Formatting laptop hard drive. I just got a Dell Vostro 1400 and I'm trying to format the hard drive so I can replace XP Home with XP Pro. The problem I'm having is that upon startup using the XP Pro CD, it's unable to find any hard drives in the laptop. Obviously...

hard drive, use an adapter to install it in a desktop computer, and then do a basic install there. Replace the drive in the notebook and adjust for any differences. Lack of RAM and disk space can be a problem on older systems. Other information:...

the hard drive when the laptop doesn't have a floppy drive to boot from? Thank you Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell () On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:28:55 -0400, Robert wrote: >Is there any way of formatting the hard drive when the laptop doesn't...

You are very close. Copy the \Win98 folder from the CD to the hard drive. That's all you need, and it has the setup program in it. Make the hard drive bootable to a C:\> prompt (you can do this from a floppy after it's back in the laptop). Note,...

there is no hard drive installed :S But the laptop works fine i am just unable to format can any one help? And the XP disc works i did my PC last month. Thx for any help Cheers Stu.. I am trying to format my laptop, its got vista at the moment and i am...

Formatting my laptop. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general () Dear All, I am trying to format my IBM Thinkpad laptop, as its Windows XP has been on it for over a year and now is malfunctioning. I have Windows ME installed on D Drive...

Formating my laptop.. It doesn't seem to be working quite right... So I've been having alot of problems with my laptop recently, and finally got fed up with it and decided to wipe the hard drive and start fresh. I booted from the Vista reinstall CD that...

hope someone could help me with: | | 1) Is partitionning and formatting a blank HDD through Win XP setup as | effective as partitionning and formatting a drive using FDisk.exe and | FORMAT.exe commands? | | 2) I want to seperate my system partition (C:...

XP without formatting the laptop completly? because my dad has data he cannot lose and anyway, he's being a b**** about formatting the whole thing.. can anyone help?. I have just installed WindowsXP pro on my dad's IBM Thinkpad laptop which had windows 2000...