Help : can't install xp on new hdd on laptop

Hi,

I have an acer travelmate 4103wlm laptop. Previously, when i tried to reformat my hdd and reinstall xp using the systems and recovery cd bundled together with my laptop, it finished installation but when i want to reboot it to start to windows, it came out with a blue screen saying that an error has occured and the laptop has to be restarted. Once i restart it, it states that 'media test failure, check cable' and when i restart it again the laptop prompts me to enter hdd password after the bios loading screen. The hdd password seems to be created after the error and I'm not sure why it happens. Hope some of you can help me out on this issue.

Next i tried to replace my original hdd with an external hdd(taken the cover out and plug in the hdd slot of my laptop) and use the recovery cd to install xp. It followed this sequence: insert systems cd(bootable,this is where i select full hdd recovery which means formatting if i'm not wrong) > insert recovery cd 1 (load a screen with progress bar, at the bottom first it says restoring partition then it says found some bad sector, then progress bar continued) > insert recovery cd 2 (progress bar 100%, it prompts me to reinsert the systems cd, it will copy some programs and finish the process) > when i insert the systems cd, the whole process starts all over, it prompts me whether i want to do a full hdd recovery again. I did formatting with my original hdd before and when i reinsert systems cd, a progress bar will pop up and says copying data, once it's done it will prompt me to remove cd and reboot and xp will start. But in the case of this new hdd, it just restarts the process again and again.

Then i tried to get a windows xp cd from my friend and install, this is only one cd. I selected a full format at first but it didn't seem to work. Then i restarted my laptop and run the cd again, this time i selected quick format, it works and then proceeds to install xp as well. Then when i removed the cd and reboot, it loads to bios and then shows a blank screen for a few minutes(about 5mins) before loading the xp screen, then after it loads a blue screen and said error has occurred and computer will restarts automatically.

Can anyone tell me if i did something wrong and how to install xp to this new hdd that i took from an external hdd. The new hdd is a 120G hitachi hdd (IDE) that i've been using as external hdd for some time, and the original hdd is a toshiba 80G hdd (IDE) with two partition, 40G on each side.

 

Well, something seems pretty messed up...

Anyway:
Point 1 - what is the error message and error code on the blue screen, try to get a pic of it or a video - they help a lot in most cases-

Point 2 - I don't think a recovery CD will work with another HDD - but I could be wrong...

Point 3 - a full format takes a lot of time.

Edit:
Point 4 - can you boot into safe mode?

 

also, pls tell us what type hdd you replaced it with... SATA? Did you have the SATA drivers for XP when you installed it?

 

@DetlevCM : 1. I didn't get the code of the blue screen error.
2. Well, in that case i think i'll reformat and install using the xp cd from my friend. If the blue screen appears after installing xp, i'll note the error code and update here.
4. I can't do anything as there is currently no OS cos my external hdd that i'm using now doesn't originally have OS and the old hdd has a password set to it. So what i can do now is to access BIOS and use bootable cd to install xp.

question : is there any way that i can remove/delete the password on my original hdd ?

@nobscot6 : it's an IDE hdd (updated in the first post). So shouldn't be the sata driver issue.

Thanks guys.

 

you need to integrate the SATA drivers of your laptop's HDD on the Windows XP cd via the helpf of nLite

 

Your comp is now being locked. The BIOS is expecting a "passworded" HDD in place to start. Removing the hard drive and replace it is being considered bypassing security.

Send it back is your best bet.

cheers ...

 

Yep. Discussion on bypassing security measures is prohibited by the forum rules so thread closed. As mentioned, contact the manufacture for assistance.