--- Original Message --- From: "Dilwyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] 2.5 inch HD
>The existing one is either 6GB or 8GB (forget which). Derek has = > >offered a similar size one for =A310 which is probably good enough for = > >such an old laptop. It used to have Windows 98SE on it, we were trying = > >to replace that with Windows XP when the drive gave up the ghost. = > >We've tried several times to FORMAT it, but it stops at the same place = > >every time at the 13% mark in the FORMAT with a horrible noise. > >It won't boot up now of course, so we resort to the Win 98 startup = > >disk to FDISK and FORMAT it, hoping to be able to convert it to NTFS = > >for Win XP if and when we get it to format! > >The hard disk was itself a second hand replacement for a smaller hard = > Are You Sure The laptop will support win Xp??? Usually if it was originally win 95 or 98 it will not measure up to XP, at least the ones I have seen of that vintage. There used to be a utility that you ran while in 98 that evaluated the needed upgrades before you could install XP or if XP would even run once installed. Did you try that before going the XP route??? _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm