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ok i tryed to use restore disks from my desktop on my laptop and it
didnt exactly work it stopped half way through and now when i try to
reinstall its old operating system which was windows 98 and it says an
error was detected while formatting your primary hard disk partition
so i know what i did was compleltley stupid in the first place so can
anyone give me a hand and tell me what i should do before im killed
for breaking my laptop
 
Opps - First, Absolute rule in this situation is to GO SLOW ! making
any kind of hasty/random actions can make an already bad situation a
lot worse.

Your desktop restore disks, where they Windows XP or 98 ? Does
the laptop have a recovery disk set or a hidden partition ? It might help
to repost with the Vendor/Model # of the notebook. An inability to do
a format is a serious issue and you may need some professional help to
get the notebook restored.
 
Opps - First, Absolute rule in this situation is to GO SLOW ! making
any kind of hasty/random actions can make an already bad situation a
lot worse.

Your desktop restore disks, where they Windows XP or 98 ? Does
the laptop have a recovery disk set or a hidden partition ? It might help
to repost with the Vendor/Model # of the notebook. An inability to do
a format is a serious issue and you may need some professional help to
get the notebook restored.






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my desktop restore disks are for windows xp and no i dont have a
recory disk for my laptop and i dont know if it has a hidden partition
and i checked the set partitons it does have one of those its an hp
omnibook xe3
 
my desktop restore disks are for windows xp and no i dont have a
recory disk for my laptop and i dont know if it has a hidden partition
and i checked the set partitons it does have one of those its an hp
omnibook xe3
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OEM stuff is too lame to do the whole thing over an existing system is
it not?

Perhaps a complete reformat would do the trick?
 
OEM stuff is too lame to do the whole thing over an existing system is
it not?

Perhaps a complete reformat would do the trick?- Hide quoted text -

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well how can i reformat without windows loading and no it says no
operating system found
 
ok i tryed to use restore disks from my desktop on my laptop and it
didnt exactly work it stopped half way through and now when i try to
reinstall its old operating system which was windows 98 and it says an
error was detected while formatting your primary hard disk partition
so i know what i did was compleltley stupid in the first place so can
anyone give me a hand and tell me what i should do before im killed
for breaking my laptop
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How are you trying to reinstall windows 98? FYI there is a windows 98
newsgroup.

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...77c-b913-44a1-bb74-b340c5c9daf5&lang=en&cr=us
 
Your tip missed the portion where he said he didn't have the recovery cd's
for his laptop.

further response at the bottom of this post.

R. McCarty said:
Check page 125 of the Reference manual for the notebook:
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/lpi05435.pdf
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Since you don't have the recovery cd's I suggest you bite the bullet and
take it to a qualified repair shop and have them fix it.
Since the hardware appears to be too old for XP, you just might be able to
find a copy of w98 on e-bay , good luck.
 
On May 13, 4:31 pm, "Rock" wrote:
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im just using a copy of windows 98 i have
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Sorry but that doesn't explain it. What kind of copy? Installation CD?
Image file? Backup? How are you using this "copy"? And again it's best to
post to a windows 98 newsgroup.
 
sgopus said:
Your tip missed the portion where he said he didn't have the recovery
cd's for his laptop.

further response at the bottom of this post.
[snip]

Since you don't have the recovery cd's I suggest you bite the bullet
and take it to a qualified repair shop and have them fix it.
Since the hardware appears to be too old for XP, you just might be
able to find a copy of w98 on e-bay , good luck.
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Thanks to R. McCarty for providing the online manual. It talks about
that it can run Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. Page 8 and 13
for starters.
 
Sorry but that doesn't explain it. What kind of copy? Installation CD?
Image file? Backup? How are you using this "copy"? And again it's best to
post to a windows 98 newsgroup.
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its an installation cd
 
Rock said:
Sorry but that doesn't explain it. What kind of copy? Installation
CD? Image file? Backup? How are you using this "copy"? And again
it's best to post to a windows 98 newsgroup.
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Better yet... what was installed on this laptop before you messed up? As
it appears it could come with Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
(thanks to R. McCarty for providing the manual). Does it have a
Microsoft Windows sticker on it? If so, which Windows does it say for?
And if the key is provided, you are in luck.
 
Better yet... what was installed on this laptop before you messed up? As
it appears it could come with Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
(thanks to R. McCarty for providing the manual). Does it have a
Microsoft Windows sticker on it? If so, which Windows does it say for?
And if the key is provided, you are in luck.
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it does have a sticker it says its desighned for windows 98 and what
do you mean by key i dont mean to sound ignorant im just frustrated
with my laptop at the moment
 
Thanks, I didn't want to read the entire manual, just the page mentioned.

BillW50 said:
sgopus said:
Your tip missed the portion where he said he didn't have the recovery
cd's for his laptop.

further response at the bottom of this post.
[snip]

Since you don't have the recovery cd's I suggest you bite the bullet
and take it to a qualified repair shop and have them fix it.
Since the hardware appears to be too old for XP, you just might be
able to find a copy of w98 on e-bay , good luck.
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Thanks to R. McCarty for providing the online manual. It talks about
that it can run Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. Page 8 and 13
for starters.
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it does have a sticker it says its desighned for windows 98 and what
do you mean by key i dont mean to sound ignorant im just frustrated
with my laptop at the moment
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A sticker that says Microsoft Windows and has a long number separated
by dashes, in a similar format to: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXX. This
is often on the bottom of laptop computers.
 
A sticker that says Microsoft Windows and has a long number separated
by dashes, in a similar format to: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXX. This
is often on the bottom of laptop computers.
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ok i found it its g8kt9-f9kk3-dwrkp-wpwyb-fw7kq
 
Uh..you shouldn't post it online. Besides people knowing the product key
isn't going to help you.
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oh well my bad now how is this going to help me exactly
 
You really should post to a Windows 98 group for guidance with your project.
Use the General Discussion group -- microsoft.windows.win98.gen_discussion

I and many other well qualified people will be waiting for you.
 
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