Posts by caperjack

This from www.google.com, lots of info ,http://www.google.ca/search?q=Dual+Boot+between+XP+and+Vista&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

gets tricky when you want to use 2 separate drive ,as windows only has the ability to boot to one or the other ,you will at least need a boot manager program .google will help you find more info.

If you do change you mind and just use one drive ,2 partitions ,remember to load oldest, OS first .could cause driver replacement problems if done the other way ,

i have used this bootmanger , http://www.osloader.com/ .to dual boot xp, and 2000, on separate drives ,but i was using a scsi controller card and a scsi hard drive ,along with my master IDE drive .

as long as you have correct cables to the sata you are good to go,it will work
laptop sata connections are smaller you know,right.
don't know how you will secure it into the desktop case though unless you have correct caddy

why my powerbook doesn't read my new internal hard drive?

I don't know jrocio, tell us, Why doesn't your powerbook read you hard drive !
maybe because you put it in and you weren't sure what you were doing, maybe you bought the wrong one ,maybe you need to format it and load your os

just kidding ,really though , maybe you should have posted your question in the mac forum .link to it here . .create a new post and ask you ? again , good luck,
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/forum103.html

but my computer was off when I got home because my dad says he bumped the power cord

your problem could be the results of the last time you DAD bumped the power cord ,shut downs like this can cause device conflicts , i usually fix them by doing a chkdsk /f from the windows recovery console

download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to your desktop.

• Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
• At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to
  • Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
  • and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
• then click Finish.
• If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
• Once the program has loaded, select Perform full scan, then click Scan.
• When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.

  post the log back here

yea a green light comes on on the motherboard. i think the motherboard is gone too! have a question thought does the same thing happen if the memory is bad.

green is good, yes ram could cause problems like this .

thanks mountain man you helped me before so will try your suggestions - will putting the 2007 CD in and running it will this delete all my personal settings and take the OS back to virgin? I want to avoid that!

why would you think repairing microsoft office program ever take windows OS back to virgin

msn what ,do you mean msn messenger or explorer .either way actually, what you downloaded is only partial install and you need to be connected to the internet for it to download and install the rest of the program l .

Try this site-
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

bootdisk.com does not have the full install win2000 cd ,and that is what poster is looking for !

where does the genuine validation nag reside in my computer? I can't locate it.
I have a legal sticker for xp, I have 20 of them ,also sp3 installed. just want to remove the nag not register the computer,

abetageek@gmail

if it were legal and not activated/registered it will stop working in 30 days,and you wouldn't get the nag ,so it illegal software !

Comodo PF free
AVG free
WinPatrol
SuperAntiSpyware Pro
Secunia
modem
Edison
Mailwasher free
Ad Muncher
Bookmark Buddy
Comodo BOC Clean
YPops
Cobain backup
Realtek audio manager
MSI PC Alert ,

a bit paranoid aren't we.!

go to run and type in this"eventvwr.msc" with out the "" and then check for system errors see what you get ,you should get some info on the blue screen

how can i get this fixed

with great difficulty, or a big big hammer!!!! LOL
check this from microsoft
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

to all poster telling poster to go to safe mode ,reread his first post !HE DID TRY SAFE MODE Already,and it didn't work

could be many things for sure, when you change the bios to boot to the cdrom ,did it keep the setting to boot to the cdrom ,if not you could have a dead bios battery and its not saving the changes ,

Does it turn on any lights on the motherboard ,should be red one somewhere on the board , usually when this happens its the motherboard gone bad

Hello, I had one of these for repair a few weeks ago ,I told the owner it was most likely the motherboard ,he then checked with HP and sure enough there is problem with the motherboard on that model and he has/or they have an extended warranty so HP is replacing the motherboard

Thanks for all your help guys.

I did try it in safe mode and it still shuts down by itself. For some reason the BIOS post message doesn't stay up for long. It just flashes and then disappears. So I can't check the heat. I've also tried going to the last good configuration and that didn't work.

Is there any way to check the heat through windows? Also, what is the normal heat that it should be running at?

The computer with the most recent boot ups has wanted to do a disk check to check consistency. I tried running it but it takes tool long before the PC shuts off, so I’ve been skipping it. Does the PC wanting to do this a good sign or a bad one?

No matter what I do it shuts off by itself every time. I'll try and put in the power supply from an older PC of mine, which will hopefully fit. I'll also check the PSU, give the PC a good cleaning, add a second fan and check my water cooling. Perhaps here is something wrong wit that.

because I have one ,i would try a live linux disk ,to see if the computer will boot to it ,this would rule out hardware ,and it would then have to be software causing the problem .
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

hi, this is Jenitta. I am new to this site and do not know what are you talking about. Can anybody give me the information regarding this?

============================================

jenitta

one of the dumbest threads i have ever read, your best not to know .lol

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_02july22.mspx

Any additional ideas?

nope ,when i get to this point with boards i buy that are new/used ,older boards ,i just toss them in the corner and call it a day!

and have run CCleaner, although only for Internet explorer. should i run CCleaner for 'system' as well or ?
.

why just internet explorer ,i actually didn't watch the link i posted for the how to use ccleaner ,guess i should have .i been using it to clean computers for a long time now i just use it as its installed i don't make any changes .i run the cleaner and the registry ,run and fix error in the registry 2 to 3 times till it shows no more errors .

also on the screen for the system utility there is a check box lower left corner to check off when it reboots so it doesn't show each reboot

Dual boot can be good if you do it right, but dual booting two versions of Windows seems pointless to me.

Whatever.

sure have to agree with that,
why dual boot ,microsft has fee software to run a virtual machine ,you don't have to install xp on the hard drive .
do google search for microsoft virtual machine ,i did it briefly with vista and win98

have you rebooted the computer since the delete ,i use hijackthis to deleted troubled files .,if you download hijackthis go to tools and direct it to the file in question, not sure if hijackthis runs on 64 bit vista

I have a similar problem just as my Windows does detect my modem as PCI Simple Communications Controller

you need to install the drivers for the modem ,should have come with the modem or can be found on the website of modem maker

also ccleaner will help in the clean up after spyware removal tools
www.ccleaner.com

how to use ccleaner .
http://www.timeatlas.com/tutorials/Ccleaner.htm

nope, i dont see anything...

im talking about some internal wires or something burning out...not visual burning...

since everything is working, the computer is starting up, it cant have burned...so im guessing since i put in a graphics card, and tried PCI Express and PCI graphics cards, both failed to work...so that must be the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) has failed or burned out because i over-clocked the DOT (Dynamic Over-Clocking Technology) which over clocks the CPU AND GPU...when one is over clocked to much over the other, than that one will raise up to speed to balance with the other one...the DOT is automatic over-clocking the system...

example: if i over clock the DOT, and the CPU is over-clocked more than the GPU, than the GPU will raise up higher in power to meet and balance with the CPU...and i might have messed with some settings that over clocked the GPU too much, the PCI Express and PCI slots/buses have failed/burned internally...or in short, the whole graphics processing unit (GPU) has failed/burned internally because of the over-clocking...

but the computer turns on, everything is working fine, CPU is working...

now thats just my guess...and i just want to confirm it with someone...

yeah right ,never seen a warranty that covered overclocking

Agp pro cards,to take advantage of the more power from the slot , .actually i think it will take either regular or pro if it looks like the slot on this site .
http://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/agpcompatibility.html

yeah it is hard to say with out seeing it ,you say the motherboard is burned ,do you see burn marks on the board .

We got the same problem too but the only thing is the keyboard doesn't work also only the cpu so we can't do anything unless you know the other way how to fix this or what can we do. plss tell me asap!
thank you..

if you are using a usb keyboard ,and have a ps/2 plug in on the back of computer ,borrow a ps/2 keyboard and try that .

hello. you need an item like this one .
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=2785

or this one ,see video .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fRedWbvJz4

i read ,and read ,frustrating isn't it .
one thing that comes to mind is the front case connection ,usb, sound .firewire ,maybe one is shorting things out .when you get it don't hook up any of these front case items for a few days or longer before hooking them up .i have seen faulty usb do this ,actually almost fried my own with a faulty front case usb

you don't need any ram in to get it to boot to first boot screen, it runs off the 64k memory on the motherboard
are you, or have you tied to run it outside the tower on a table top, you can connect it and jump the power switch pin with a screwdriver .
manual here if you don't have one .
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d845gvad2/sb/cs-008828.htm

And I think we need to get you a finger sharpener, bob. They work a bit like a pencil sharpener. Some pain may be involved.... :)

lol ,to funny ,I think I need one to ,where can they be found .

try going into the bios ,to auto setup/check hard drives , maybe .

you can enable, if it makes the download faster ,most computers i work on have it enabled ,with out any problem .my own has it enabled .

Hi and welcome

This post actually says it all. If you can remove the hard drive, then youll be able to get all data from it and store on another machine or even better just use it as an external [hard drive connected to USB] hard drive

thanks for proof reading my post .lol

. and in trying so hard to be politically correct i miss spelled couls!=could, LOL

the hard drive can be removed and hooked to another computer and filrs retrieved ,to do this you need a usb device of sorts ,like a usb external hard drive case for a laptop size hard drive .or take out the hardrive and take it to good local computer shop and they will retrieve files for a small fee .

I had simmilar problem due to small cockroaches.

problem here is computer shutting down ,not a ITCH .lol

non computer bugs are bad too.

it could be ram,also non onboard video like pci or agp video card ,,unplug all power plugs inside, except the 20/24 pin one to the mother board and the 4 pin p4 plug if there is one plugged into the board,also remove all pci or agp cards if any .

agp/pci video card if you have one may need to be [re-seated ]removed and replace , or the ram may need to be re-seated

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_grease

it has many names, like most computer stuff!so confusing some time .

orginal post may be long gone ,im thinking it couls be the power supply ,sometime known as a psu or a sps

i think the long green light is hard drive activity indicator

PSU again, don't you people ever there call them a SPS (Switchable Power Supply)???.

answer to your ??? no ,not me .I know its a sps, but always refer to it as a power supply unit .SPU and always will, sorry

www.google.com
they are usually found on the motherboard drive disk ,or the motherboard makers web site .

took a bit of Google.com for the right command bu i found it .new task and open users in control panel and create a new account and see if it goes to a desktop.
new task ,"nusrmgr.cpl" from this site .good luck
http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/control.htm

could be ram,remove ram and see if it turns on

if it a sata hdd you will have to install sata drivers before xp install will see a harddrive .
google installing sata drivers if this is the case .

quad core suitable for server not gaming ,as stay with dual core ,from what i have read,power consumption main concern i think