- Oct 5, 2012
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Hi.
I have this HP laptop, a Pavilion 8110-us, of the dv8000 series, with a GWA-4082N dvd optical drive.
I upgraded memory, from 512M to 2G, and it seemed to be working, fine--I checked it with MemTest86+, version 3.20.
I put in the "hp pavilion home pc" "System Recovery" disk for the HP desktop computer by mistake, turned on the laptop, and got an error..
I received the error:
File \i386\biosinfo.inf could not be loaded.
The error code is 2
Setup cannot continue.
Press any key to exit
Well, I found the correct disk; and, I cleaned the disk (very carefully) with CD cleaning liquid, and Memorex "Clean Cloths for Blu-ray Disks).
I'm just getting a blinking cursor at top left, when I try to boot from this "Operating System" cd.
When I boot up Windows XP (from harddisk), Windows explorer doesn't show any drive-letters associated with an optical drive; but, the device manager shows a yellow exclamation point for the LG GWA-4082N. I tried uninstalling, and re-installing from the drivers disk (and, also the o/s disk), but it didn't work (couldn't find a correct driver).
Before all this (before the memory upgrade, also), I booted-up, and put in my Philips Laser Lens Cleaner disk for DVDs and CDs, and got the computer to acutally play it (where you can hear the instructions to skip to track 4 to complete the cleaning process). Then, I put in MemTest86+ and shut the door. Then I turned the computer off, unplugged it, took the battery out, pressed the on button a couple of times, waited for it to cool off, took the memory compartment cover off, used an ESD wriststrap, touched the bare-metal around the screw-holes with both hands, got the new memory out, and swapped it and secured the compartment cover. Then, plugged it in (after putting the battery back in).
MemTest86+ fired up; and, I didn't receive any errors, so I opened the optical drive door, and put in the "Operating System" disk for the laptop, shut the door, and pressed the escape key (from memtest) to reboot.
The screen just goes blank, and nothing else (although, once, I did see a press any key to continue--however, XP loaded off the hard drive, anyway).
Why would 2 different bootable disks act differently every time? MemTest86+ fires right up, every time; but, the factory supplied disk (which was still sealed [never used, before]) does not?
And, what should I do next?
I have this HP laptop, a Pavilion 8110-us, of the dv8000 series, with a GWA-4082N dvd optical drive.
I upgraded memory, from 512M to 2G, and it seemed to be working, fine--I checked it with MemTest86+, version 3.20.
I put in the "hp pavilion home pc" "System Recovery" disk for the HP desktop computer by mistake, turned on the laptop, and got an error..
I received the error:
File \i386\biosinfo.inf could not be loaded.
The error code is 2
Setup cannot continue.
Press any key to exit
Well, I found the correct disk; and, I cleaned the disk (very carefully) with CD cleaning liquid, and Memorex "Clean Cloths for Blu-ray Disks).
I'm just getting a blinking cursor at top left, when I try to boot from this "Operating System" cd.
When I boot up Windows XP (from harddisk), Windows explorer doesn't show any drive-letters associated with an optical drive; but, the device manager shows a yellow exclamation point for the LG GWA-4082N. I tried uninstalling, and re-installing from the drivers disk (and, also the o/s disk), but it didn't work (couldn't find a correct driver).
Before all this (before the memory upgrade, also), I booted-up, and put in my Philips Laser Lens Cleaner disk for DVDs and CDs, and got the computer to acutally play it (where you can hear the instructions to skip to track 4 to complete the cleaning process). Then, I put in MemTest86+ and shut the door. Then I turned the computer off, unplugged it, took the battery out, pressed the on button a couple of times, waited for it to cool off, took the memory compartment cover off, used an ESD wriststrap, touched the bare-metal around the screw-holes with both hands, got the new memory out, and swapped it and secured the compartment cover. Then, plugged it in (after putting the battery back in).
MemTest86+ fired up; and, I didn't receive any errors, so I opened the optical drive door, and put in the "Operating System" disk for the laptop, shut the door, and pressed the escape key (from memtest) to reboot.
The screen just goes blank, and nothing else (although, once, I did see a press any key to continue--however, XP loaded off the hard drive, anyway).
Why would 2 different bootable disks act differently every time? MemTest86+ fires right up, every time; but, the factory supplied disk (which was still sealed [never used, before]) does not?
And, what should I do next?
Luck (and persistence) is the best tool in your toolbelt.
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