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    DV7-1003TX not recognising HD after failed XP Dual Boot install - can't even access DVD-Rom

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Gdawon, Sep 3, 2008.

  1. Gdawon

    Gdawon Notebook Enthusiast

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    I dearly hope someone can offer some assistance with this problem.

    I have a DV7-1003TX, Vista Home Premium 32 Bit, 2.53 C2D, 4G Ram, 2 X 320 HD etc.

    I tried almost a month ago to install XP PRO from a retail disk.
    After having some success (Successful XP PRO dual boot, but had trouble installing some drivers).
    I decided a fresh XP install may be the ticket, so using a BCD manager I removed the XP PRO from the BCD and then formated the XP Partition (on the same HD as Vista) and assumed I could reboot into Vista and then later reinstall XP.

    Long story short, I could never reboot into vista. HP would not recognise the HD and would hang at the HP screen prior to the bios screen. I tried everything to fix the Vista Partition, the only thing remotely successful was swapping the HD into my old Dell laptop.

    This allowed me access to the DVD-Drive and I was able to boot (via disk) into the Vista Repair Utility and I fixed the Vista Partition (There were some errors relating to the MBR I believe). This resulted in a smooth boot into Vista in the Dell.

    After swapping the HD back into the HP......nothing, still froze at the HP screen.

    Eventually sent back to HP for repair. They diagnosed a faulty HD and after replacing the HD I got my HP back today.

    I again tried to install XP PRO (sp1) I didn't get very far.

    The last attempt I was somehow faced with a screen asking where to copy windows files for install, I was lost with this and decided to exit the XP install and start again.....I'm back again where I started. My HP Hangs on the HP screen.

    My most basic question is can a corrupt Vista install stop you from accessing your DVD Drive?
    I was under the assumption that HD access came after the bios such that I should still be able to access the DVD drive inspite of the corrupt Vista Install.

    I can't even boot to my Vista Recovery disks to do a full reinstall on this HD.

    Please someone, put me out of my misery.

    NB: I followed the APCmag instructions to dual-booting XP, i.e. I created a separate NTFS partition (although on the same HD), slipstreamed SATA drivers to the XP Pro disk etc...

    I'm at wits end... :eek:
     
    Gdawon, Sep 3, 2008
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