You need a boot manager - I suggest EasyBCD which I currently use on 2 dual boot systems (XP Pro/Win 7 Pro x64 and Vista Business/Win 7 RC1)
There are several HP netbooks, please post the model no.
Those options being? How many Windows directories have you - I suspect you made a second installation of Windows rather than formatting and making...
I would look at a couple of things .... Check that your drives are running in DMA mode rather than PIO mode and run the drive manufacturer's...
You might like to sift hrough this .......
Post the model of the HP net book and I will take a look at the manual - tomorrow.
Press F11 then :)
There should be a section in your manual regarding system recovery, i.e. reinstallation.
That is your Operating System, not the make & model No. of the laptop - common laptop makes are Dell, HP, Acer, etc - your manual will tell you....
Unless we get feedback to the questions asked the chances of helping you are limited .... When the computer boots you should see on the POST...
You have to boot from the CD - did you do that? - check in the BIOS that the boot order is set to CD-ROM/DVD > Hard drive.
Did an XP install CD or a Recovery CD come with the computer or is there a recovery option shown at the POST screen? Check out your manual re....
Run the manufacturer's disk diagnostics - DOS version - if still available for 10 year old drives .... Disk Diagnostic Software .......
Are you able to boot into Safe Mode with Networking?
I use EasyBCD on 2 dual boot systems (XP Pro/Win 7 Pro, Vista B/Win 7 RC1) without issue. Take a look at it. You get the standard dual boot...
Would be interested to learn of the source of your install of IE8, see .... Re: ie8 - MSN & Bing have hijacked my homepage
Mike Use CPUID CPU-Z to check the core speed of your CPU against what it should be
Run in Basic Mode which disables Aero (Right click Desktop > Personalise)
Seems to be a bug in Flash 10a Nearest I can get is ........
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