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ARRRG!! help please
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:07 pm
by bucfan68
My son's computer decided windows xp is gone. I can't even do a restore . nothing 
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:12 pm
by CableDude
What is the error message?
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:39 pm
by Sava700
yeah need a error message.. does it even attempt to boot into the OS or just keep cycling over and over.. need more info which requires about the same amount of effort you used to put your sentence in blue text.
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:48 pm
by bucfan68
i'll get back with more info
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:56 pm
by bucfan68
i tried doing a restore with the restore discs for it and it didn't work
now all it does is ask for the first disc and never asks for disc 2 - just goes to a blue screen
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:28 pm
by Storm90
bucfan68 wrote:i tried doing a restore with the restore discs for it and it didn't work
now all it does is ask for the first disc and never asks for disc 2 - just goes to a blue screen
What does the blue screen say
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:50 pm
by Sava700
bucfan68 wrote:i tried doing a restore with the restore discs for it and it didn't work
now all it does is ask for the first disc and never asks for disc 2 - just goes to a blue screen
Your not posting what we are asking for therefore there little we can do to even help.
Post System info, error codes or messages etc... Don't expect alot till you give this info ok.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:03 am
by bucfan68
tried to reinstall xp and now the message is no hard drive present
guess it is done for
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:07 am
by TonyT
No so.
Does it have a sata hard drive?
If so, you'll need to download the sata drivers from manufacturer and put on a floppy. At the install you'll get prompted to press F6 to load the drivers.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:52 am
by Sava700
bucfan68 wrote:tried to reinstall xp and now the message is no hard drive present
guess it is done for
Check the Bios (F2 at startup) settings to make sure its selected to read from ATA and not ACHI or something along those lines...If its a Dell most likely this is the case.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:26 am
by bucfan68
ok thanks
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:43 am
by bucfan68
got a used computer for free -- thanks guys -- nothing worked on the dead one --
we tried
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:02 am
by Sava700
I still think we missed alot of things..but really curious as to what the issue was.