Problems loading XP on new hardrive

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Assistance please,
I urgently need to replace my original laptop hardrive that was running XP
Pro. but I am not being able to load the OS to a new disk.
The laptop is a Compaq NX9005 which has been very reliable for over 4 years.
I recently gave it to my daughter who after 2 months of use has had disk
failure ( I have just been told) While I was away she sought the help of a
friend who is into computers and fitted a replacement small drive of 10GB
with W/XP Home to help her with important work at the time. The disk, which
was working perfectly well, has now been removed and I am replacing it with a
spare 40gb that I had in good working order. (Has been formatted and
error-ckecked via USB cable connected to my desktop) ,After installing and
running XP Pro from the original CD that did come with the laptop, all the
initial files load up OK but when it gets to the page "Set up is installing
your W/XP" it hangs and none of the commands, Continue, Repair or F3 respond.
What is stopping Windows loading on to the new disk?
Any advise will be much appreciated.
Tony
 
Assistance please,
I urgently need to replace my original laptop hardrive that was running XP
Pro. but I am not being able to load the OS to a new disk.
The laptop is a Compaq NX9005 which has been very reliable for over 4 years.
I recently gave it to my daughter who after 2 months of use has had disk
failure ( I have just been told) While I was away she sought the help of a
friend who is into computers and fitted a replacement small drive of 10GB
with W/XP Home to help her with important work at the time. The disk, which
was working perfectly well, has now been removed and I am replacing it with a
spare 40gb that I had in good working order. (Has been formatted and
error-ckecked via USB cable connected to my desktop) ,After installing and
running XP Pro from the original CD that did come with the laptop, all the
initial files load up OK but when it gets to the page "Set up is installing
your W/XP" it hangs and none of the commands, Continue, Repair or F3 respond.
What is stopping Windows loading on to the new disk?
Any advise will be much appreciated.
Tony
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I have experienced some problems with Compaq systems. Some Compaqs
that I worked on will not accept a hard drive that does not seem to
have some type of Compaq "tweak" setting. That is to say, if you add
a "generic" hard drive purchased not from HP/Compaq, there might be a
chance that it might not work since the hard drive electronics do not
have a "Compaq" based firmware.

You might be able to fix this with a "BIOS" update.
 
Hi Tony,

The problem is that you loaded the Windows operating system from your
Desktop, not after installing the Hard Drive back into the Laptop.

You need to reinstall the operating system / Factory Restore the Laptop,
using the Laptop, not the Desktop Computer.

Use Compaq's Quick Restore CDs that came with the Laptop.
 
Hi creator,
I did not load anything from my desktop. I only formatted and error checked
the disk for possible problems, but this shows no bad sections and does not
appear to be anything wrong with it.
The empty disk is then put in the laptop and like I say, the OS starts
loading the files and then hangs when it gets to "Set up is starting W/P".
Any further comment?
Tony
 
Hi smlunatick,
Thanks for your helpful comments. Do I get the BIOS update from HP or
Microsoft?
How do I proceed once I get this?
Regards
Tony
 
Bios from HP

You might also want to try preparing the HD by booting from the winxp cd,
deleting any partitions, creating new, formatting and installing, as apposed
to preparing the disk on another PC
 
Hi DL,
How do I do that? I install the new disk, boot from the XP CD and the system
files start to load. I do not get any other choice.
Thanks for comments
Tony
 
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