O/S desnt want to finsh installing

ok i found a how-to page on this but can i use a disk instad of a flobby?
link: http://www.ehow.com/how_5615907_test-hitachi-hard-drive.html

am sorry that am being so deffcult am not a genuse wiith computers

ok am cofused. what do i do, now that we know whats worng am?

I missed that post. It arrived while I was typing my last.

If the problem is as described (?), I think you might need some "hands-on" experienced technical help from someone.


Cheers,
Lee

ok i found a how-to page on this but can i use a disk instad of a flobby?
link: http://www.ehow.com/how_5615907_test-hitachi-hard-drive.html

am sorry that am being so deffcult am not a genuse wiith computers

I missed that post too

From the site you mention:
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Cheers,
Lee

PS Edit: I really do think you need some hands-on tech. experienced help. The problem you are convinced it is, has happened on 2 HDD's and with both XP and W7 (?).

k am going to take it to mike tomorrow he will do it but i got to find the cash thx guys love this website

tried to download the progam keeps saying "no floppy detected" WHO IN THE WORLD STILL USES FLOPPYS???!!!!

Use this link to download instead:

CD image (2,720 K) Creates bootable CD for Linux, Windows and other operating systems ( requires CD-RW drive and software).

It's a .iso file you can create a bootable CD from. It's about a third of the way down the page, right below the Binary diskette image for non-Windows OS (1,440 K)

You don't burn the .iso to CD, you use it as input to your burner software to create a bootable CD with. ImgBurn is a good free program to do this with.

Thanks Ztrucker PS Edit: And that program is going to load and run from RAM is it (there is no installed OS)?

Yes, boot the CD and it will load the program into ram and run from there.

Use this link to download instead:

CD image (2,720 K) Creates bootable CD for Linux, Windows and other operating systems ( requires CD-RW drive and software).

It's a .iso file you can create a bootable CD from. It's about a third of the way down the page, right below the Binary diskette image for non-Windows OS (1,440 K)

You don't burn the .iso to CD, you use it as input to your burner software to create a bootable CD with. ImgBurn is a good free program to do this with.

OK so how? i donload it its on my destop along with the .iso
i opened it use imgburn


oh carp** i think i have to reinstall the writer to the laptop
carrection the laptop dosent have a CD writer

You can create the bootable CD on any computer that has a CD burner.

Instructions here: How to write an image file to a disc using ImgBurn

yeah i know guss am going to my dads

heading out to get the file form my dad i hope this fixes it if not am just going to either 1 strip it and sale it for parts and buy a new pc or 2 take it to stapples

If you take it to Staples, make sure your data is backed up as they will most likely wipe it.

its gone anyway i had already wiped it about 30 times trying to get xp in it alone so yeah i finshed burning it and am back at gandma's. Am runing it now. i done did the quick sacn and long scan (may be called something else) am running a excrsies i think. but the frist time i did it it said 0x00 or something scan was compeleted and passed to sum it up. if you like ill re-run it and tell you guys what it says but after the excrsies finshs am going to install xp or try to

ok heres exactly what it says after runing a test with the disc HDS728080PLAT20 operation completed successfully disposition code = 0x00 am going to install windows xp and see if i have the samething happen