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OK.

I finally got the damn thing to boot from the CD.

I chose the Repair function, but I still end up with the laptop unable to start.

Is there a way to just wipe out the entire hard drive,...

OK.
I got the thing to power up again, re-ran the recovery discs, still have same problem.

You see the windows start up screen for about 1 second, then the blue screen with something indicated,...

Well, it may all be for naught now, the damn thing just shut off, and I can't even get the power to come on now??

I took the battery out, unplugged the AC cord, and I'm letting it cool off as it...

I have the cd-rom as the first boot source, but it stays on the start mode screen, safe mode,
Last known config etc etc etc and no matter which mode is chosen, it won't open the XP disc from the cd...

I'm trying to recover a compaq laptop, 3200 series.

I have the recovery disc's and was able to make it through all four disc's but now, it will not start.

I have discovered that it says it is...