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Muffin Batel [neonair games]
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09/08/2002
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900
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5th September, 2005 at 16:56:38 -
ok, when i got up this morning, i turned on my pc (its an hp piece of junk), a little message came up that said: "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key"
yea, i have no freakin' clue what that means...
i've tried restarting, and my system recovery doesnt work for some reason, i can access the computer setup screen, but i dont know what to do
can someone please help me??
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Knudde (Shab)
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Crazy?
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31/01/2003
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5125
      
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5th September, 2005 at 16:58:23 -
sounds like a HD crash to me. Try resetting your BIOS to defaults and see if that helps. If it doesn't, you likely have a crashed HD.
Craps, I'm an old man!
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Muffin Batel [neonair games]
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09/08/2002
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900
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5th September, 2005 at 17:00:55 -
BIOS? not familiar with the term
i hate my computer, thanks for the help
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tdc052621
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20/12/2002
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908
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5th September, 2005 at 17:48:30 -
Mwa hahahaha,
Take out the freakin floppy disk,
if that doesnt work than i dont know what to say...
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Muffin Batel [neonair games]
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09/08/2002
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900
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5th September, 2005 at 18:43:41 -
...... there is no disk, thats a different message, zim
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Tigerworks
Klik Legend
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15/01/2002
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3882
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5th September, 2005 at 18:46:22 -
Press delete or whatever when your PC first turns on. You should be able to access the BIOS settings and adjust the boot order etc.
Although it's possible your hard disk is fubed and you're screwed.
- Tigerworks
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Muffin Batel [neonair games]
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09/08/2002
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900
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5th September, 2005 at 21:21:02 -
yea, i tried every possible order for the bios, but they all failed so i guess i'm screwed
this is the 2nd time this year my computer crashed, hp sucks
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15th September, 2005 at 22:04:51 -
who has contol of national liberal right now?
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Liquixcat
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Lazy Coder
Registered
08/12/2002
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201
 
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16th September, 2005 at 01:09:06 -
It could be many things. Some bad, some not so bad.
Firstly check BIOS settings (which I guess you did, and if it worked before I doubt they changed.)
Second, check the cables (power and connectors) are not fried, ripped or unplugged.
Third, try a different power cable (should say P6 on the white part) from your Power Supply.
Fourth, try a different connector cable. (borrow your CD drives or something, and switch the end to the master on the Motherboard.)
If none of those work, then what does the HDD sound like?
thinking is like pong, it's easy, but you miss sometimes.
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Leighton Williams
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24/04/2005
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173
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15th February, 2006 at 23:55:41 -
Sometimes (with Packard Bell computers) If you press F2 a few times when just before the computer checks the amount of ram or when the PB logo is on screen it goes into the BIOS, Not too sure about HP computers though.
If you fail, try try again... You'll get it in the end
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Silveraura
God's God
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08/08/2002
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16th February, 2006 at 00:13:27 -
Could it be that the boot.INI was deleted or corrupt? If this is the case, get a boot.INI from a working system, put it on a floppy (make sure your floppy drive boots first in the bios) and the system should take the boot.INI and start the computer up. Once your at your desktop, just drag & drop the boot file into your Windows folder & your done. Hope this helps.
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Peblo
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Registered
05/07/2002
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185
     
   
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16th February, 2006 at 00:15:54 -
Late.
"Isn't it always amazing how we characterize a person's intelligence by how closely their thinking matches ours?"
~Belgarath
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