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xp problem on laptop

marsdelight · 2006-02-21 23:55:40

:mad: got an omnibook hp off a friend .and its got a ten gig hdd on it. he erased xp from it by mistake, and all it reads now when i try to re install it is a tiny partition space. theres no floppy on the machine can i do anything to restore the laptop to its origanal ten gig size and have xp on it again help please.…

22-02-2006 12:55am

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marsdelight

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:mad: got an omnibook hp off a friend .and its got a ten gig hdd on it.
he erased xp from it by mistake, and all it reads now when i try to re install it is a tiny partition space.
theres no floppy on the machine can i do anything to restore the laptop to its origanal ten gig size and have xp on it again help please.
cheers.

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#2 22-02-2006 12:58am

Creamy Goodness

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use an xp cd and boot from the cd, then whilst reinstalling windows set up partitions the way you would like them

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#3 22-02-2006 1:05am

marsdelight

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wont let me mate. it says its somthing like 8meg or sumting .
any ideas?

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#4 22-02-2006 1:08am

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marsdelight wrote:

wont let me mate. it says its somthing like 8meg or sumting .
any ideas?

you should see the 8mb

and then unpartiioned space or something like that

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#5 22-02-2006 1:12am

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nahh man nothing.
il give it a whirl tomorrow thanks for the help ne ways

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#6 22-02-2006 1:28am

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can you take a pic of the screen?

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