectors on hdd Totols Sectors*512=Totol bites on hdd Useing the bios data: the Seagate 160g hdd -...
The site for your hdd is http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/ata/st3160812a.html what they list is Cylinders:1024 Heads:256 Sectors:63...
I will agree with "mattman" on zero fill the hdd and start over. One main question is what XP do you have and is it update with the SP's ? If it...
This is only info to BILL- one can use the latest Knoppix live cd , it has TESTDISK. Agree it is a good program to fix the MBR and Partition Boot...
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