Just won a Fujitsu Siemens laptop with a bricked HDD.

Linux based partition tools were able to recognise that the "HDD is bad" -
although it may have been occasionally poking its head above the parapet,
because at one point the tools exited with a message that server edition
wasn't supported.

With a replacement HDD; the XP Pro install disk went through the motions all
the way to the partition setup screen - then said no HDD was present.

Since Linux based tools found the drive OK; I installed Fedora, that went
without a hitch and everything seems to be working.

The laptop is now capable of doing the job I wanted it for, but I'm used to
Windows, and finding out what's preventing the install would make life
easier.

Thanks for any help.

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Just won a Fujitsu Siemens laptop with a bricked HDD.

Linux based partition tools were able to recognise that the "HDD is bad" -
although it may have been occasionally poking its head above the parapet,
because at one point the tools exited with a message that server edition
wasn't supported.

With a replacement HDD; the XP Pro install disk went through the motions all
the way to the partition setup screen - then said no HDD was present.

Since Linux based tools found the drive OK; I installed Fedora, that went
without a hitch and everything seems to be working.

The laptop is now capable of doing the job I wanted it for, but I'm used to
Windows, and finding out what's preventing the install would make life
easier.

Thanks for any help.

Not real help, but can you run any deeper HDD diagnostic tools under
Linux?

Mike.

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In article ,
says...

Just won a Fujitsu Siemens laptop with a bricked HDD.

Linux based partition tools were able to recognise that the "HDD is bad" -
although it may have been occasionally poking its head above the parapet,
because at one point the tools exited with a message that server edition
wasn't supported.

With a replacement HDD; the XP Pro install disk went through the motions
all
the way to the partition setup screen - then said no HDD was present.

Since Linux based tools found the drive OK; I installed Fedora, that went
without a hitch and everything seems to be working.

The laptop is now capable of doing the job I wanted it for, but I'm used
to
Windows, and finding out what's preventing the install would make life
easier.

Thanks for any help.

Not real help, but can you run any deeper HDD diagnostic tools under
Linux?

Mike.

Maybe try UBCD, it has a number of disk tools on it.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Kenny

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In article ,
says...

Just won a Fujitsu Siemens laptop with a bricked HDD.

Linux based partition tools were able to recognise that the "HDD is
bad" -
although it may have been occasionally poking its head above the parapet,
because at one point the tools exited with a message that server edition
wasn't supported.

With a replacement HDD; the XP Pro install disk went through the motions
all
the way to the partition setup screen - then said no HDD was present.

Since Linux based tools found the drive OK; I installed Fedora, that went
without a hitch and everything seems to be working.

The laptop is now capable of doing the job I wanted it for, but I'm used
to
Windows, and finding out what's preventing the install would make life
easier.

Thanks for any help.

Not real help, but can you run any deeper HDD diagnostic tools under
Linux?

Mike.

Maybe try UBCD, it has a number of disk tools on it.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Apparently that machine needs an ACHI driver which is absent from XP.

Ian Field wrote:

Apparently that machine needs an ACHI driver which is absent from XP.

Something like that.

A freind of mine got stuck with one of those things (this was 2008/09) and
that V5505 is like the cheapest/low performance laptop for "business use",
whatever the **** that means.

It shipped with Vista, not XP.

Anyway, check the bios for that ACHI mode, there is something you can toggle
on or off (from whatever it is now) that should let XP install. But I'd
leave the linux on it if it was me.

-bruce

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Ian Field wrote:

Apparently that machine needs an ACHI driver which is absent from XP.

Something like that.

A freind of mine got stuck with one of those things (this was 2008/09) and
that V5505 is like the cheapest/low performance laptop for "business use",
whatever the **** that means.

Its basically for reading PDF e-books on the bog.

On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 22:01:45 +0100, "Ian Field"
wrote:

"Bruce Esquibel" wrote in message
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Ian Field wrote:

Apparently that machine needs an ACHI driver which is absent from XP.

Something like that.

A freind of mine got stuck with one of those things (this was 2008/09) and
that V5505 is like the cheapest/low performance laptop for "business use",
whatever the **** that means.

Its basically for reading PDF e-books on the bog.

What about the Brother "Super Power Note?"

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little classification in the DSM*."
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(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

"Heisenberg" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 22:01:45 +0100, "Ian Field"
wrote:

"Bruce Esquibel" wrote in message
...
Ian Field wrote:

Apparently that machine needs an ACHI driver which is absent from XP.

Something like that.

A freind of mine got stuck with one of those things (this was 2008/09)
and
that V5505 is like the cheapest/low performance laptop for "business
use",
whatever the **** that means.

Its basically for reading PDF e-books on the bog.

What about the Brother "Super Power Note?"

I didn't find one of those poking out the top of a skip that only needed a
replacement HDD.

On 12/04/16 20:36, Ian Field wrote:

Apparently that machine needs an ACHI driver which is absent from XP.

Yup, you'll need F6 drivers from their support site.

http://www.prime-expert.com/articles...m-usb-only.php

Or, if you go into the BIOS, you'll find a setting to enable SATA IDE
Emulation mode. Then you can install XP directly.

Preferably something else though. If not Linux, Windows 7 might be
certainly worth a go.

--
Adrian C