You mean system restore from the CD? I can't get the CD to boot. I appreciate your help vhehn. I keep trying different things based on...
OK, I got it to boot in safe mode, so I THINK that is probably a good sign. But now what? I've got the boot log I made but don't know how to...
The only thing I can think of is that I was using Outlook Express when all those MyDoom virus infected messages started showing up in my mailbox....
Sometimes I get the memory test page and such, other times not even that. This time I've managed to get into the setup page, but I don't know...
I've got a hard disk on order, should be here next week, but if I can't get it to boot off the CD then how can I get the new drive installed?...
It's in the drive, but won't boot. Maybe I've got some other hardware problem. BIOS? I haven't a clue. Now it will get to the 'user...
:mad: I've tried the things mentioned here and other stuff I've looked up on the internet, but the bootup problem is just getting worse. I...
Easy there Mav. Your gonna bust a vein in your noggin' and then who will we have to post these rants? :p
Ah thank you Banjo. I must say that after following a lot of the leads here and studying up, it is overwhelming. Still haven't solved the...
This is happening in the good old USA. Childrens lives are being destroyed and in some cases they are being killed. It's all motivated by greed...
Would these be jumpers on the back of the HD? And this way the cable knows which is master and which slave? I'm terribly ignorant about tech...
Luto, Thanks. What you suggest makes sense. I'll try those things. To do the clean install...does this require a total reformat and loss of...
No, I have HOME.
appreciate all the advice and suggestions. It sound like I am not the only one having this type of problem with XP. ges
I have never added a hard disk to a PC before. It looks like I just install the second drive as a slave and plug it into the master drives cable?...
That's what I'm afraid of...disk failure, but I've had no stop error (not that I know what one is :( ) One one of the restarts I was able to get...
Thanks, Wally! I'll pursue these leads. ges
Thanks macal, but I have no wireless stuff hooked up. ges
Any of you tech types have any idea what these symptoms might mean: Windows XP Home Computer is one year old When I start up the computer,...
It's a close call, but it does seem the repubs always have the edge when it comes to cronyism, corruption and graft.
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