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george_05   09-22-2009 at 06:37:29 PM

how do I install new hard drive on my lap top A have the new drive in but screen comes up blank have the windows xp disk in cd rom drive its a hp pavilion D 2000

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sturm   09-22-2009 at 06:40:05 PM
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You need to either hit the one-time boot key, F11, F12, ??? or go into the bios and set the cd-rom as the first boot device. Be sure to press a key when it says so to boot from the cd-rom drive.

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sirkillalot   09-22-2009 at 06:44:08 PM
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did you go inside the bios and set it to boot with cd rom insted of hard drive?
after that bobs your uncle

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george_05   09-22-2009 at 06:59:29 PM
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sturm wrote :

You need to either hit the one-time boot key, F11, F12, ??? or go into the bios and set the cd-rom as the first boot device. Be sure to press a key when it says so to boot from the cd-rom drive.


Thanks for the help....Geo

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george_05   09-22-2009 at 07:00:33 PM
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Thanks for the help

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george_05   09-22-2009 at 07:25:31 PM
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george_05 wrote :

how do I install new hard drive on my lap top A have the new drive in but screen comes up blank have the windows xp disk in cd rom drive its a hp pavilion D 2000


Thanks for the help did all that you said its still not working Blank screen comes up and cd drives winds up and thats all it does.....

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