Tried installing XP on hp dv6, MAJOR ERROR
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I would clean off the hard disk using KillDisk. That should allow you to reinstall Vista (if you have a bootable copy of Vista).
http://www.killdisk.com/killdisk-home.htm
Good Luck
http://www.killdisk.com/killdisk-home.htm
Good Luck
Thanks for the help! I got the disk cleared the way you recommended. But now when I try and put Vista on the laptop it just says "No Operating System Found" or something. It's like the BIOS boot menu doesn't work. I tried booting from CD and from a flash drive and it just keeps saying this over and over. Any help from here would be awesome? I have tried to different Vista CD's, an XP disc and tried both of them on a flash drive, its like the laptop wont boot anything other than the HD.
hey there dude.. i've fixed a good few laptops that have had the same prob as you, um once everythings whiped off the HDD meaning there are now no more partitions for the disk to pickup to install Vista/7 onto the HDD so you have to create a new partition ether with USB Boot or a dr.dos app on flash to create an empty NTFS partition and saving it b4 trying to install Vista/7 onto it :) i hope this helps.. if you need further help please dont hesitate to e-mail me, thanks :)
