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General Category => Tech Clinic => Topic started by: mindlogiczero on August 25, 2010, 01:12:56 AM

Title: how to format this computer to xp?
Post by: mindlogiczero on August 25, 2010, 01:12:56 AM

so i sold my computer to add funds to a computer im building, meanwhile my friend is lending me a junk computer he had "dimension 8100". currently it has unbutu installed but im trying to install windows xp. and im unable to get into bios to boot from dvd. when i try it says "diskette drive 0 seek failure" twice then nothing more.it however says that when it usually boots but then proceeds to boot, but when trying to get into bios it gets stuck there.

any idea?

Title: how to format this computer to xp?
Post by: guestolo on August 28, 2010, 12:38:18 PM

Are you tapping the F2 key as the computer is starting to enter the BIOS?

Title: how to format this computer to xp?
Post by: mindlogiczero on September 02, 2010, 01:00:29 PM

[quote name='guestolo' date='28 August 2010 - 01:38 PM' timestamp='1283017098' post='471578']
Are you tapping the F2 key as the computer is starting to enter the BIOS?
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problem was fixed, sorry for not posting sooner. power cord for the floppy was loose, after plugging it in the disk error went away and i am now able to access bios.

Title: how to format this computer to xp?
Post by: guestolo on September 03, 2010, 09:36:42 PM

Great info, thanks for posting back and letting us know the resolution
Thanks mindlogiczero, I'm locking this topic as you have it resolved