Presario cq42: reformatting hard drive

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• Beginner help on reformat hard drive laptop

  Hi I'm new to this forum and I never reformat hard drive before > _ <

  

  I have not driver OS from the seller, but I have genuine windows7 so my question is how to reformat my hard drive without a driver OS?

  Of course I want to reformat my hard drive with my windows 7 and sorry for my bad grammar because English is not my first language > _ <

  Help me please

  Hello

  You have a set of recovery DVDs, you should be able to start the reinstallation of the operating system by inserting Disc1 into the CD/DVD drive (close a window that can be opened when you do this), then by restarting the laptop to boot from the disc.  As long as the process progresses, you will be asked to insert Disc2 and then later, Disc3.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• How can I reinstall the CS5 after reformatting hard drive?

  I'm teaching for CS5 and Photoshop Lightroom since 2011 license. They are only installed in a computer that needs to have completely reformatted hard drive. What are the steps needed to ensure that resettlement work?

  Thank you

  Soledadcv please see http://forums.adobe.com/message/5418120#5418120 where the oldest download section titles of software Adobe is discussed.

• How can I reformat hard drive, LaCie Rugged All-Terrain?

  I was using the LaCie Rugged All-Terrain Hard Disk to back up my MacBook Pro.  He has stopped responding to Time machine.  Does not recognize it when I plug it.  I replaced it with a Seagate, but would like to reformat the LaCie and see if it will work.  When I plug the drive into the usb port, the Mac does not meet the LaCie well I can hear the LaCie.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thank you.

  Hi TreeTipsx2,

  I understand that you want to clear your LaCie hard drive. I know it's important to have control over your data, so I am pleased to provide you with information to help with this.

  Although he is not able to see the hard drive in the Finder, you can always delete it if we see it in disk utility. Read this article on the subject:

  Disk utility (El Capitan): delete a volume

  Thank you for using communities of Apple Support, cheers!

• Can't reformat hard drive iMac before recycling 10.6.8 running

  How can I reformat my hard drive on an older iMac where I lost the beginning upward and the recovery disks? I'm running OS X 10.6.8 version. Whenever I try to start by now the keys order and R it just starts normally.

  Recovery does not work on this computer, unless he qualifies for an update of the firmware.

  You will need to get the original installation discs since it's the only way to do it-call Apple and give them your serial number.

• Can I fix Windows XP Home edition instead of reformatting hard drive?

  Hi there, my girlfriends A100 laptop has developed a fault where it gets loading up xp (xp with the blue loading bar loading screen) then back to the option screen giving options such as the safe mode with network, invites order and last known configuration. None of these work. I have not changed any hardware or installed software recently. I have a disc of toshoba product recovery, what I would like to know is it give me the option to repair of xp and I like to keep my personal files or it will completely erase my hard drive for a new installation?

  I used this disc today but got so far but did not select the option of recovery in the case where this removes the hard drive. This could not have come at a worse time, I spent yesterday reformat my external hard drive, so the only place where are our precious files on the laptop! If I can't repair xp I might have to buy a hard drive adapter 2.5 inch computer notebook to a desktop pc to access my files. Any help would be very very useful!

  PS: apologies if there any obvious mistakes, Im using my wii to write this and his age!

  Recovery time WILL erase the HARD drive. You should back up your files first.

  You have a few options:

  1) boot from a generic XP Installation CD and choose repair Windows. This may not work, the problem may be caused by anything whatsoever.

  2) boot from a Live CD Linux such as Knoppix (or BartPE XP-based) and copy your important files to the c: (Windows partition) on a USB key.

  (3) remove the laptop HARD drive and attach it to another PC using a USB 2.5 "HDD SATA Adapter (they are cheap), then copy the important files and then run the recovery.

  (4) attach the computer portable HARD drive directly on a desktop PC motherboard. The desktop PC must be equipped with SATA connectors. connectors SATA 2.5 "and 3.5" are the same.

• Compaq Presario A900: erase hard drive

  We have a Compaq Presario A900 - we want to wipe the hard drive and start over with an installation of Windows 10.

  Could you please tell us the steps to do so.  Thank you.

  KatMc

  Please provide information about the product.

  I was hoping that there was at least HP Win7 drivers for your PC, allowing you to switch to Win7 and try the upgrade to Win10.

  But to control your model, the latest HP drivers are for Vista.

  Which practically excludes the upgrade of your PC at Win10.

• after crash & burn, I reformatted hard drive software, then tried to reinstall xp family and get a prompt saying lost (NTDLR)

  system is running on a box of BONES that tha win XP - sp2 product must have a full installation disc handshake before he starts to reinstall, I then reformat with XP

  If your hard drive is noisy and has 13 bad sectors, I suspect that there is a physical problem with the hard drive.

  Your message is difficult to read, so I'm having trouble following what you're saying.

  You say you have two hard drives. If the storage drive is noisy, this means that the drive with the OS right? What player has 13 bad sectors?

  There is absolutely no need to use fdisk or an installation CD of Windows 98SE to format a hard drive and install Windows XP. You have the corresponding Windows XP appropriate installation CD? In other words, it corresponds to the license you have? What is XP Home, Pro or MCE? Retail, OEM or OEM generic to brand? Full or upgrade?

• After reformatting, hard drive named L not C.

  I was reformat the hard drive for more than 16.5 hours a bad virus kept this interference. The last two times, he finally went through, but both times the hard drive has been named (L) (C).

  I am quite at a loss on this one! Any ideas?

  It is the only hard drive in the computer.

  Hi docfnt,

  If possible, you can try to connect the hard drive to another computer and then format the hard drive. Afterwards, connect the hard drive on your machine & check if it works very well.

  Note: Once you connect the hard disk on the other machine, it assigns a drive letter as the C: drive. However, when you connect the hard drive on your machine after formatting, it should show the c: drive.

  Reference: How to partition and format a drive hard using the Windows XP Setup program

  Hope the helps of information. Please post back and we do know.

  Concerning
  Joel S
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Retrieve information from a unauthorized (i) reformat hard drive

  My new external hard drive has just automatically reformatted without my permission. Nothing has been re-written on the I: drive since the format.  Is it possible for me to restore these deleted/over-written data?

  Walter thanks! Unfortunately it did nothing for me.  I bought an Iomega storage drive.  The 2nd time that I used it, it auto-protege in writing.  Today is the 3rd time that I used it and it auto-formaté without asking permission. Nice! These two sites have also been suggested: http://free-backup.info/data-recovery-software.htm... and http://www.spotmau.com/products/package/full.htm?gclid=COD-xtKL16YCFQjrKgoddRc6JQ

  It seems that my data is lost. Ah good... to reliable DVD! Thanks again by the way Walter

  Hey jojoroon

  I'm sorry that he did not work for you

  There are many programs to try to find deleted data

  overwritten data are much more difficult to recover

  If I were you I would ask their support as to why you have these problems with their newly purchased product

  https://Iomega-AP-en.custhelp.com/app/home

  Walter, the time zone traveller

• No sound on DC7700p suite pitfalls of XP on reformatted hard drive

  I have mistakenly reformatted my hard drive after several error messages probably caused by too many software conflicts after years download various programs, deleting etc.

  My DC7700p is up and running fine, faster that previously, however I have no sound. I tried to download HP recommendations, Realtek etc nothing helps, I also tried Microsoft Fixit. I think it could be a driver problem.

  Someone at - it ideas?

  Start with Microsoft UAA. Follow the order of uninstallation and put it back in place, as indicated in the link of the web document.

  Best regards

  ERICO

• Very slow - Window 7, 266 mHz i7, Geforce 9800 GTx graphics card - computer was reformat hard drive, reloaded windows 7 and without other installed programs/games.

  My computer is running very slowly - i7 (quad) 266 Mhz and Geforce 9800 GTX graphics card.  I had this computer for about a year.  The problems seemed to start about 3 months when I started to play a game - Empire Total war with Steam.  The computer ran more slow and more slowly, gradually.  I tried all the clean disk, speed up programs, he worked once for a few days and then become very slow.  Finally, I backed up my files and reformat the hard drive and reloaded windows 7.  My computer has nothing loaded except windows 7 and is always very slow! Hardware issues? Help, please.

  Set of utilities to test for computer HARDWARE manufacturers:

  Note: If you are OverClocking or use an automatic overclocking or BIOS features, energy saving
  Start by disabling: Intel EIST, Turbo Mode, Cool and pretty
  and fall at the speed of stock as a starting point.

  Disconnect the other internal hard drives and external USB devices.
  Look for any loose hard drive power or cables SATA, graphics card or other power cables.

  CPU ID (CPUZ): http://www.CPUID.com/cpuz.php
  Watch the clock speed of the CPU under various conditions of loading
  (when using speed step technology Intel EIST).
  #1 Note:
  CPU - ID has two tabs (memory and SPD) that indicates the actual speed of the memory and 'SPD' tab displays the nominal speeds
  for each memory location is full.
  #2 Note:
  COMPARE the two values, the actual speed should not exceed the rated speed of your memory.

  Prime95: Displays your actual speed of the processor when using CPU ID under a heavy load.
  http://www.Mersenne.org/freesoft/
  It's a stand alone .exe file contained in an archive .zip.
  Simply choose to run the 'stress test' option for 3 hours or more.
  If your PC can pass this test, your memory and CPU
  are very good (close the housing cover in order to maintain adequate ventilation)

  Core Temp:
  The temperature of each core of the processor.
  Note: For the overclockers using stock radiator and cooling fan Intel/AMD, you can expect a temperature range of
  35 to 40 ° C at idle and 60-65 c max when running Prime95.
  http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

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  Also: Try running Memtest86 +: it runs from a floppy disk or CD, you must remove or
  confirm whether your one or more of your sticks of memory are bad or the values of the SPD in the BIOS are correct.
  Let it run for as long as you can: 2,4,6,8 or several hours (at least 3 full passes), if no errors at that time then your ram is OK.
  http://www.memtest.org/
  Memtest86 + Guide/How To (use the.) ISO to create a bootable CD)
  http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=409152

  Hard drive test - CD Bootable:
  Ranging from 5 to 20% (depending on the manufacturing) new hard disks are defective. Test your drive with the factory utility. If you have a new hard drive Seagate the very next thing would be to download Seagate Seatools (bootable CD) and check bad sectors:
  http://www.Seagate.com/WW/v/index.jsp?locale=en-us&name=SeaTools&vgnextoid=720bd20cacdec010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

  For Western Digital readers to download the .iso from WdDiag file: http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=611&sid=30&lang=en

  Samsung Estool: http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/support/utilities/ES_Tool.html
  Samsung Disk Manager software: http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm
  Hitachi Drive Fitness Test Software: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
  Diagnostic tool available for use by customers who feel their Toshiba brand Fujitsu hard drive:
  http://SDD.Toshiba.com/main.aspx?path=ServicesandSupport/WarrantySupport/SoftwareUtilities
  Notice of suport Fujitsu disk utility: http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/storage/hdd/
  Toshiba CD bootable: (BACK Diagnostic Tool version 7.0 for IDE/ATA/SATA hard disks)
  http://SDD.Toshiba.com/main.aspx?path=ServicesSupport/FujitsuDrivesUSandCanada/SoftwareUtilities#diagnostic

  Once Windows is installed:

  Of device drivers: Have you installed latest device from the manufacturer of the motherboard drivers?
  Check their support site for the latest drivers as the CD that came with the motherboard may have
  older less stable drivers.

  Visit the download of the manufacture of the graphics card: download and install the most recent Windows 7 drivers
  for your card.
  ATI: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
  NVIDIA: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index5.aspx?lang=en-us

  See also the test of 'Smoke box' Nvidia or other demos: http://www.nvidia.com/object/cool_stuff.html#/demos
  or equivalent ATI.

  CPUID HWMonitor: Hardware program that reads the sensors of health main PC monitoring systems.
  voltages, temperatures, fans speed.
  http://www.CPUID.com/HWMonitor.php

  Test of Stress of FurMark GPU (graphics card):
  http://www.oZone3D.NET/benchmarks/fur/

  Pass marks burn in test: http://www.passmark.com/
  Burnin test, and their test bench at the same time give a good workout from all the major parts of Windows.

  HD Tune:
  Provides information of the car and has an option (tab scan error) to test your drive.
  http://www.hdtune.com/

  SpeedFan:
  Monitors internal temperatures and has a function of analysis health online (SMART tab) for hard disks drive.
  It displays your drives model number and compares your drive with other discs of the same brand and model.
  http://www.almico.com/SpeedFan.php

  GPU - Z:
  A utility light, designed for you give information about your video card and GPU.
  http://www.techpowerup.com/GPUZ/

  PC WIZARD:
  A powerful utility designed especially for detection of hardware, also analyses more.
  He is able to identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies
  and standards.
  http://www.CPUID.com/pcwizard.php

  Partition Wizard Home Edition:
  http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
  Note: There is also a CD bootable or versions of the bootable Flash drive:
  http://www.partitionwizard.com/Partition-Wizard-bootable-CD.html
  http://www.partitionwizard.com/bootable-Flash-drive.html
  Among the features and functions: create partition, Delete partition, format partition,.
  A partition resize, move partitions, Partition recovery after an accidental deletion,
  Convert the partition, partition Explore, Hide partition,
  Change the drive letter, a partition active Set, Explorer (content display) of the partition.
  Note: To complete any task use the "Pending Operations" box at the bottom left.

  Alternative to Partition Wizard (a bit easier to use, but Partition Wizard and EASUS have almost identical user interfaces)
  EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition (free):
  http://www.partition-tool.com/
  Partition software ALL-IN-ONE and the most convenient hard disk partition manager Kit
  Includes Partition Manager, Disk & Partition copy Wizard and Partition MBR and GUID partition GPT disk recovery Wizard (table) on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 (32-bit and 64-bit).
  It allows users to resize/move Partition, drive system extend, copy Disk & Partition, Partition merge, Split Partition, redistribute free space, convert dynamic disk, Partition Recovery and much more.

  Hiren BootCD
  http://www.Hiren.info/pages/Bootcd
  Hiren BootCD from USB (USB key)
  http://www.Hiren.info/pages/Bootcd-on-USB-disk
  (something more questions)

  UBCD4Win:
  http://www.UBCD4Win.com/index.htm
  UBCD4Win is a recovery CD bootable that contains software used for repairing,
  restoration or diagnose almost any computer problem.

  MyEventViewer - an easy way to display your event logs:
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/my_event_viewer.html

  JS
  http://www.PAGESTART.com

  Never be afraid to ask. This forum has some of the best people in the world to help.

• Help with old Presario 900 series hard drive capacity

  I have an old Presario P904RSA130X520WC51E.  I bought new at Radio Shack and they told me it is huge 20G drive could be upgraded to a huge 40G. Couln t afford then. Since the death of my hard drie, I want to replace it with the more economical upgrade... I really want to give a 20G in there and I can't afford a new laptop of course.  Nobody knows what can manage this motherboard?

  I'm already burned for $48.00 off Amazon because I did not know that the Dell 40 G (a Fujitsi MHV2040AH) came with a spade connector and my Compaq uses the connector IDC 44 (or all new generation records they use this connector?).  I have been informed that any reader of IDC PATA 2.5 G 40 44 pin will work... or is this lesson one another waiting to happen?

  Would be grateful for any help available.

  Thank you

  Alan

  You should be able to use any detail 2.5 inch PATA/IDE hard drive. Is the "shovel" removable? Usually, they are if you pull straight out.

• Dell XPS 410 to reformat hard drive

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• Compaq Presario 2586US laptop - hard drive upgrade

  Recently, I took a chance and bought 2 'parts only' Compaq Presario 2500 laptop computer series off Ebay and was able to make a unique work PC with motherboard of the 2586US being the motherboard, I used.  I don't have a hard drive, so I bought a Samsung 160 GB ATA drive.  Turns out I have to not need the adapter on the end of bus because it plugged right in the motherboard making.  The reader is supposed to be ATA100 and ATA133 at the upper end (I don't remember which).  I put the drive and installed Windows.  I noticed that it seemed slow but Windows showed the disc to the original format.  Then I went to dual-boot with a Linux distribution and encountered errors.  Thanks to a lot of research on the web I found the BIOS and the IDE interface itself (?) apparently does not have a drive larger than 137 GB.  I checked the BIOS and indeed it says the maximum usable size 137 GB.  It also shows the transfer rate to DMA2, which, as I understand it, means that it is only the transfer to 33 MB instead of 100 or 133 MB.  The service manual says ATA100, so it should support a transfer DMA5 rate.

  I don't pretend to understand all of this at all.  So, I'm looking for help.

  (1) is anyway to go beyond 137 GB on a hard drive in this laptop?

  (2) otherwise, it's the fact that my drive is actually 160 GB when the PC support 137Go cause more problems?

  (3) what should I do to obtain a rate of transfer beyond DMA2?  The configuration of the BIOS doesn't let me tab this field to change.

  Thanks for any help and explanations that I can understand.  Don't forget that I am just your average Joe and not some kind of expert at all.  I found a lot of this on the web but don't know what it means.

  Thanks in advance!

  Dave

  After a lot of research and reading on the net, I found the following link:

  http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~leeey/A7A266/

  Basically, the driver ALi M5229 was the problem.  It was not really support the DMA modes.  The link explains this and provides a link for the driver of the UDMA for the chip (it is not only the miniport driver that you get from the Compaq/HP site).  I installed it, had to reboot about 3 or 4 times due to messages "new hardware has been installed, but a reboot is required.  When I finally got around those I noticed that in Device Manager I see the ALi controller and it is listed as a UDMA controller now.  The individual channels are not displayed (the pilot seems to configure the drives as SCSI peripheral nickname).  Using the included ALi utility, it shows my driver running at ATA100/133.  Startup, everything including startup items until my office is there, the system's busiest has been reduced to about 1/4 or 1/5 while she was before.   I have a new system of hearts for my office, so sometimes I think that it still seems a bit slow, but there is a world of difference between a modern quad core system and this old laptop P4 architecture, etc..  But okay, the laptop works fine now in Windows.  Now I'll have to see what it looks like for Linux, because I have no idea what it uses for the driver ALi M5229.

  I think we can safely call this thread closed, how ever do you that.  Somehow, I thought she was going to be a bit obscure, and I guess you can say it was!

  Thank you all for any help here!