No boot CD is going to help until you can get a BIOS screen. Bobbyraw's suggestion is a good one. In addition, check carefully inside the PC for loose connections, re-seat the memory and any cards. You should be able to get to the Setup screen even without a hard drive, so something else is wrong, and it's likely to be related to the installation of the new drive. Basically, check everything, even if you think you didn't touch it during the HD swap. Dell is offering PCs with Ubuntu now, and you could download and burn an Ubuntu CD and install it in just a few hours.
Why did you replace the drive? If it's still working, you can copy or clone it. If not, you need a copy of your OS on a bootable CD. It appears that you have a SATA drive, so don't forget to load the drivers for it. As I recall, the setup screen is F2, and you should see this option when you first boot the PC.
Modems have nothing to do with video input. I doubt the buzzing noise is coming from the modem. Try to explain this better-What kind of computer, what kind of internet connection, and just what device you think is a "Modem".
This question comes up frequently. Don't delete the recovery partition. When you need it, you need it, and there isn't that much space involved. Get an external drive and move some files to it. The advantage is that this drive will also work on your next computer. Even better, install a second drive or move your current OS to a larger drive.
You will likely need to format it. Be sure to choose NTFS. The connection may depend on your current configuration. If you have a single HD and a single optical device, you can install it as a slave on either channel. There is an excellent guide here: http://freepctech.com/pc/001/installing_ide_devices.shtml The drive letter will be assigned automatically when you format it.
Install the drive properly-you haven't said whether it's internal/external, SATA or IDE, so ask if you need help with this. There is no need for an OS unless you want to boot from this drive. You haven't said what your OS is. If it's XP, right-click My Computer/Manage. Select Disk Management. Right click the new drive to partition and/or format.
I have too many files to use thumbnail view. I would be madly scrolling to find the files I need. It is hard to select multiple files when you have to scroll.
Maybe it's time you organized your folders better, or used more descriptive file names.. That looks like detail view. Change to Tiles.
You're in the right place. We really need to know what the blue screen says. Not the numbers so much as the text. Open Control Panel/Admin Tools/Event Viewer Look under System and Application for red marks and tell us about the ones that occur about the same time as this error.
I've asked this elsewhere and gotten no answers: My '96 Ford Ranger has one of those remote unlock doohickeys. It still works flawlessly after 12 years. I assume it's infrared, but what provides the power?
props to gerbil for actually trying to help, it was my video card that was stuffed, i just threw it out. But a big "fuck you" to Caperjack! He was quick to get on there and talk shit, there was no need to reply if you werent actually going to help anyway. So, in summary, thanks gerbil for trying to help and fuck you caperjack, you fat fucking nerd. Cheers
I've reported this as a bad post. It's my sincere hope this poster will be banned for life.
Let's try changing just one, say jpgs: Right-click any jpg Select "open With" Select "Choose Program" Select the Program Check "always use..." See if the icon changes You may need to reboot.
"I would get the same message." Which message? Run chkdsk /r Might as well defrag as well. Look in Event Viewer for red events under System and Application.
Install Winamp install Streamripper Open Winamp/media Library/Shoutcast Choose from thousands of Stations/Genre/Search for anything. I have some favorite stations, but genre interests me most for ripping. Let it run for a few hours/overnight. Sort through the goodies. Couldn't be easier, and it may even be legal.
I've done this several times. A repair install has a good chance of succeeding, but it's not the right way to do this. All the reasons have already been pointed out. If you install the old drive as a slave, you can just copy your data, but you'll need to reinstall all your programs. Otherwise, make copies of your data, reinstall, then copy the data to the appropriate places. The F & s wizard is good in this scenario.
You're trying to find out what time it is, and these guys are telling you how to build a watch. We need to take small steps and one at a time. You almost certainly have a bad hard drive, so either take it to a shop, or let me know what you want to do.
"When i start it up it just says operating system not found." This almost always means your hard drive has died. It's possible there's some other cause, like a loose or damaged cable or something, but hard drive death is no.1. "I BELIEVE that I have an XP install disk." It sounds as though you don't have the right disk. If the boot order is correct, the computer would boot from the CD, which isn't happening. It wouldn't help much anyway, until the hard drive problem is solved. Is the hard drive detected in the BIOS, or at boot? We need to solve the HD problem, so let me know what you want to do.
What kind of RAID? Does your manual say to FDISK and Format the array? Have you done so? These RAID controllers tend to suck, by the way, and you will be better off without a RAID setup, IMHO.
My mom is the worst! Just kidding. Let's do this slowly and a little at a time. Verify that you have changed the boot order in the BIOS. This should be CD ROM first, of course. You may have to watch for a screen that says, "Press any key to Boot from CD."
You need to do a little more homework. The router not only gives internet access, but it allows for networking also. This is by far the most intelligent way to do this, as the router provides a layer of security as well. One Nic per PC will suffice in this scenario. Get the router working, run the wizard, and you're done.
You can start by looking here: http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/HomeNet-ethernet.asp The XP netwqork wizard will walk you through the software, but you need to determine what hardware you're going to use. The easiest way is a router, but read the tutorial and make your own decision.
