Help restoring T20

[evil_homer]

So a while ago I upgraded my T20 from Windows 2000 to Windows XP. I'm getting ready to give away the T20 and wanted to restore it to it's original state. I used the Product Restore CD but now I keep getting the "blue screen of death" stating UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME.

Wondering if the drive is NTFS and that's causing a problem.

Anyone got any ideas how I can reformat and do a clean install using the Product Recovery CD?

[joester]

First off,
Welcome to the forum!

OK, now I have a question:
If you're giving the system away, can I offer you my shipping address? You can even keep the HDD!

I don't remember if the recovery disks can repartition and format, but you can use any WXP installation disk to delete the partition, re-create it, and format the HDD in NTFS. After formatting, shut down the laptop and restart using the recovery disks to install.

Joe

[Phazer]

See if anyone you know has a W98 disk, it can't be the upgrade. When you load it into the CD and then restart, it should ask you to redo the partition. Actually....if you have a floppy, (USB or Drive Bay), you can use/find someone that has W98 on a desktop and have them make you a boot disk onto a floppy. This gives you the DOS tools to reformat and fdisk the HDD. I would HIGHLY recommend finding and using the original restore disks, (should be pretty easy to find), because it will make the process go much smoother.

[RealBlackStuff]

If the MBR is damaged, here is some info about repairing it:
http://www.ntfs.com/mbr-damaged.htm