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1. COMPAQ WINDOWS XP BOOT DISK HOW TO
2. COMPAQ WINDOWS XP BOOT DISK SERIAL NUMBERS
3. COMPAQ WINDOWS XP BOOT DISK CODE
4. COMPAQ WINDOWS XP BOOT DISK PC

I'll probably give that a try, but I notice that some come with power adapters and some without. Quick stupid question: Looks like an IDE to USB adapter can be had fairly affordably - $10 shipped on eBay. I do have three desktop computers running XP at my disposal one has a floppy drive (which as noted won't help since the laptop doesn't) and two can write CD's.

It's not the end of the world if it doesn't happen the bulk of it is safely elsewhere, but it would definitely improve my mood.Īny suggestions? I was tempted to try resetting to default options on the Setup screen but I doubted that would help and I was afraid it might hurt.Īs noted, I don't have any XP CD's for this computer I'm not overly familiar with the guts of a laptop (the only thing I've done on this laptop myself is add memory I'm a bit handier with desktops). I tried running the HDD Self test (Quick version) from the Setup menu, and after about 30 seconds of "0% complete" got "Error: Servo failure"įortunately I've got most of what I need from the laptop safely backed up, but I'd love to be able to get the hard drive operational again if possible so that I can retrieve a few things that I didn't get around to backing up.

COMPAQ WINDOWS XP BOOT DISK SERIAL NUMBERS

System information screen from Setup (minus serial numbers which somehow seemed creepy) is attached. I can press F while it's trying to boot and get into setup.

When we returned home 90 minutes later, the laptop seemed warm and it had a black screen that read "A disk read error occurred press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart." When I do that, I get the red Compaq logo briefly flashing, then the same disk read error again. I ran the install, and it was still installing when it was time to leave the house for a bit. I decided to run Adaware as well I hadn't downloaded it onto the laptop so I did that (when the heck did it grow to 92MB?!?). I updated MB, ran it, and it found nothing. Anyway, I figured I'd run ATF Cleaner and Malwarebytes just to make sure there wasn't anything more insidious going on. It seemed a bit sluggish today while I was doing some stuff on-line, but our internet service was spotty as well today and kept slowing to a halt and then dropping. It has a CDRW/DVD-ROM drive but no floppy drive.

COMPAQ WINDOWS XP BOOT DISK HOW TO

I'm not sure what flavor hard drive it has and am not sure how to check.

COMPAQ WINDOWS XP BOOT DISK CODE

I got it second hand and don't have any Windows CD's (though fwiw the product key code is on the sticker on the underside). Is this even possible without spending a ton of cash on recovery cd's or for file recovery? I have also tried F8, Pause/Break and have hunted the setup/boot menu for anything that could help - and found nothing.Ent=41949:LaptopSetupSm.jpg]I have a Compaq Evo N610c laptop running Windows XP Professional. I am just looking at this point to recover some pictures/documents from it.then as far as I am concerned it is trash.

COMPAQ WINDOWS XP BOOT DISK PC

It does NOT have a floppy drive, nor did the PC come with any recovery disks and of course I do not have any. ESC to enter boot menu, F1 for setup, F10 for system recovery. When I cut power to it and try at least starting the boot process, I do get the COMPAQ red/white screen with 3 options on it. I have done several hours of searching and have tried several things to get to at least to the system recovery area, but I can not even do that. There is a blinking underscore the line below it. It takes about 30 seconds for the error to appear. It appears on a black screen after the red/white compaq screen. Got the infamous "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" on my mom's compaq presario desktop sr1900nx.