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Laptop help!!!

  • 28-09-2007 10:16pm
    #1
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,999 ✭✭✭


    I decided to reinstall windows on my laptop as it was full of crap! I stuck in my windows cd deleted the windows partition and before i could create a new one it turned off! And keeps turning off around the same area! Any suggestions to what this could be? Dodgy cd maybe ? (its an origianl oem) The laptop is a medion and i've never had problems like this before!? And its after staying on for a good while beside me in the bios so maybe it is the cd?

    Any help/advice much appreciated!


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  • #2
    bushy...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭bushy...


    Try making a small partition on the disk , copy the cd stuff to it, and run setup from there, worked for me last time i had a similaer problem with a laptop.
    The setup.exe you need is not the one you see when you browse the cd , is buried in one of the folders.


  • #3
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,999 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    bushy... wrote:
    Try making a small partition on the disk , copy the cd stuff to it, and run setup from there, worked for me last time i had a similaer problem with a laptop.
    The setup.exe you need is not the one you see when you browse the cd , is buried in one of the folders.

    Thanks for the reply
    on what, the hard disk? how can i do that, i don't have an os!! It could be my cd drive, i havent used it in a good while so i wouldn't have noticed if it was wrecked? Just tried a "borrowed" copy of xp pro taught i was out of the wood as it seemed to get much further but no.. did the same thing while formating the drive. I'm trying a ubuntu live cd to see how i get on with that... could i use an external hard drive to setup things if my cd drive is gone?

    EDIT: It has to be my cd drive, it was sitting on "ntrld missing" for a good while and as soon as i stuck in the ubuntu cd it died. Its pluged in to the and im pretty sure its not the charger

    EDIT EDIT: Trying to install linux , full of errors! It got to the boot options, didnt get much further. same error about "buffer IO sr0 " not being readable(or something to that nature) quick google search it would appear sr0 is a cd drive? correct me if im wrong!


  • #4
    extra-ordinary_
    Registered Users Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭extra-ordinary_


    Remove the battery. Run the laptop directly on AC power. Go into bios and set failsafe defaults. Set to boot from CD-ROM restart and see what happens.


  • #5
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,999 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    Cheers mate! so far so go good , its well on its way to setting up windows(finishedthe initial blue screen install). Is my battery dead so? I really appreciate the advice thank you!


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