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Hi Guys, been searching the web long and hard for the answer to this and I'm stuck. I have a standard HP nc6120 laptop, built for XP so all hardware is compatible. I recently installed Ubuntu fully but have decided to go back to XP for the time being. When I tried to boot of the XP install CD, the screen went blank after 'checking system hardware...'. I then went back and deleted the rest of the ubuntu partitions to try and clear the GRUB MBR. Cleared this, setup started to run but just before you get to the screen on install where you select the partition to install it on, it blue screens "SESSION3_INITIALIZATION_FAILED" Stop: 0x000006F (0x000000,0x000000...etc
I have used Boot and Nuke to completely clean the disk of any MBR's but still getting the same result.
Does anyone know a fix? Is it a case of just replacing the HDD?
Thanks in advance. I am now properly stuck!
I had a similar problem with Ubunto and XP but as the PC had a floppy drive I used FDISK & then formatted as FAT32 with a Windows 98 boot disk, before reinstalling XP & converted back to NTFS during install.
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Thanks for that, that could well be the problem. I will try slaving my drive and format it in windows.
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I would love to do that just can't get as far as recovery console. Blue screens literally just before that!
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Thanks for your replies but not entirely sure what you mean by the last one. Do you mean reinstall ubuntu to put GRUB back on? And if I do that, do you mean then boot of the XP disc to get recovery console...because thats what I originally tried but it wouldn't boot with GRUB there.
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Yes, reinstall just Grub and then try to see if it will boot xp cd to recovery console. You should be able to cancel the Ubuntu installation and still have Grub installed for the multi boot. It worked for me when I had Fedora on my system.
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If you are still getting messages of installed service then you didn't wipe all the partitions.
What type of installation CD are you using? HP recovery disks or full XP version?
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Still getting the same problem. Might have to resort to buying another HDD. Windows XP CD won't load with GRUB installed on the HDD. I have totally cleaned the disk and am formatting it now to NTFS to see if that helps. I'm almost inclined to think now that it must be something other than the HDD...
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Before you buy a new hard drive try the ubuntu forums
http://ubuntuforums.org/index.php
Before posting try google. Backup. Use anti virus software.
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You are probably using the recovery CD, am I wrong? In this case, since you have wiped the drive, then the recovery CD won't work. As long as you have the COA key, then you can legally use any XP install CD to install it to your drive. The only problem is that you can not install XP Pro if you have a key for home, and visa versa.
Now, if you are not using the recovery cd, then try to reinstall Ubuntu. If it installs and runs, that will mean that your current drive is OK. If Ubuntu installs, and all is good, then you should be able to install XP over Ubuntu. When it asks you if you want to reformat the drive, do it. That should work.
Good luck!!
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