I have a HP DV5000 laptop. It runs on a AMD Turion64. Something nasty apparently happened and totaly corrupted the C:\ drive. I got out my XP Pro SP2 CD to attempt to repair or reinstall windows. It starts to load setup but before it gets to the install/repair section I get an error. viaide.sys is missing or corrupt. setup cannot continue. Knowing this is a VIA IDE buss driver, I was horrified that my HD was fried. I went into BIOS and did the long and short HD tests. Both passed. I tried to install/repair windows again. Same viaide.sys error. I booted the PC with a Win98 Boot CD. FDISK showed no C:\ partition, so created/formated one. Tried to install/repair windows again. Same viaide.sys error. I put Setup and the I386 files on the HD. Ran Setup from the HD. Got This file cannot run in DOS error. Ran setup from the cmd prompt @ CD drive. Same viaide.sys error. Went to HP site. Problem is not addressed. Found out PC has a TI Buss so why a VIA driver error? How do I get XP to install??
My Hard Drive crashed and won't let me reinstall XP Pro SP2!!?microsoft project
I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.
Some drive problems can be easily fixed by yourself using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful. Try this site, if you can get what is required.
My Hard Drive crashed and won't let me reinstall XP Pro SP2!!?microsoft powerpoint internet explorer
dont hp system have F10 recovery from start up you dont have the recovery cd's now you have tried to set up windows xp with the windows cd then used a windows 98 cd . you have well done your laptop in all hp system have recovery partition on the drive all you had to do was restart the pc then press F10 KEY to start recovery your have to call hp support now
Did u upgrade to the SP2 or did it come already installed. If you upgraded to SP2, you need uninstall sp2 before you can attempt repair or reinstall windows. That's why you're getting the viaide.sys error
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