Remove ALL media, DVD,CD, USB, etc. Unplug, remove battery, plug in, reboot. If that fails, reseat the Memory Mods. Replace the CMOS battery, remove HDD and test.
SOURCE: Black Screen with Blinking dash on upper left corner
Are the xp disks specific for that computer. The reason I ask is because when you changed the hardrive none of the components on your computer know what to do because you won't have any drivers.
Does your hard drive lights come on? Do you think the computer is trying to access your disk drive
SOURCE: boot up problem
HI,
There might be a problem with your cmos/bios setting. Try to set to defaults first.
the bios/cmos menu can be entered by pressing del or F2 or F10 keys during power on (before windows logo appears) depending what type of notebook.
find the boot devive or boot sequence,
select CDROM as the first boot ( or first line)
Save and reboot
good luck
SOURCE: New HDD inserted into Pavilion ZD7000 - will not boot from XP CD
Try your old HDD in it and see if that works. If it does work then nothing is damaged except your DVD drive/Controller. Try putting the new HDD in another computer, installing windows then putting it back in the HP. If all else fails then flash the bios with an updated image and see if that rectifies the problem.
SOURCE: How do I boot from an external CD? The BIOS offers
The HP Mini are kind of odd, the external CD/DVD or usb drive will only show in BIOS after you plug it in, power it on and then reboot. Then go into BIOS and it should list it in boot priority list. Move it to the top and reboot and it will boot from CD. Also you can press F9 instead and it will let you select the boot device.
Comment back if you need any more help.
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