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    XPS M1530 : CD jammed. HDD unrecognizeable. what to do?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Dauphin, Oct 22, 2008.

  1. Dauphin

    Dauphin Notebook Enthusiast

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    I 've bought my first laptop. An xps m1530. A I hate just one drive(c :) I decided to repartition the hdd. First I used the vista disk manager. the only thing that i could do was to shrink drive c:. It was rubbish so I bought acronis 10. I tried to re-merge the shrinked c: and the splitted space. At this time I restart the xps and the trouble began!
    " operating system missing " was the first message. as the acronic cd was into the opti-drive I can not do anything like using vista reinstallation. the only thing I am able to do is booting with the acronic bootable cd but it does not do any thing. it displays the label of drive c: has changed to none, and it can not specify its format.

    I dont want to return it to dell's agent because it is very timeconsuming. I wonder if i can setup win xp or using usb memory and eject the cd, then install the vista.
     
    Dauphin, Oct 22, 2008
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  2. ashrafneo

    ashrafneo Notebook Guru

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    So, are u sayin u cannot eject the CD while booting. Because i was able to by pressing the eject button in the media bar.
     
    ashrafneo, Oct 22, 2008
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