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Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped

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"S Campbell" <campbellfam@no.spam> wrote in message 
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> Hi friends
> Have an IBM Thinkpad R30 and need to find out why it won't boot up from a 
> tested and formatted 20 Gb Toshiba drive after the first stage of Windows 
> XP installation.
> So I installed Windows XP sp2 from a good CD I've used for years and first 
> stage of Windows XP installation goes OK without a glitch.  The computer 
> resets OK at this first stage.
> When the computer reboots it says "press a key to boot from CD" and I 
> don't press a key.  After it times out the Windows XP installation won't 
> continue - the cursor just blinks on the screen.
> If I take out the CD and reboot, the computer still won't boot from the 
> hard disk (after BIOS checks it goes to blank screen with a blinking 
> cursor).
> I have tested the hard disk and it appears OK.  I had connected it to 
> another XP computer, deleted the partition and formatted it as  NTFS.  The 
> Windows XP installation on the laptop accepts the format.
> So the problem I am trying to figure out is why the laptop won't boot off 
> that hard drive when it has Win XP installation to continue?  I checked 
> the BIOS and it finds the HD okay.  I have also made it at the top of the 
> Boot order (and it is not disabled with '!' as these Thinkpads do)
> So where on earth do I go from here?!
> Thanks for any solutions to the above problem.
>
>
Did you do the whole xp installation on the laptop? or did you do parts of 
it in another computer? 

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IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped "S Campbell" <campbellfam@no.spam> - 2013-01-11 17:32 +1000
  Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2013-01-11 00:47 -0800
  Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2013-01-11 20:18 +1100
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  Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped "Damian" <damian_andrews75@yahoo.com.au> - 2013-01-13 12:30 +1100
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  Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped Happy Oyster <-*-*.@.*-*-> - 2013-01-15 21:01 +0400
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  Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped "S Campbell" <campbellfam@no.spam> - 2013-02-05 19:49 +1000
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    Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2013-02-07 01:56 +0000
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        Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2013-02-08 04:07 +0000
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