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Answer» Quote from: xavier on September 02, 2008, 05:01:12 PM Before you go any further can you get into windows control panel? Clearly he can't get into the control panel: he can't even boot. Quote from: distrox on September 02, 2008, 04:58:30 PM I have been USEING 2 RAm sticks , cpu, video card, keyboard Yes, any hard drive can be the master/slave/any combo. However, because IDE are on ribbon cables and SATA are each on their own cable, you'll have to set which one is which in the BIOS. With a little luck, they should show up in your BIOS with moderately understandable names. Make sure the jumper pin is set to Master on the IDE, or set it to CS (Cable Select) and plug the "MASTER" end of your IDE ribbon cable into it. -rockIt was a questionThank you for your help With stick of RAM is still Looping after "Start Windows Normal" or "Safe Mode" Does this mean my RAM is dead? Or could it just mean that is not the problem? I may just have to take it in to a shop...You can add another HD & go from there but you may still have a PBLM with the EXISTING HD using it as a slave.What i was hoping you could get into control panel but i see you cant.Do you have a service pack disc? Yes, my XP Home disc has SP on it.No that wont help, just the service pack dis only.I have been reading up on this PBLM & 1 site states its POSS. it could be a bios pblm?Since everything appears to be working, it is just not booting windows, I hope it is a simple problem. ReCap: Turn off my computer as normal. Came home and tried to turn it on, nothing happened. Removed CMOS battery 10-20mins then put back in Removed POWER Supply - ATX 420W Replaced Power Supply with - ATX 550W Computer powered up Right before the XP loading logo should have appeared, the system rebooted. Then I did a in-place upgrade to "Repair" windows, this did not work, same problem. Then I tried to delete and /rebuild the boot.ini , again nothing. Then FIXBOOT and FIXMBR , nothing Under the Recovery section I can see all my folders/files So I have power and my files, just can not get to them.From the Recovery Console...at the C: prompt type in fixboot and hit Enter. Remove the XP CD and re-boot. If this doesn't work return to the RC but this time type in fixmbr and hit Enter... Remove the XP CD and re-boot.Hello. Thank you for your information. As listed above, I have tried this method already. Other things that I am reading about this, point to it being a Virus. I have made an APPOINTMENT with some tech guys at the local computer store, hopefully we can do something. At the very least, buy a new HDD to access my old one. I will be sure to update you guys on my journey to recovery Ok, So the Techs couldn't get it to boot either, so we put a tiny 8gb in loaded windows, now I am burning the info I need, then gonna clean install on the other drive. Seems like the long way around, but there is clearly boot damage that cannot be fixed without format. Thanks for all your help. |
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