Laptop woes Fixed

"db" wrote in message
...
Well in earlier post i mentioned my problem with a laptop and how to
install
an os with no floppy and cd etc.

Well i hooked the laptop hdd up to the main pc with a 3.5-2.5" ide cable,
booted and installed xp up to the point it says it is going to reboot
(about
halfway though installation).
Put it back inthe laptop so all the onboard devices could be found and
installation complete.

It didn't work.. i seen the windows image pop up for about a second and i
got the *windows has stopped...blah blah balh damage to your computer blah
blah blah*

Tried it again with windows 98 se and yeahh it works

so 98se yes xo no

ohh i did have an external pcmcia cd but it wasn't bootable, but needed
during the final installation stage.
(there is a 66pin port which i think might be for a cd player that would
boot)

Thanks for previous help.

(shame xp didn't work though)

db

Just a wild idea and completely untested: when you installed XP onto the
laptop HD via the desktop machine, did you try simply going all the way with
the install? And then install the recovery console too? There is just a
chance that you could still get into the recovery console when the drive was
re-installed in the laptop and do a repair installation via the external
unbootable cd.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

Return address will not work. Please
reply in group or through my website:
http://johnmcgaw.com

"db" wrote in message
...
: Well in earlier post i mentioned my problem with a laptop and how to
install
: an os with no floppy and cd etc.
:
: Well i hooked the laptop hdd up to the main pc with a 3.5-2.5" ide cable,
: booted and installed xp up to the point it says it is going to reboot
(about
: halfway though installation).
: Put it back inthe laptop so all the onboard devices could be found and
: installation complete.
:
: It didn't work.. i seen the windows image pop up for about a second and i
: got the *windows has stopped...blah blah balh damage to your computer blah
: blah blah*
:
: Tried it again with windows 98 se and yeahh it works
:
: so 98se yes xo no
:
: ohh i did have an external pcmcia cd but it wasn't bootable, but needed
: during the final installation stage.
: (there is a 66pin port which i think might be for a cd player that would
: boot)
:
: Thanks for previous help.
:
: (shame xp didn't work though)
:
: db
:
:
:

DB,
glad to see you got it going. It is possible that the Cd of Xp you have
isn't bootable but rather a "repair" version.
As you probably know already Xp is a lot more stable than 95 and presumably
ME or 98. Its also a lot bigger so you may be better off with it than XP.

LOL
claus

"John McGaw" wrote in message

Just a wild idea and completely untested: when you installed XP onto the
laptop HD via the desktop machine, did you try simply going all the way
with
the install?

no when it asked to reboot for the 1st time i stopped installation on the
main pc and put it on the laptop. When it didn't work i put it back on the
main pc and installed it fully, but still no luck.

And then install the recovery console too? There is just a
chance that you could still get into the recovery console when the drive
was
re-installed in the laptop and do a repair installation via the external
unbootable cd.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

mm i'm not sure how you reach the recovey console without booting with the
cd?

thanks..

db

"John McGaw" wrote in message
.. .
"db" wrote in message
...

"John McGaw" wrote in message

Just a wild idea and completely untested: when you installed XP onto
the
laptop HD via the desktop machine, did you try simply going all the
way
with
the install?

no when it asked to reboot for the 1st time i stopped installation on
the
main pc and put it on the laptop. When it didn't work i put it back on
the
main pc and installed it fully, but still no luck.

And then install the recovery console too? There is just a
chance that you could still get into the recovery console when the
drive
was
re-installed in the laptop and do a repair installation via the
external
unbootable cd.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

mm i'm not sure how you reach the recovey console without booting with
the
cd?

thanks..

db

When the recovery console is installed on the hard drive the option to
boot
into it comes up before WXP starts -- basically it operates at the very
first system boot stage just like it is a different operating system. My
idea was that if you could get into that then you might be able to use the
CD drive to do a repair install which would load the proper HAL (Hardware
Abstraction Layer) which would suit the laptop hardware rather than the
one
which got installed when the laptop drive was used on on the desktop. Just
an idea but it seems like it would have some (maybe vanishingly small)
chance of working. It all hinges on the recovery console being able to
read
the external drive and I don't really have a clue about that.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

Return address will not work. Please
reply in group or through my website:
http://johnmcgaw.com



hmm didn't know you could do that.. how do you install that?

"db" wrote in message
.. .
snip...



hmm didn't know you could do that.. how do you install that?

I won't try explaining it here for fear of a typo that might fry something
;-). Go to a machine that has XP running, open the help, and type "recovery
console" (without quotes) into the search box, and full instructions should
come up. Good luck.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

Return address will not work. Please
reply in group or through my website:
http://johnmcgaw.com