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could, replacing the hard drive and installing windows on it make a different or would the same thing happen? i think im just gonna get a new hard drive since i wanna install some more memory too, anyone know whats the most memory i can have on an old computer that only had 63mb?

i think the reason why it wont format (using the recovery disks) is cuz its trying to recover to [C:] which has almost no space cuz i resized [D:] is there a way to make it so it uses [D:] instead of [C:] or to re-size [C:] and delete [D:]

well i have a cd that came with my new laptop thats called "operating system cd" that has windows xp with sp2 on it, i tried it on my desktop (one with the error) and the same thing that happens with the upgrade cd i have happens, when i have to press f8 to continue pressing f8 doesnt do anything

no, i dont have any installation cds, it came with windows 98 thats why i bought the windows xp upgrade versionm thats why i wanna take it to a store so they can install it or check if anything else can be causing it, unless theres a way to download any version of windows

well can it be fixed? if it can i guess im just gonna take it to get repaired later since i dont have an installation cd, just the upgrade one i bought and the recovery cds that wont work anymore

i tried fixboot and fixmbr, and the same thing happens, any other ideas? or is the only way to fix this is to install windows?

the only cd i have is a windows xp that i bought but its an upgrade version so it wont work as a fresh install the other cd i have ids the recovery ones, those wont work anymore, so im guessing im gonna have to buy a new installation cd?

i used a program called "magic partition" because i wanted to delete a partition and resize the other, before it started it said the partition i was deleting was active, to make the other one active, i didnt know what to do so ignored it and let it go on, after i restarted, it said somethin like...