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Please Help me, computer wont boot up...
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indienemo
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13. November 2004 @ 06:39 |
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Hi guys, as some of you may know I recently have purchased a complete upgrade for my system, however I did not, however, upgrade my hard drive, as it is full of needed games, apps, music etc. On the IDE cable, the HDD is set to master (have not changed jumper config, possible problem?), and the cd-rw drive is set to slave and has slave jumper config. When I turn on my computer it comes up with the O/S menu, and I have tried all available options at least once, however, no matter what i click i always get the same problem...
The monitor flashes off, then back on again. Sometimes I see the Windows XP professional boot screen comes up, quick enough to see the bar move across the screen slightly, then crashes to the blue screen with the following error message:
'Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed Hard Disk Drives and Hard Disk Drive controllers.
Check your Hard Drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated.
Run CHKDSK /F to check for Hard Disk corruption.
Technical Information:
***Stop:0x0000007B
(0xF8B50528, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000).
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
X360: Kreon 1.0 Drive, Softmodded console
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ddp
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13. November 2004 @ 07:03 |
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do you have a spare hd to load windows as an experiment to see if problem stays or goes away
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indienemo
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13. November 2004 @ 07:10 |
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No I dont have a spare HDD...
I asked one of my mates the same thing, he said that 'The problem is down to microsoft, and theres pretty much nothing you can do... youll either have to install linux and back up to CD, or just f*** it and buy a new one..'
Is this correct is thee really no hope..?
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
X360: Kreon 1.0 Drive, Softmodded console
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ddp
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13. November 2004 @ 07:16 |
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there is always hope, can you ask any of friends for spare hd, trying to isolate problem, is it software or hardware
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heybilly
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13. November 2004 @ 07:20 |
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Well one thing im hoping u didnt do is just install the old hd in the new setup without running the xp install again... not having the proper system drivers loaded for the correct mobo will cause BSOD during startup.
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indienemo
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13. November 2004 @ 07:21 |
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Nope, they are all console bashers unfortunately and the friend in question (with the quote) comes from where I used to live..(only 350 miles up the track). My dad wont even let me use his HDD, says I'll blow it up (LMAO). I was thinking, should I buy a new HDD, format it, intsall windows plug in my current one, (so it doesnt actually need to boot up O/S), then transfer from one to another?
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
X360: Kreon 1.0 Drive, Softmodded console
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indienemo
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13. November 2004 @ 07:26 |
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No I havn't reinstalled windows on it, because i dint want to risk losing all my data, but i did try though putting the xp disc in and setting it to boot from cd-rom, and nothing happened, just carried on to the O/S choice menu.. should i download the program from the micrsoft site for floppy boot discs, so i can re-install?
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
X360: Kreon 1.0 Drive, Softmodded console
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heybilly
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13. November 2004 @ 07:45 |
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No what you need to do is go into the bios and setup ur ur boot sequence to goto the cdrom before the hd... then u should be able to boot right off the xp cd... once u get that started just do a xp repair install not a full... that will just rewrite the xp components not touch the rest of ur hd
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indienemo
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13. November 2004 @ 07:51 |
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Ive already doing that, but as ive said it just skipped booting it and went straight to the O/S choice menu...shall I try doing doing it again now?
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
X360: Kreon 1.0 Drive, Softmodded console
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ddp
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13. November 2004 @ 07:54 |
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what was old chipset on motherboard, if not same as new chipset go into safemode, remove drivers, restart & xp will install correct drivers either from self or from your cds
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indienemo
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13. November 2004 @ 08:03 |
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yes it was a different chipset, but ive tried and it wont even boot up into safemode...
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
X360: Kreon 1.0 Drive, Softmodded console
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ddp
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13. November 2004 @ 08:08 |
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1 it sounds like xp cd is not bootable, 2 is hd formatted as fat32 or ntfs
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indienemo
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13. November 2004 @ 08:17 |
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Im not sure if my XP cd is bootable, its not quite ummm, L364L, shall we say... and second my HDD is formatted to NTFS..
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
X360: Kreon 1.0 Drive, Softmodded console
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ddp
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13. November 2004 @ 08:25 |
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you didn't mention 2nd hd before on posts or info, is bios seeing both hd & what is on 1st & 2nd hd
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heybilly
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13. November 2004 @ 08:26 |
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indienemo
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13. November 2004 @ 08:33 |
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I know, thanks, Ive just this minute finished downloading that, as I thought it might be worth a try, Ill update progress later, cheers all.
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
X360: Kreon 1.0 Drive, Softmodded console
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indienemo
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13. November 2004 @ 10:57 |
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Dammit, and i was so close as well.. I repaired windows up to the point of restart to finish (overwritten all the old drivers etc.) but then...geuss what it crashed. But hey, maybe if i reset it and try again it will still have those xp install files it might still work...no luck. Im getting pretty desperate now, the only solution now appears to be put my HDD in my dads PC and back everything over to his HDD, then put back in my PC do a complete format then install windows XP on a fresh partition, finally putting the HDD back in my dads PC to get back my files? Would this work, a good idea guys?
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
X360: Kreon 1.0 Drive, Softmodded console
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ddp
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13. November 2004 @ 11:02 |
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go for it, you got nothing to lose
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indienemo
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13. November 2004 @ 11:05 |
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but has he?....if i somehow manage to hurt his system all hell will break loose!
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
X360: Kreon 1.0 Drive, Softmodded console
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ddp
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13. November 2004 @ 11:32 |
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what windows does he have & whether fat32 or ntfs. if different format than yours, he won,t be able to see you in windows
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Auslander
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13. November 2004 @ 12:11 |
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this exact fuckin same thing happened to me earlier this week. the thing to do was boot from a linux disc, back up all my stuff, and then reformat the hard drive. i had been trying to upgrade windows xp home to pro and discoverd that my motherboard wouldn't allow the system change with the simple "upgrade" option. i reformatted and left the Home edition on. it's good enough, lol. good luck, fella!
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indienemo
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18. November 2004 @ 12:18 |
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Ok I managed to get that to work, and now im running my new system ok now.. but.. lost 1,400 mp3s, about 500 personal pictures, 4gb of porn, 4 games, game saves and homework.. so a sucess? :S Alas, no sound, no where i can get the chipset drivers for my mobo anyone?
"Life is like a box of chocolates, whenever it comes to me all that is left is toffee logs" - Me.
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PC: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2, X850 PE GFX.
GC: Viper GC w. Cobra bios 1.2
X360: Kreon 1.0 Drive, Softmodded console
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ddp
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18. November 2004 @ 12:26 |
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twc008
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19. November 2004 @ 03:39 |
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buy a new pc lolo
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