computer geeky helps :(

[Bubba]

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that is all....


only joking. Its my advent 8117 laptop. it died a while ago and i bought a 250gb WD to replace the toshiba 120gb one...and this is what happens when i ling in the recovery cd. If i put in an XP cd to do a fresh install it wont even reconise the HD....even though BIOS does, and i get a smart warning...

HD works fine in a caddy on my flatmates computer

google has lead me to something about slipstreaming but that makes as much sense to me as spelling to teenagers :(

any help or ideas?

[Jack]

If XP isn't recognising the HDD, I assume its a SATA drive..? If so you need to make a driver disk to load when installing XP

[Hayley]

OH the blue screen of death! I have had that about 4 times over the last 2 days! I must figure out (insert - get Jack to figure out) why it keeps doing it.

[Bubba]

If XP isn't recognising the HDD, I assume its a SATA drive..? If so you need to make a driver disk to load when installing XP

indeed it is XP...although im downloading opensuse as im beginning to hate windows and im going to give that a go

[Bubba]

BSOD solved...ram under keyboard was dead...