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Installing XP on Compaq Presario CQ61

Jim -  
lapps Posted messages 3 Status Member -
Hello,

I just acquired a laptop, a Compaq Presario CQ61-407EK, and I can't install Windows XP!

This PC is equipped with the free operating system: Freedos, and as soon as I turn on the PC, a menu asks me to choose a language, and when I type 1 for French or any other key, an error message appears!

I checked the BIOS, and the DVD drive is set to boot mode, but it still won't launch!

THANK YOU for taking some of your precious time to enlighten me a bit

Best regards

Configuration: Windows XP / Firefox 3.6.10

1 answer

  1. Profile blocked
     
    Hello, if you receive a blue screen at the beginning of the installation, disable native SATA mode from the BIOS.
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    1. Jim
       
      Hi, there's nothing, not even a blue screen because the CD won't start!!! It just comes with FreeDOS that appears when the PC is turned on.
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    2. Profile blocked
       
      Have you checked that the installation CD really works! Try it on another PC to be sure.
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    3. Jim
       
      Of course it works, it's with this same CD that I installed XP on my desktop! And I even tried with a Windows 7 CD but still nothing, the freedos says something like there's no CD driver and that there's no IDE I think.
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    4. lapps Posted messages 3 Status Member 1
       
      I believe and am almost sure that it's your laptop's DVD drive that is having issues.
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