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How do I install the Windows XP Service Pack 3 on a crashed laptop?

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If you have a disk to install it, put it in your computer and restart your computer.

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Laptop doesn't load the CD. What can I do?

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The same steps can also be performed through USB. Instead of a CD, create a bootable USB. A lot of free and open source tools allow you to create it and burn ISO images on to a USB.

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My laptop (Compaq 610) is not showing anything but a blue screen...kindly help

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If it is the blue screen of death on boot up, either the RAM or the hard disk drive is at fault.

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I use PC setting and chose the Windows recovery option. And I tried to uninstall the latest installed programs like avg. I clicked and waited but was too long, so I put off. Now I put it on and it says installation error what now?

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What happened is you did not wait for the recovery to fully finish. The PC takes a lot of time to actually repair the OS. It is dangerous to interrupt it in between. In your case I believe that is what happened. Your only option is to re-install the entire OS from start. Retrieve important and personal files before installing the OS. Get help from a PC technician.

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I have tried to boot in safe mode but it is not responding. Did a restart and nothing is happening. Loaded free Windows 10 from Windows 7. What do I do?

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It is a different step to boot into Windows 10 than the previous versions of Windows. Search wikiHow for "Activate Safe Mode in Windows 10".

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I tried booting my laptop, and I saw and error message that said, "please install an operating system in on your hard disk". What do I do?

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You need to reinstall Windows. Follow the steps on How to Install Windows 10 for more information.

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My laptop crashed and when I boot it, it shows a black screen with the words "operating system" in many lines?

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If it is only the screen that crashed, if yes you might have to change your screen. If it's the whole laptop, you might have to check the motherboard, and other internal components and if it's not damaged it will be only the screen.

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My system doesn't show the window? How can I retrieve my files?

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Remove your hard drive, get an external hard drive casing, couple them together. Then plug the external drive into another laptop and check if it shows up. If it does, move your files and check the disk for any errors, then format it and reinstall Windows.

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I was working with my laptop for like 18 hours and then suddenly it displayed "something went wrong" screen and after restarting it it shows no media present can some one help me?

Elijah OT

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Media presence errors almost always require troubleshooting of some sort, and depending on the BIOS settings, it may be as simple as re-ordering the boot priority, or as complicated as recovering a boot file. 1. Enable your boot device. 2. Disable Wake on LAN in the BIOS. 3. Update the BIOS.

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