compaq presario notebook 1925

clydej · 07-25-2004, 04:48 AM

i bought a usb cdrom and a usb floppy drive and didnt install the software driver so install aol running xp the computer crash and the message keep comming up the registry cant load the hive files
so i am trying to reinstall windows xp but my cd rom and floppy wont respond to the setup disk is there any way that i can get the floppy to read the setup disk

**Praetor** · 07-25-2004, 06:29 AM

1. Why dont you install WindowsXP using the DVDROM that comes with the laptop?

2. There are four different disks required to floppy-boot WindowsXP... you're better off with the CDROM

3. I think you need to change the boot order to have the DVDROM checked before the HDD in the BIOS boot sequence

07-25-2004, 04:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
clydej New Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1	compaq presario notebook 1925 i bought a usb cdrom and a usb floppy drive and didnt install the software driver so install aol running xp the computer crash and the message keep comming up the registry cant load the hive files so i am trying to reinstall windows xp but my cd rom and floppy wont respond to the setup disk is there any way that i can get the floppy to read the setup disk

07-25-2004, 06:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 26 Posts: 19,953	1. Why dont you install WindowsXP using the DVDROM that comes with the laptop? 2. There are four different disks required to floppy-boot WindowsXP... you're better off with the CDROM 3. I think you need to change the boot order to have the DVDROM checked before the HDD in the BIOS boot sequence __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

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