I read thru the stickies at the top and am, basically, lost.
It's an old HP Compaq nc8230 with XPsp3.
I haven't been using it much lately, last time was over a month ago.
I plugged it in to power to let it charge awhile.
I then hit the start button and the on light comes on and stays on,
and once in awhile I get a brief hp logo on the screen when I try
starting, but then the screen goes dark again.
I've got the Windows XP CD and tried starting with that in the machine,
but nothing happened.
Can I take something off my desktop (also XPsp3) onto either a CD or
onto my portable USB HD to make it boot?
I would need pretty explicit step by step instructions.
Thanks!
PS - I looked again at the thing about putting the HD into a portable HD case -
I have a small portable HD that I took the cover off of and I see it's a standard
lapop HD apparently. But then got the HD out of the laptop and I see it's a
different kind of connector.
It's an old HP Compaq nc8230 with XPsp3.
I haven't been using it much lately, last time was over a month ago.
I plugged it in to power to let it charge awhile.
I then hit the start button and the on light comes on and stays on,
and once in awhile I get a brief hp logo on the screen when I try
starting, but then the screen goes dark again.
I've got the Windows XP CD and tried starting with that in the machine,
but nothing happened.
Can I take something off my desktop (also XPsp3) onto either a CD or
onto my portable USB HD to make it boot?
I would need pretty explicit step by step instructions.
Thanks!
PS - I looked again at the thing about putting the HD into a portable HD case -
I have a small portable HD that I took the cover off of and I see it's a standard
lapop HD apparently. But then got the HD out of the laptop and I see it's a
different kind of connector.