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Reinstall of Windows xp

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by muriela

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How can I install winxp on the laptop when the original reinstall was interrupted because the disk was accidently ejected?

The lap won't recognize the disk.

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by kenone

when you reboot the install resumes, unless there's more to the story.

by muriela

Reboot doesn't restart the install. While the xp install was in process, my grandson moved the lap, accidently hitting the eject on the CD. Now the lap does not recognize the drive or cd.

by peconet tietokoneet

Have a look at the disk, is it scratched?, if so then you will need to very carefully wipe it, starting from the inside of the cd disk and straight to the tip of the disk in question. Do this all the way around the disk in straight lines. When clean and dry, try it again to see if it installs ok.

by muriela

Drive is good, disc is good. Disc was accidently ejected during the install process, now the lap doesn't even see the cd.

by peconet tietokoneet

Download here:
http://www.killdisk.com/
This will wipe your disk so it is fresh as a daisy, though it will take at least FOUR hours to do, so be patient. When finished, load on your Windows disk.
Hope all works out for you.

by jessie

Were you doing an upgrade and not using a bootable CD? If the drive isn't seeing a bootable cd, then you've got either a bad drive, or a bad disk. Try a different bootable CD, or find the instructions for removing your laptop cd/dvd drive and reseat it, the drive connection may have gotten jostled when your grandson accidentally moved it.

If you were using an upgrade disk and not a bootable CD, you'll need to reinstall the original OS from it's installation disk/s then run the upgrade of XP again.

by muriela

It is the original bootable OS disc. OS disc was installing when it was interrupted.

by muriela

Thank you. I'll give killdisk a try. The disc I have been using is the original os install disc. The lap was cluttered and getting sluggish, so everything of value was backed up to discs, and I started a clean fresh install when it was interrupted.

Thanks for the suggestion.

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