Found an ancient laptop (still working) that I want to format

[D1Wolfgang]

I found an old Compaq Evo N1000c in my garage from when my dad was a teacher like 20 years ago. I charged it and powered it on and it still works. The only issue is it's locked by his School District. I would like to get it running for fun, but I'd like to spend as little money as possible. Any ideas on how I could format Windows XP without a password and create a new install? I have the product key for Windows XP on the laptop, or I could find a free copy online. I'm thinking if I buy a floppy disk, I could put it in, maybe use the bios to boot from it and boom, reinstall windows? If not that, maybe open up the laptop and replace the old hard drive. I'd still need a floppy with Windows XP on it though.

Thx. Just for fun

P.S. I don't know if this is the right forum to make this topic under. but it seemed relevant.

[emosun]

17 minutes ago, Wolfgang393 said:

I'd still need a floppy with Windows XP on it though

your'e...... not installing dos. windows xp requires cd installation or a storage medium that is large enough for the installation which is a few hundred megabytes not a few kilobytes

[ahuckphin]

i suggest not trying to format. finding drivers will be impossible. I suggest you try booting into safe mode to remove look or prehaps dig around for format option within the machine. 

 

Prehaps you could find another Compaq Evo N1000c for parts and take the HDD. 

[Pasi123]

Does it have a CD drive? You need a CD to be able to reinstall Windows XP.

 

You can find drivers for it from here: http://hpnotebookdrivers.com/model/compaq-evo-n1000c-notebook-pc-drivers/