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| Thread ID: 52693 | 2004-12-27 00:12:00 | I've got Dell/XP issue | Toddg4444 (6678) | Press F1 |
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| 307888 | 2004-12-27 00:12:00 | My dell computer has stopped booting up. It no longer boots from the hard drive and the bios does not recognize a newer cd burner cd rom drive I installed so it is unable to boot from the CD. I is able to boot from the floppy. I want to reformat the computer and I have an XP Pro disc. What should I do now? | Toddg4444 (6678) | ||
| 307889 | 2004-12-27 00:28:00 | firstly unplug the cd drive and set the bios to defaults then see if it boots | drcspy (146) | ||
| 307890 | 2004-12-27 00:45:00 | tried making an XP boot floppy? www.bootdisk.com | Edward (31) | ||
| 307891 | 2004-12-27 01:40:00 | Sounds like you have not installed the CD Drive properly Check the jumper on the CD Drive to ensure it is set as slave if on IDE 1 (same cable as Hard drive) Or as Master on IDE 2 (The other cable) Make sure you haven't dislodged the data & power cables to the Hard drive when you were fitting the new CD Rom. Is the Hard drive detected during post? |
PcNut (6639) | ||
| 307892 | 2004-12-27 08:29:00 | Tis your own fault for buying a dell... rofl :D /me pokes at proprietryism |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 307893 | 2004-12-27 08:32:00 | Tis your own fault for buying a dell... roflWell you can keep those sorts of helpful replies to yourself next time hamster. That comment was rather unnecessary. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 307894 | 2004-12-27 08:52:00 | Quite right Jen. Next, new-comers will be starting to think that Press F1 is elitest. |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 307895 | 2004-12-27 08:55:00 | [QUOTE=hamstar]Tis your own fault for buying a dell... rofl :D Actually Hamster, I will lay a bet that the majority of niggly computer problems are with home built computers. :-P |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 307896 | 2004-12-27 09:01:00 | My comments to hamster was not an invitation for others to join in on them ... Let's keep this thread on topic please. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 307897 | 2004-12-27 09:42:00 | My dell computer has stopped booting up. It no longer boots from the hard drive and the bios does not recognize a newer cd burner cd rom drive I installed so it is unable to boot from the CD. I is able to boot from the floppy. I want to reformat the computer and I have an XP Pro disc. What should I do now? You havent specified what model dell. Unless you stole it from a museum, put C/d on ide 2 as master. Enter bios (normally f2 on most of these) Turn on auto drive detection ide 2 Save changes Re-enter bios on re boot check drive detected, go to boot order (Slightly lower down normally) Make order floppy/cd/hdd turn off PXE if it is an option. Re-boot, if it still ******* around repost with details of machine bios ect. This is not normally an issue with these as long as the bios is set up correctly. IMHE. D. Edit, You better post model and PSU model any way just in-case youre digging another hole for your self in this. Q. |
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