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PC Operating System Problems
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sniper128
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6. July 2007 @ 13:27 |
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Hey guys, I recently picked up a old PC from a friend that he screwed up and he didn't know how to fix. He ended up getting a new one, so he gave me his old one. It's still fairly decent, and I want to fix it.
The other day I tried to reformat it, but I found a few problems along the way. When I tried to put in Windows XP, it would start the set up and formatting and everything would be fine, but once it started to copy in the system files and what not the whole thing would shut down. About half way thought the screen would turn black and the computer would just stop operating.
I tried putting in Windows ME and it worked fine, but I don't like ME. I tested all the hardware and all of them all seem to work. I put in a new HDD and some new RAM.
Any ideas on how to fix it?
-Thanks
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AfterDawn Addict
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6. July 2007 @ 15:21 |
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Will it work with XP? That's what I suggest. I don't know why it doesn't work with 98...
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ddp
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6. July 2007 @ 16:27 |
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sam, it was xp he is having the problem with not win98.
sniper, what is the make & model# of the computer or motherboard?
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6. July 2007 @ 19:42 |
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Was this happening before or after you put in the new hardware?
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7. July 2007 @ 02:05 |
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Beg your pardon didn't read the post properly.
Component check is in order I think.
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bunny_c
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7. July 2007 @ 06:13 |
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The copy of windowx xp could possibly be where your problem is at.
Try installing A different copy of XP.
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7. July 2007 @ 07:25 |
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when it won't load the files here after a couple of tries we use a new cdrom drive
mostly it lets the files load
the other way is to copy the files onto the hard drive and boot into dos (use the me disc) and run setup from there
i7 3770 12GB ram terrabyte sata drive 1 750Gb sata drive 285GTX graphics Sony dvdwriter same NZXT Nemesis case
Still playing Black Hawk Down why did I upgrade?
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7. July 2007 @ 07:28 |
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It's worth a try. Was he a gamer? The optical drive might have been Starforced.
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sniper128
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7. July 2007 @ 11:48 |
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The model of the motherboard is a Asus P4PE. In the beginning it worked fine until my operations system crashed. I reformatted and then I couldn't put windows XP back on. Then I tried changing out some of the parts. Put in some new RAM, a new HDD, a new disk drive, I even borrowed my friends copy of XP and tried to put it on, but pretty much, I got all the same results.
Pretty much once is finishes formating the drive, It will go into the windows XP operations system setup thing. It will load, then about half way though it shuts down...
Any other ideas?
-Thanks
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bunny_c
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8. July 2007 @ 01:29 |
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Sniper128,just out of curiosity,are you french?
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8. July 2007 @ 08:47 |
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Oui monsieur, sniper parle francais.
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bunny_c
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8. July 2007 @ 10:04 |
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I guessed this because of the way he formed some of his phrases.
Moi aussi je parle francais.J'habite en France depuis 4 ans mais je viens d'angleterre et d'amerique.
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sniper128
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8. July 2007 @ 12:58 |
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Nah, I'm Chinese, but I have trouble with grammar sometimes, lol...
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8. July 2007 @ 13:59 |
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Actually your grammar in this thread has been excellent, it just lacked punctuation. Reading it through properly and your posts are fine.
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sniper128
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8. July 2007 @ 14:05 |
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That's good. I never liked lit that much...never did to good in that class. lol.
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8. July 2007 @ 14:20 |
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Nor me, aren't you thinking of English Language? Literature's where you study books, I didn't get on with that!
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sniper128
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8. July 2007 @ 14:31 |
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Well at sunset high school it's called "advanced lit\comp 10" but yea it think later on it is called English. Really i don't like books. Physics it hella tight.
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8. July 2007 @ 14:31 |
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Je parle francais aussi. J'habite aux Etats-Unis depuis sept ans. Mon oncle m'a enseigne comment parler francais. You will notice that my French isnt that great lol.
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sniper128
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8. July 2007 @ 14:33 |
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I don't know french. lol...so do you guys know anyway i can fix my computer?
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8. July 2007 @ 14:36 |
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it's a tricky one, and unless you happen to have spare components to try, I'm not sure I know how to solve it, sorry.
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sniper128
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8. July 2007 @ 14:39 |
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lol, thats alright. i pretty much changed every part except the motherboard and the cpu. i think ill just end up putting ME onto it.
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8. July 2007 @ 14:49 |
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Download a new copy of XP. Maybe that will help.
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