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Jun 9, 2008, 03:39 PM
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Okay i have a major problem that i have no idea how to fix at this point. when i turn my computer on, it will stop responding every time. I tried putting in my windows xp disk to reinstall it but it wont even get that far because it just stops and wont respond. my keyboard stops working and pretty much my computer freezes. it still detects my hard drive is there so i have no idea what is going on in that thing. help please!!!
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Jun 9, 2008, 03:47 PM
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| can you get into the BIOS? if so, try and set default settings and restart to see if that helps
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Jun 9, 2008, 03:53 PM
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| i did what you said and it let me to got this screen that said something along the lines of start windows xp(bootscreen) or just start windows xp, something like that. now it wont even get that far... :/ | |
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Jun 9, 2008, 04:03 PM
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| any changes that either happened or that you perhaps made to your computer around the time that the problem started; particularly any software or hardware that you installed or setup.
did it just start happening, Try tapping the F8 key when starting the pc to see if you can make it to the boot menu option screen, if you get this far, choose Last known good configuration option
in your bios, make sure the cd rom is set to boot first and see if you can do a repair installation - it seems you have tried this but make sure cd rom as first boot device
Repair Installation
A Repair Install will replace the system files with the files on the XP CD used for the Repair Install. It will leave your applications and settings intact, but Windows updates will need to be reapplied.
A Repair Install will replace files altered by adware and malware, but will not fix an adware, malware problem. Perform a Repair Installation | |
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Jun 9, 2008, 04:35 PM
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| ok sorry for the wait. i got to the screen you talked bout and choose last known best config and it took me to a black screen and didn't do anything else. i'm starting to think that the longer i leave my computer off, the further it lets me go until it freezes on me, just a thought. now there are two things i did do that might cuase a problem. i was changing my whole computers theme around to a half life theme(a game) i did change my boot screen i think, maybe just my login screen, i dont remember. second thing is i slaved a 20 gig hd to my computer when i first shut it down after changing my theme around. idk if either of these would cause it to freeze but there ya go. | |
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Jun 9, 2008, 04:46 PM
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| does the BIOS see the 2nd drive connected as ? when you attached the 2nd drive, how did you "slave the drive" the same ribbon cable or another cable> what type of drive is it IDE?
disconnect the 20 gig drive and try to boot to see if that may be the issue | |
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Jun 9, 2008, 04:53 PM
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| i used the same connection cable to connect both drives. as far as your other question on the ide, i have no clue because i disconnected it once the problem arose thinking that might be causing it. only my orginal drive is connected at the moment. which it is detecting that one thankfully. i know this isn't too much help for you but this is all i know. its freezing alot on me and i have no clue why, at this point, i'm ok with erasing my hd if thats the problem but i dont think it is becuase i unplugged all hard drives one time and it still froze on me. | |
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Jun 9, 2008, 05:01 PM
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| try tapping the F8 on startup to get to the boot menu and choose safe mode, if you can get into safe mode see if you can uninstall the theme that you added, hopefully it won't come down to reinstalling, not sure how you added the theme through and install program or used the appearance option in display settings
Safe mode, right click desktop , properties and the theme tab - see if you can change it back to the one you had
of the 2 options above, see what will work for you, see if you can uninstall theme or change theme | |
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Jun 9, 2008, 05:09 PM
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| i clicked safe mode and it started i guess checking or loading files on this black screen, then about 5 seconds into it it frooze on me again, it just wont let me get into my computer at all, just keeps freezing, like my processor is freezing which its not because i put it in this computer at it worked flawlessly... | |
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Jun 9, 2008, 05:12 PM
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| well, if you are able to make it to the boot menu you should be able to boot the computer with the cd in the drive and attempt the repair installation
make sure cd rom is set to boot first and then see if you can do the repair installation posted above
but if you can get to that menu, you should be able to boot to cd rom | |
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