I have an XP Windows pc that won't boot past the windows logo screen. It also says no hard drive installed when I try a windows recovery. Is this a sign of a dying hard drive? How can I fix/repair this and how can I copy the programme files to a new hard drive?
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Before you think about reinstalling windows or even doing a windows repair from your windows CD try repairing it from the repair console.
1. Insert the Windows XP CD into your CD drive and restart your computer. If you are prompted, select any options required to start (boot) from …
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You don't have to find it, when you insert your XP disk it will come up as it starts to install as explained above.
Follow the instructions above and it may fix your problems.
If you start to reinstall windows, you have to bypass the repair consul to get …
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