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10-14-2007, 07:48 PM
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Windows installation hangs on "Setup is starting Windows"
I installed a new hard drive in my laptop because the old one fried the other day. I have tried installing Windows off the supplied recovery disk AND a seperate XP disc. Both times the installation of Windows hangs up before I can even make any selections. Any ideas? With the recovery CD it stops at "Setup is starting Windows."
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10-14-2007, 08:54 PM
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System details, please.
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10-14-2007, 10:03 PM
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Its a AMD Turion 64bit. HP model number DV5000.
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10-14-2007, 10:32 PM
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What was the old hard drive, and what is the new one?
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10-14-2007, 11:26 PM
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They are both Toshibas. Old one was a 40gb, new is 80gb. Do you need any other specs? I figured any would work.
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10-15-2007, 12:45 AM
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I don't see why it wouldn't, but I've seen stranger things.
You may want to download memtest86+ and test the ram. www.memtest.org. Toshiba does not offer a hard drive testing utility, but the Hitachi Drive Fitness Test can test it, I'd recommend that. www.hgst.com. |
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10-17-2007, 07:43 PM
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And test what with it? The new one? The old drive is dead, we have already tested it. I can really test anything on the laptop without a hard drive though.
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10-18-2007, 10:25 AM
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Download the bootable cd iso versions of those utilities. From that you can make a bootable cd and run the utility from the cd. You will need a computer with internet access to get the iso files which you obviously have, and a functioning computer with a cd burner and cd burning software capable of burning the iso image file. Search the forum on how to burn an iso file if you're not sure how to do that; there are many posts on this subject and the procedure varies depending on which burning software you use.
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10-18-2007, 01:43 PM
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Diagnostics are not things you install in Windows. They are meant to be used by booting with its own media.
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