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Ok guys im goin to take my test at 3:00EST and ill be on at 5:00 and tell ya the results.

 

Ok Phil, I've recently got an old computer out of the cupboard, whenever I close a program like MSN, Firefox etc, the computer restarts itself.


Oh and goodluck with your test

 

I think you may have to reinstall wondows...

but Atomic seems to be better with these kinds of problems

 

Hey phil, I have another problem with a different computer. I had recently brought it to circut city to let them fix it and they kinda screwed it up worse...I reformatted it and it worked fine.

I shut it down after fixing it and windows wasn't there anymore for some apparent reason. I tried reinstalling windows but it didn't load/work.

Can you please help me? And good luck on your exam today.

 

well since you refomatted it you erased the OS and when you were trying to reinstall windows something went wrong (wich happens often). Use this guide to help you http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp

 

It worked fine when I reformatted it....Like I went on the internet and everything. Then I shut it off and the os was gone. I tried reinstalling it and it wouldn't work.

 

hmm what happens when you turn it on. And what happens when u try to install the OS. And give me any other information

 

When I turn it on it starts up like a comp without an os.

I put in the cd and try to load it (mnaually) and it won't load.

It like freezes and does other junk when you actually get something to work. Never actually downloads OS

Also, how did your exam go?

 

hmm thats a difficult problem especially that im not in front of the computer.... What error does it say when you boot from the cd

oh and i passed

 

Taking the second part (and final) of my A+ test tommorow at 10:00AM (passed the first one) and then ill be A+ certified

 

god i hope you pass people need people like you in the world more =/

 

Passed im officially A+ certified now!

 

Got a Huge problem( can't access my computer at all), When i turn it on it says "bootmgr missing and press ctrl + alt + del to restrat" HELP

Running windows xp
computer brand is dell E520

 

That's very weird... I thought this was only a Vista problem. Try putting in your XP CD, restarting and booting from disk, then run repair mode and type in FIXBOOT AND FIXMBR. Tell me if that fixes it.

 

I installed xp on a different partition cus' i was thinking that i could get my file from that. But, now the main partition says healthy unknown format. I m currently trying to recover the files

 

I'd say your HDD is dead considering Windows does nothing when you try to boot from a CD. Get a second opinion, though.

 

Hello Phil, welcome to the Tech Support Section...
Let's see if you could answer this question...

The Scenario:
Thermaltake 850w PUS
Intel Core 2 Quad
Plextor PX-760a cd-drive
e-geforce 8800GTS
The newest Bios Card
Asus Striker Extreme Motherboard/Asus Extreme Striker Motherboard
2 Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4D 1024MB 800MHz 4-4-4-12 XMS6404v2.1 RAM
AND a 750gb Hard Drive...

Lets say I am building my computer... and when I turn it on, it did not bring me to bios, and when I look back at the Asus Striker Extreme motherboard, it saids CPU INIT... Also no beeps... All fans are running.... How would I diagnose this problem, to tell which part is faulty?

 

Listen Phil, I'm thinking of buying a gaming computer but since most of them come with vista on them is it possible to buy the computer with vistan and format it and put xp on it?

 

Nah, its not dead, got a file recovery thingy and It shows the files, but it can only make a .dim image (and .dim.001 and yeah)

Is there any way of extracting a .dim image

Its more of a file recovery mission now

 

ya sure you can get XP seperatly but it cost around $100. If you want help finding a good gaming computer i can find one for ya.