My system setup:AMD 64 3200+ (skt 939) ASUS A8V-VM SE1GB DDR RAM XFX GeForce 6600 Vanilla PCIE (256 MB) Windows XP Pro SP2 I don't know what I did.. ( I reset the CMOS battery on my mobo..)After around one minute from booting into XP , my system freezes..What could be the issue ??And the next time, on startup, Scandisk comes and stops at 6% in one of my drives (bad sectors?? )
View 1 Repliesmy pc today decided to go black screen right after the Win XP loading screen the one with the blue dots crossing the screen. right when Windows User select screen WOULD load the screen goes black, still on because the monitor never sleeps but black. Safemode and last known config work either, safe mode fails at the loading of .sys files. I have reset the CMOS, tried a new gfx card, and diff things no luck sill.
View 1 Replies View RelatedCan anyone tell me where i can see how many sectors I have after scandisk has run in xp. Unless i am there to see it finish, (i have an 80 gb drive split to 3 partitions so this takes long), I miss the results. Where can i find this info.
View 2 Replies View Relatedi bought a pc with fake software on which was devestating but had a pc with a hard disk in that has legal windows xp and lots of mucic and pics on that i cant afford to lose. i installed the hard drive which worked fine on my old pc but when i fitted it to my new one it wont boot up to windows xp
View 1 Replies View Relatedhere's my problem and how it was caused:Whenever I start XP it gives me a choice on startup, as if it were a dual boot machine, to load Windows XP or (here's the kicker) Windows XP.Here's how it started. This machine had two hard drives on it, one of which was completely empty save for some personal files. I decided to put this drive in another computer, so I needed to put another copy of XP on it. I did this while both hard drives were in the same computer, took the fresh hard drive out to put to later use, then tried to start the original computer up.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy friend is trying to install Windows XP on his computer, but he keeps getting the message"Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer, and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program. Setup cannot continue. To quit Setup, press F3."He has 2 IDE hard drives, one set as a Master and the other as a Slave, and both are connected properly. His BIOS picks up the hard drives, but XP can't.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI'm using XP home and just added my old ntfs disk to my system. I can't access certain files because of a, "access denied", error message. The disk has tons of bad sectors on it and I can't take it with me into safe mode so I can take ownership of it with the admin account. Any suggestions on how to get to my ntfs files without going into safe mode? In normal mode, I don't have an administrator account, just my account with my name which has administrator rights. I know the admin account is still there, but I can't get into safe mode with the ntfs disk.
View 2 Replies View RelatedHow can I find out in WinXP if my harddrive developed bad sectors. In DOS,
surface scan shows 'B' mark as bad sector, how can I do that in XP?
This place is quite active, and I am glad to see that. I own a Dell 4600
Demension computer, it was purchased about a year and a half ago. I recently
reinstalled Windows on it, and reinstalled the drivers/utilities that were
needed, with the help of a Dell expert. I have Windows XP Home Edition right now. I have the Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE for my spyware protection, and I have the AVG from
Grifsoft for my virus protection. I scan my computer every night, and I keep
all my databases up-to-date. Recently, my computer was infected with the
Trojan Backdoor.SdBot virus, and I looked on the Norton Antiviruses website
to get rid of it and fix the computer. So now, at this time, I believe my
computer is clean.
I can be doing anything, so not even be around the computer and it freezes, could freeze on the screen saver, or when im on hte internet, or playin a game, or writing an email anything.... not an overheating problem because it has happened say right after its done booting, or 5 mins after running or say 12 hours after being on.... or jsut not freeze seems to be really random
View 8 Replies View RelatedI need to get into my CMos settings but when i try it comes up wanting a password and either i dopn't remember it or I got some virus that put it there so I can't get into it. Is there a way to bypass the password for getting in the Cmos
View 6 Replies View Relatedmy ps2 and usb keyboard wont work in the bios. the pins are fine, the computers brand new, its plugged in all the way. ive already tried to clear cmos, but it still doesnt work
View 5 Replies View RelatedWhen I press button it starts,light on button comes on and fan runs but thats it
Normally at start fan is very loud for about 3 seconds then It seems to switch something and goes quieter and eveything comes on. Now when fanstats you can here a small ticking sound ..like something trying to do something..if you know what I mean.It will not turn monitor on either.
Is it possible that the cmos battery has died ?
I really need help here .,even though I have this laptop I likemy desktop better
I try to remove cmos battery but the password bios can't remove,let me know what should i do?
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhen i go to boot a pc(my friends), it come up and shows the emachines logo screen then it shows the windows xp loading screen but then the screen goes black and nothing happens.so i restart it and a screen comes up that says the CMOS and Video BIOS are shadowed.i treid removing the battery from the motherboard for 5 mins and still same problem.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMOtherboard is asus K8S-MX, everytime i boot it says CMOS battery low, date and time not set. I have changed many batteries. What I am now trying is to get date and time off a server upon startup. The problem is windows xp won't synchronise with time servers if date does not match! For security reasons, windows can not synchronize with the server because your date does not match. Please fix the date and try again.
View 11 Replies View RelatedMy clock problem is that it seems to run at a snails pace. It will lose as much as 6 or 7 hours overnight. I've replaced the cmos battery a couple of times, with no success at all.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI just chang some setting on CMOS Setup Utility and select "Load Optimized Defaults" and when I did restart computer I got this message
View 4 Replies View RelatedI?m trying to run a repair on my friends Compaq Presario 1245 but I have a strange problem. Every time I boot into setup, it will load the setup files and then just try to start windows up. The setup program will boot from the CD, load the drivers and whatnot, but instead of going into the actual setup process (where you can install a clean copy, repair etc), it just tries to boot to Windows automatically (Which doesn?t work).I've tried it even with a Windows 2003 CD and the same thing happens. I have went and reset the bios to their factory settings just in case for a session but that doesn't seem to be the problem (the CMOS battery is dead anyways). I was told the CMOS battery being dead might be the problem but its never really been and issue for me before when Ive worked on laptops (with dead CMOS batteries)
View 3 Replies View Relatedi have a 20 gig hd (maxtor) that is not showing in windows xp. the drive is NTFS and is fine and does show in cmos but once loaded into windows it is not there. i had the drive previously in another system as a slave only for mp3's. It was formatted NTFS prior to transferring mp3's to it. Now i've tried it as both master and slave to get the files off but am now having this problem of windows not seeing it when i go into windows explorer
View 8 Replies View Relatedhaving trouble with the mobo CMOS settings and ended up rmaing the mobo and the memory. Well i got the new mobo and memory is it loads. When it goes to load XP it gets NTLDR not found or something to that degree and says press ctrl+alt+del to restart. My hd has a partial install of xp and i havent been able do the full install. Was wondering how to do the full install now. I tried popping the xp cd in and it doesnt read it, it just gives me the NTLDR message and wont do anything.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI use a dial up modem to go online. Recently I started having probs. Sometime pages wouldn't load n the dollowing message would be shown (i use firefox) "the connection was reset". When i try downloading it some times tells that the source file couldnt be read. N sumtimes my firewall: kerio which is upposed to startup with my windows displays n error message about some udp socket n terminates. What xatly is the prob? is it sumthin to do with the phone line? Or is somethin wrong with my settings?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm using a HP laptop with a second monitor. When I disconnect the extra monitor, programs still "load" on that system. How do I move them back to the laptop display.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI set a new Boot Screen and Welcome Screen for Windows XP, then I uninstalled the program I used to set the new screens, and now I'm left with the new Windows XP Welcome Screen and the Boot Screen. How do I reset the Welcome and Boot Screen back into there origional state they were in ?
View 6 Replies View RelatedIn the last week I have three times tried to log on to my Windows XP Home system and been told after multiple tries that my password was incorrect (no, Caps lock wasn't on). Each time I was forced to log on to my wife's account and reset my password through the control panel. I was then able to log on but by the next day, I was seeing the same problem. I have now had to reset my password three times. This problem has never occurred before in 4 years with the system. My wife has reported the same problem, but claims that rebooting fixed it. I rebooted and was still unable to log on. I strongly suspect a virus, but I have VirusScan Professional on my work license and it updates the .dat files every day. I checked the logs and nothing found. I know about creating and using a password reset disk, but that doesn't fix the problem I'm having.
One option is that somebody else is messing with my password, but my son is off at college and my wife would not know how to do it. I asked my daughter about it and she says she didn't do it, and she is very trustworthy It has happened again since last night without her being on the computer, anyway. I am a very experienced computer user (20+ years) and type in dozens of passwords a day, so I know it's not a problem with my typing.
I need to remove sotware from my computer but I don't have the Administrator password and that's the only Admin that I have. How can I reset the Admin password?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI had forgot the password I use to log into windows and now I can't access my computer. Is there a way to reset it?
View 1 Replies View Relatedi turn pc on it takes me to energy screen i have to put in the time and date doesn`t do it automatically it used too don`t know what i have done.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI was given a computer how do I reset the TCP IP.
View 2 Replies View RelatedInstalled an antivirus on the machine and when it restarted it was asking for a password. employee B gave it the password and the computer acted like it was going to start, but instead he said it did some strange things and now the password does not work. how can i reset the password if it does not get to where windows is running.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am having a problem when trying to install any program, even Microsoft updates. A box appears entitled WINDOWS INSTALLER with the message The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation. OR in the case of Windows updates: Another box with Some updates could not be installed
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 Security Update for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB953297) Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update for .NET versions 2.0 through 3.5 (KB951847) x86 I am always automatically signed in as the administrator. how to reset administrator policies?