home xp on a new hard drive in a laptop

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I have had a new hard drive installed and windows XP installed--
the screen is not filled- there is still a large black border around it.
Help???
 
pbarr said:
I have had a new hard drive installed and windows XP installed--
the screen is not filled- there is still a large black border around it.
Help???
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Was the Windows XP installed from a CD supplied by the laptop
manufacturer?

If not (e.g. a retail version of Windows XP was used) then go to the
laptop manufacturer's web site and download & install the Windows XP
updates, including video drivers, for your specific laptop model.

Also this particular situation, on a laptop or with an LCD display on
a desktop system, means that the resolution setting chosen is lower
than what the manufacturer designed the display for, such as using 800
x 600 on a system intended to use 1024 x 768. So if the driver
updates do not resolve the issue then try increasing the screen
resolution to the next higher value.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm
 
Ron Martell said:
Was the Windows XP installed from a CD supplied by the laptop
manufacturer?

If not (e.g. a retail version of Windows XP was used) then go to the
laptop manufacturer's web site and download & install the Windows XP
updates, including video drivers, for your specific laptop model.

Also this particular situation, on a laptop or with an LCD display on
a desktop system, means that the resolution setting chosen is lower
than what the manufacturer designed the display for, such as using 800
x 600 on a system intended to use 1024 x 768. So if the driver
updates do not resolve the issue then try increasing the screen
resolution to the next higher value.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm
It worked!!! Can't thank you enough!
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