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compme
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_ 		27. February 2006 @ 11:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I just bought a new Mach Speed computer from Tigerdirect. When I start it up sometimes I just get a blank screen. Other times a screen come up which I have to press the F1 key to get Windows to start up. I believe everything is installed properly and all cables are plugged in. How can I get Windows to boot up when I press the power button.
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philraz
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_ 		28. February 2006 @ 16:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
sounds like your computer has a bios problem contact tiger direct for warraty claim
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compme
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_ 		1. March 2006 @ 12:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Another problem.... The hardrive came out of an Older Compaq System-everything else is new. In Internet Explorer and the help&support menu it says Compaq in the title bar. Could Compaq have somthing specific that isn't 100% compatible with the rest of our world.
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GrandpaBW
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_ 		1. March 2006 @ 13:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I believe a format C: is in order. It is really hit and miss when you pull a hard drive out of one computer and using it as the OS drive in another computer, without formatting and reinstalling the OS first.

No question that this is your problem. The computer is fine and will run fine, after you do the format C:.
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philraz
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_ 		1. March 2006 @ 14:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try a format it might help but the fact its asking you to press F1 to continue means that you are accepting bios changes some old compaqs had a rompaq partition on the hdd I recomend that you not only format your hdd also re partion it with fdisk or simular but if that F1 message continues to appear youve got something happening with your bios that shouldnt be
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droogie01
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_ 		1. March 2006 @ 18:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hey big shooters, i ahev a 200gig seagate hdd on top of my 80 gig hdd with my os on it, is acculy that much advantage to partitioning it that im missing? excluding that its easier to like defrag and shart?
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