Laptop won't start, continual reboots

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nugget,

How did Windows XP get onto that laptop?

 

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Voodoo.

Just kidding. HP now has a recovery partition that has all the software and OS to be installed.

 

nugget,

My question still is unanswered. So Windows XP was pre-installed onto the laptop by HP?

 

Sorry mate, yes it was preinstalled. When I start the machines for the first time I get the choice to have a German, French, Italian or English install.

I'va just checked and spinrite found nothing wrong.

 

nugget,

Is the hard drive easily removable?

 

Yes it is, but if you're going to suggest I should remove it I've already tried it. Whenever I tried to access it, I got error messages telling me the file system is corrupt.

 

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nugget,

How about getting something like the following, plug the laptop HD into your desktop, then run checkdisk on the laptop hard drive?

Link:

1. LAPTOP to IDE HARD DRIVE ADAPTER - http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=906&sku=17705

 

Thanks for the link and the suggestion. It's actually a SATA drive though. The only thing that would be of use is this cable here (I think), but I've already tried doing this.

 

thats what i said ....lol