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Aym3n
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16. December 2005 @ 23:10 |
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hey
i try to turn on my computer but it keeps saying boot failure can someone please help ????
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Aym3n
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16. December 2005 @ 23:45 |
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The harddrive is dead .. how do i fix that ?
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rugripper
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17. December 2005 @ 00:07 |
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is this an old pc?is this a new pc?hard to say without more info.please post you specs......thx peace
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17. December 2005 @ 05:19 |
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Replace it. Best buy has a 120 gig 8 mb cache with a instant rebate comes to 39.99 for a 99.99 hgard drive!
There ya go...go buy one and ya set.:>
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ddp
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17. December 2005 @ 10:55 |
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does the bios see the drive as maybe a software problem not hardware?
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Aym3n
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17. December 2005 @ 23:41 |
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i dont really know the specs coz its my cuzins computer but its an old computer i think 2.6 mhz processer 1 gb ram nvidia graphics card about 250 gb hard drive
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ddp
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18. December 2005 @ 06:44 |
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that is old!!! than mine must be a dinosaur as it is 2.5ghz.
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18. December 2005 @ 07:07 |
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2.5 old?? Oh my....then my 2.2 must be ancient.
Boot failure problems exist when the BIOS cannot read from the drive, the MBR (master boot record) was corrupted somehow, or indeed the drive has failed, or your installation of Windows got corrupt.
Few things you can do.
Open the case and check your cables. Replace them if they are kinked, make sure they are nice and snug against the drive and motherboard.
Go into the BIOS and see if the drive is detected. If not...go to the drive manufacturer's website, and download the diagnostic program, and run it from the floppy drive. This prog will let you know if the drive could be recovered. If it does say the drive has failed, or will fail, replace the drive.
Once the drive has been detected:
Boot from an XP Setup CD and select to install XP. After you get to the options screen, select to install a fresh installation, press F8 to agree, and then see if Setup detects the drive. If it does, choose to do a Repair installation. You won't lose any info on the drive, but you will have to redo chipset (motherboard) drivers, video, sound...Windows updates.
However, you may wish to remove the drive first, and see if it's detected on another computer. This will give you an indication that it may be the motherboard's chipset that has failed. Which, means a new motherboard.
Hope that helps.
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rugripper
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18. December 2005 @ 07:29 |
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at least find out what hard drive you have.....turn off ,open case....look at this:
http://www.djonmac.com/drive/removecdromhd.html
follow those steps to find out what kind you have...western digital,hitachi,matox,etc..
then go to the manu site and get the tools to fix it...like formatting tools,scan tools,check disk,etc.
your best bet is as oz said,if you dont care whats on the disk,go buy new and reinstall windows....peace
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Aym3n
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18. December 2005 @ 20:46 |
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ive already tried using the harddrive on a different computer but it didnt work ill try everything else you said as soon as possible and its a hardware problem
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rugripper
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19. December 2005 @ 04:23 |
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well feel the hard drive,you should be able to feel something,if not its dead .go buy new,about 100 bucks usd for a sata drive...ata are even cheaper....peace
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ENERMAX EGA850EWL GALAXY ATX 12V 850W SLI..sweet huh??
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evga 7800 gtx 512 mb card
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19. December 2005 @ 13:30 |
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Up ya should feel a slight vibration like a womens best friend on low...lol! If ya dont then the drive is toasted. If it still spins then ya can try a low level format and also update the mbr code with the manufacter's utility.:>
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rugripper
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19. December 2005 @ 14:38 |
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love that oz...lmao@low vibration...if you dont know what that is :
lets play hangman... d-l-o [i gave you most of the letters]...lmfao......peace
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evga 7800 gtx 512 mb card
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19. December 2005 @ 15:02 |
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thanks rug...lmao! lest see if he can figure it out now since i used that perspective.:>
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antec true power 430 watt dual +12 volt rails @ 18 amps each
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dragon case
2 x 512 DUAL CHANNEL ELIXOR RAM
Ibm P260 dvi & vga 21 inch crt monitor 1600 x 1200 @ 85 htz Oh yeah!!
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Aym3n
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19. December 2005 @ 15:33 |
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lol you guys are bored ass ... thanks for the help anyways ... my cousin is gonna help me with it hes a comp it nerd freak !
cya
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