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I have an HP Pavilion 510c with Intel Celeron/133mHz. It got some viruses I
could'nt get rid of (resulting in BSOD), so a friend to me to DBAN the hard
drive and start over with a clean install of XP. I didn't care for any back
up files, so I smoked the machine and got rolling. (regret that now)
I've been been having a lot of problems starting with the CD. The install CD
did not boot. I got the black screen with the blinking cursor with no text.
(The CD drive is #1 on the boot priority list in BIOS). The CD drives opens
and closes, but when it tried to read it (it starts to whir so I know the
drive itself is healthy) it spins for a while, but nothing happened. I
expected to see the press any key to start kind of prompt or ANYTHING at all!
After that I decided to go to the floppy disk solution. Had the 6 floppy
disks setup set, but when setup finished loading and prompted for the Windows
XP Proffesional instlall CD, I put the CD in again, but again nothing
happened. The screen said "waiting", then blinked and when back to the same
prompt.
Next, I tried to run recovery console, but didn't know how to fix anythng. My
hard drive is Mr. Clean, so whats the point, right?
I admit I was in over my head from the beginning. I know I missed some
crucial steps somewhere; I've never done a reinstall before. I expect to be
filled in on what a thick skull I have for not being careful beforehand, but
could you still give me some advice on what to do. I'm open to all
suggestions.
BTW: the CD I have is the 2002 Academic Version; bought the system at
discount from a teacher. I found out that you needed to show verification of
teaching credentials or its a no go on upon activation. Is there any way to
circumvent that? Even if I can get the CD drive to boot the CD, I'll have to
spend 4 years in college for a certification just to use it. So, if theres
anything I can do about it before 2011 and ying yang full of student loans....
..
could'nt get rid of (resulting in BSOD), so a friend to me to DBAN the hard
drive and start over with a clean install of XP. I didn't care for any back
up files, so I smoked the machine and got rolling. (regret that now)
I've been been having a lot of problems starting with the CD. The install CD
did not boot. I got the black screen with the blinking cursor with no text.
(The CD drive is #1 on the boot priority list in BIOS). The CD drives opens
and closes, but when it tried to read it (it starts to whir so I know the
drive itself is healthy) it spins for a while, but nothing happened. I
expected to see the press any key to start kind of prompt or ANYTHING at all!
After that I decided to go to the floppy disk solution. Had the 6 floppy
disks setup set, but when setup finished loading and prompted for the Windows
XP Proffesional instlall CD, I put the CD in again, but again nothing
happened. The screen said "waiting", then blinked and when back to the same
prompt.
Next, I tried to run recovery console, but didn't know how to fix anythng. My
hard drive is Mr. Clean, so whats the point, right?
I admit I was in over my head from the beginning. I know I missed some
crucial steps somewhere; I've never done a reinstall before. I expect to be
filled in on what a thick skull I have for not being careful beforehand, but
could you still give me some advice on what to do. I'm open to all
suggestions.
BTW: the CD I have is the 2002 Academic Version; bought the system at
discount from a teacher. I found out that you needed to show verification of
teaching credentials or its a no go on upon activation. Is there any way to
circumvent that? Even if I can get the CD drive to boot the CD, I'll have to
spend 4 years in college for a certification just to use it. So, if theres
anything I can do about it before 2011 and ying yang full of student loans....
..