I’ve built so many PCs I could probably build one in less than 45mins actually; I mean there isn’t exactly much to do. Chuck in motherboard, PSU, drives, then connect cables and away you go.

When...

I strongly disagree, I build gamer PC's and they are defiantly cheaper to build your self than buy a brand new system. PC Parts are cheap if you know where to look, (computer expos are a good place,...

I can get the PC to boot from an XP startup disk. (floppy).

Is there any way to reformat the HDD and install windows xp from a floppy startup disk?

Its a reformat, so the PC already has XP on it, but i want to get rid of it all...

It cannot be a partition problem either because the HDD I am reformating has no partitions, however there is a...

I’m trying to reformat a PC using the Windows XP CD-ROM. The computer I am doing it on displays a message "cannot boot from CD: Code 5". Does anyone know what this means? And how can it be fixed?
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Its not cheap if your a student with no money... Im gonna have a play around tonight and see what i can do.

I have got an old motherboard i could use, but i think its a socket 737, and i havent...

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The server has been down for about a week now.

Does anyone, any where, know how i can fix it?

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Does it matter?

I did assume it was the battery so it was the fist thing I checked. But it’s not the battery; I used a multi-meter to test it. I would ignore the floppy drive problem; I don’t think it has anything...

Maplins is a good resource for you computer building needs, however it can be expensive. I personaly wouldnt go near PC world.

Ive built PC's with out aid of books and internet. Its easy.

When I switch the computer on, if im lucky, it will tell me the processor speed amount of ram, etc. (sometimes the screen just turns blank before this stage.) Then it displays an error explaining...