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    Can not reinstall Windows XP

    Hi folks, last year i made up a budget system for a friend comprising motherboard ASRock K7S41GX, Athlon XP2000 and Windows XP professional.. The system worked straight away with no problems. However due to th efriend 'playing' with it (including loading SP2- but dont know if this is...
  2. jimsav

    setting up Raid

    Hi, Looking for some help and advice in setting up Raid on my PC. M/b is Gigabyte GA7N400 Pro2. O/S is Windows XP I have loaded drivers for Gigaraid successfully. I have loaded the Raid management software. I am trying to set up a normal array as I only want to be able to use 3 hard...
  3. jimsav

    bios problem

    Hi I am having great problems trying to mend a friends PC. First problem was an error message <windows root>\system 32\ ntoskrnl.exe - please replace this file. I tried to get into BIOS to change settings so that I could boot from XP cd and go into recovery panel. However it would not...
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    PC wont start up after new OS installed

    My son had a PC that was running Windows ME but kept hanging up and needed closing down every 5 or 10 minutes. I formatted the C drive and loaded XP Professional onto it. When i put the hard drive into my PC it works perfectly. However when i put it back into my sons PC the PC will boot up only...
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    PC wont turn itself off.

    I have have just updated a friends PC with new m/board and processor etc. However when windows shuts down the PC will not power off. A screen comes up with the message 'It is now saf to turn off your cmputer'. The only way to close down the PC is by switching it off at the back. The operating...
  6. jimsav

    Can not install XP

    I have a pc that has been running on Windows ME. This was preloaded when i bought it and i just have a system recovery disc. I put a new hard drive in and decided to load windows XP pro. However, after loading windows files onto the newly formatted disc, the pc gets to the stage where it in the...
  7. jimsav

    new video card needed?

    Current system XP2000+, 512mb DDr ram, 80gb HD, All in Wonder Pro 32mb graphics card. As you can see the graphics card is quite old, but perfectly suited to my needs so far - no fast games and can watch TV instead of working! However i will soon start video editing form my new Digital...
  8. jimsav

    Installing 2000 professional

    Hi All. I have built a few PCs for friends recently , using W98, ME or XP. However, one of them wants me to install W2000 professional, as he is on an animation course that uses certain software that will only work with W2000. He has currently got Win ME op system. Can i load W2000 over his...
  9. jimsav

    BootSector Write! VIRUS - HELP!!

    Due to problems with my PC i have fdisked and formatted my hard drive, and all would appear to have gone well. However, when i try to load windows ME i get to the point where it loads the setup files and i get the message BootSector Write! VIRUS: Continue y/n At this point no keys work and i...
  10. jimsav

    motherboard problem - i think!

    Hi All, Desperately need help as PC wont start up. I was having a few problems with windows XP Home -driver conflicts i think - the machine would just turn off in the middle of something, and even when it was closed down properly , i would get a serious error message to send to MS, when i...

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