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Can't get Laptop to boot.

Okay, I have a problem that I've been working on for about 2 weeks now for a friend at work, and still can't manage to solve. He legitimately *acquired* a second hand ex-company laptop a while ago, and decided that he wanted to upgrade it to Windows XP. He tried...

Tags: andy@..., BIOS, desktop, hard drive, HDD, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, NB

Q&A 2006-03-03

WinXP does not recognise a second HDD?

I upgraded from Win98 on a 3Gig drive to WinXP and a 120Gig drive. As soon as I hook up the 3gig drive as the slave winXP does not boot? If I change the IDE-0 to IDE-1 then Win98 boots? The HDD jumpers are correct as are the HDD IDE...

Tags: 3Gig, hard drive, HDD, Microsoft Windows XP, rah@...

Q&A 2005-11-18

XP Pro boot problem

When I boot up the system will allow me to open the bios, but will not get past the screen that shows ide devices. It will freeze at this point. System will not boot to safe mode or any other setting. What to doCheck cabling, power leads, and IDE jumper...

Tags: BIOS, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, hardware, hdd, IDE, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, RAM, tharfunk, windows

Q&A 2005-10-19

XP wont reinstall-disk may be damaged

I am trying to reinstall windows xp and I am > having all kinds of issues...the first thing was he >I was not able to put a cd into the > cd drive and have it read. So > I tried to re-format the HDD. When I started the...

Tags: BIOS, disk, hard drive, HDD, Microsoft Windows XP, shanster72

Q&A 2005-07-27

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Installing Windows XP over a Vista machine???

I had a client come in and needed to install windows XP on his new laptop. Vista wouldn't work with whatever program he uses for work. He didn't know the first thing about computers so I figured I could just install an operating system for him and prevent the return...

Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows XP, CD, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-12-23

Unsuccessful Windows XP Repair Install

I've recently been stopped cold with the "Unmountable Boot Volume" error blue screen. Safe mode doesn't work.First phase of my problem is I can't get my BIOS to boot from the CD-ROM. I've worked around that with the set up floppies and have run /fixboot in the Recovery Console. That...

Tags: Bingchudie@..., CD, hard drive, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, windows

Q&A 2004-12-20

PC screen goes blank after Windows XP load screen

I'm having an issue with my desktop PC recently. For some reason, after the Windows XP load screen passes, my monitor goes blank- it does not indicate that the signal is lost and there is a green light on the monitor to indicate there is a signal, plus there is...

Tags: Corporate communications, Monitors & displays, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, monitor, video, PC, hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, PC SCREEN

Discussion threads 2008-01-05

Windows XP Pro "Crashes" During Shutdown..

Ok, im going to try my best to fill you in with my problem.I recenly bought a new PC, spec:Epox 8KDA3J (64bit mobo)AMD sempron 2800+Radeon 9600xt (256mb)80GB hdd...I installed Windows XP with no problems, i proceeded to install all my relevant drivers.. When i went to shut down the system,...

Tags: Advanced Power Management, computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, pr1nce@..., windows

Q&A 2005-07-28

how can I make E my system AND boot drive for my xp pro system?

Drive C which is now my boot drive was where 98 lived, but when I installed xp I did a clean install to a new drive. I just kept C on and was still using some things on it. Those I am now moving to a new partition on the...

Tags: C/C++, BIOS, Programming languages, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, CD, C, boot.ini

Discussion threads 2008-04-06

Can't boot without Win XP Disk

Getting "Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk" attempting to boot up a new computer. The hardware is a P4 with an Abit AA8XE motherboard. The computer boots from the HDD only if the Windows XP disk in the CD drive, even though I'm not booting from the CD. ...

Tags: C, CD, disk, hard drive, harry.sterling@..., Microsoft Windows XP, Serial ATA, windows

Q&A 2006-03-05

I CHANGED MOTHERBOARD AND CANT USE THE ORIGINAL XP

HI, I HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME WITH THIS ANNOYING ISSUE.I BOUGHT A TOSHIBA LAPTOP, WITH ORIGINAL WIN XP INSTALLED.A FEW MONTHS AGO I SPILLED MILK ON THE KEYBOARD, AND, AS YOU MAY HAVE SUPPOSED, IT CRASHED.I CHANGED MOTHERBOARD AND CANT USE THE ORIGINAL WINDOWS XP INSTALLATION DISKS.THE PROGRAM...

Tags: Toshiba Corp., motherboard, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

Windows XP Crashing

Hello, I have been having difficulties with one of my pc's today. My brother was one the computer this morning, and when I came home he complained that he kept getting a blue screen whenever he ran programs, and that he would have to shut down the computer. ...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Construction, blue screen error message, Microsoft Windows, computer, window, blue screen, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-08-09

Xp restarts during boot

Xp restarts during bootAfter slowing down and, freezing occasionally, windows xp now continuosly restarts during boot up at the "loading windows xp" screen. Now when it restarts I get a screen that says "windows did not start last time..." and boot up options. I get the same result in trying...

Tags: hard drive, IDE, Microsoft Windows XP, ridgerel@..., window

Q&A 2005-04-11

Vista Home Basic won't allow Windows XP Media Center to be loaded

This PC came pre-installed with Vista Home Basic. I want to install Windows Media Center on it not included with Vista Basic. I've been reading all kinds of suggestions about dual booting, partitioning etc. but I haven't seen anything about my particular problem.Vista won't allow XP to be installed on...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Media Center, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-04

Windows Xp install

When I re-installed Windows Xp Professional I set it to install on a single partition and I told the process to use all of the 250gb on my drive for that single partition. Now when I go into my computer it shows that 140gb is just being used for just...

Tags: BIOS, hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

After running for months Windows XP doesn't recognizse SATA drive

I have been running for months without with a 500G SATA drive on a PCI add-on controller. During this time I have re-booted without a problem. After the most recent re-boot, Windows XP does not display the desktop in either normal or safe modes. Using Bart-PE I determined...

Tags: Corporate governance, SeaTools, Seagate Technology LLC, Serial ATA, RAID, Maxtor Corp., SATA Drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Col, PCI, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-02-14

Windows XP BSOD

Windows XP BSODIn december I finally saved up enough money to buy a new computer, one that I was going to build myself and something i've done before.Everything seemed to be fine however it seems I am plaqued by Blue Screens of Death when playing Games such as Sims 2...

Tags: blue screen, windows, crash, screen, blue, BSOD, alisdair.comb@..., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2006-02-20

Bios, Bios everywhere, and not a lick of change

Please Help. I cannot make any changes in cmos and ther has never seen a prompt for a password. It states that it is in "User Mode" and some(99.9%) areas cannot be changed in user mode, thus it will not allow me to edit, enter, or clear any supervisor passwords...

Tags: BIOS, CMOS, dtbreeze72@...

Discussion threads 2007-03-03

Problems in installing Windows XP on my Toshiba Satellite M200 notebook

I am facing problems in installing Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and any other Linux operating system on my Toshiba Satellite M200 notebook which was shipped with Windows Vista Home Basic.All version on Windows Vista can be installed on it ie Vista Ultimate or Windows Server 2008 beta ie...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), BIOS, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Notebooks, ash143guptasubscribe@..., Toshiba Satellite M200, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Toshiba Satellite, Microsoft Windows XP, Toshiba Corp., Microsoft Wind

Discussion threads 2007-10-24

Lost Windows XP Home Password using Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) v 3.4

Anyone can help me to reset or to restore my password for Windows XP Home using the UBCD v. 3.4. I am the only user & administrator for the laptop. Please e-mail me at chung-hsia@hotmail.comUBCD is self-explanatory - so why ask ? ...If you are capable of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, password, UBCD

Discussion threads 2008-01-17