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8th Dec 2007, 12:48
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i recently bought a computer froma friend which he had dual booted with XP and Linux. he unistalled xp and left linux on it . so i reformatted the drives and and attempted to install xp. I went through the process of installing Pro and once installed and trying to boot off the HD it would not start up it would load the BIOS but then on attempting to boot it gives a message "item pool data ..." and does nothing please help?
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8th Dec 2007, 12:54
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Did XP install 100% with no errors?
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8th Dec 2007, 12:57
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installed fine
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8th Dec 2007, 13:12
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Does it boot in safe mode?
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8th Dec 2007, 13:14
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it give me the option of booting in safe mode
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8th Dec 2007, 13:21
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And does it boot?
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8th Dec 2007, 13:22
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my mistake it doesnt give me the option . typo
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11th Dec 2007, 11:32
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I would try re-formatting and re-installing XP. Do a full format not a quick one.
Also, is it a IDE or SATA hard drive? You sometimes have to install the drivers for SATA drives at XP installation where it promtps you to push F6 to install drivers. However, I have SATA drives and don't have to enter drivers. Check also that the boot order in the BIOS is set correctly. Usually 1st: Floppy 2nd: HDD 3rd: CD/DVD ROM. But I think a full format should fix it. By the way - to get to the boot options menu to access Safe Mode. Repeatidly press Shift or F8. |
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11th Dec 2007, 12:49
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Whaen you say you formatted the drive, did you remove the Linux partition and the XP partition and then create one large partition, before formatting ?
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11th Dec 2007, 13:14
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That's a good point there Phill. It never crossed my mind about the two partitions.
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