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vladittude0583 · 12-02-2007, 02:17 AM

Hey guys, I recently ran into a problem with a computer of mine. I have an older model HP desktop PC with a partitioned hard-drive that includes XP Home as the OS along with the nonsense default software that comes along with it. Anyways, I decided that I wanted to perform a destructive recovery not using the traditional F8 button, but via inserting the XP Home Edition w/SP2 CD and installing it that way. Therefore, I proceeded with the installation and installed the fresh XP Home OS over the partitioned portion of the hard-drive (it gave a warning, but I went ahead anyways), and everything went smoothly. Then the system restarted to finish the install and this is where my problem occurred. After the HP logo popped up, a black screen came on saying "error with OS." I even tried to insert the XP Home OS CD into the DVD drive and it won't even read. The only thing I can do with the system is press the on/off button and it works. Otherwise, nothing else happens. Is there a way to recover the original XP Home? Will the recovery disc help out here because I definitely do not have them (probably have to order them from HP) even though I wiped out the partitioned space? Do I need a new hard-drive? Thanks.

u_nick · 12-02-2007, 02:38 AM

Thats really weird. I overwrite those partitions all the time.

Probably no way to get it back without a CD.

12-02-2007, 02:17 AM	#1
vladittude0583 Senior Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Jacksonville, FL Blu-ray collection:398 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	Desktop PC HELP!!! Hey guys, I recently ran into a problem with a computer of mine. I have an older model HP desktop PC with a partitioned hard-drive that includes XP Home as the OS along with the nonsense default software that comes along with it. Anyways, I decided that I wanted to perform a destructive recovery not using the traditional F8 button, but via inserting the XP Home Edition w/SP2 CD and installing it that way. Therefore, I proceeded with the installation and installed the fresh XP Home OS over the partitioned portion of the hard-drive (it gave a warning, but I went ahead anyways), and everything went smoothly. Then the system restarted to finish the install and this is where my problem occurred. After the HP logo popped up, a black screen came on saying "error with OS." I even tried to insert the XP Home OS CD into the DVD drive and it won't even read. The only thing I can do with the system is press the on/off button and it works. Otherwise, nothing else happens. Is there a way to recover the original XP Home? Will the recovery disc help out here because I definitely do not have them (probably have to order them from HP) even though I wiped out the partitioned space? Do I need a new hard-drive? Thanks.

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12-02-2007, 02:38 AM	#2
u_nick Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2007 Location:CT, US Trading Score:27	Thats really weird. I overwrite those partitions all the time. Probably no way to get it back without a CD.

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