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Hardware / Hard Drive issues

« on: January 15, 2007, 03:03:48 PM »

My fiance bought parts to build a brand new computer, got everything installed properly, but the computer keeps rebooting. It will boot to the loading windows screen (WinXP Home Ed), then it reboots. Any ideas as to what could be the problem? It's a SATA drive.

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 06:49:42 PM »

I will try all that in a bit. There is no floppy drive on that machine.

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 03:59:07 PM »

Yup. That\'s what I mean by it isn\'t doing anything.

I can\'t even hit c to enter the config or anything....

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 03:44:55 PM »

Ok I put the cd in....rebooted and this is what I got, and it doesn't move....just like with the 1st cd...

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 03:40:59 PM »

I went and got burnatonce and burned the ISO again...trying it now.

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 03:36:35 PM »

I have Roxio, and it must have burned properly as there is a memtest screen up...but it isn't doing anything. As for installing 3rd party SATA drivers...I don't think I needed to, as I said...it worked properly yesterday morning. I asked him if he had done anything to it...and he said he had stuck his IDE/ATA drive in there....could that have messed something up?

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 03:18:58 PM »

I don't know what the heck is going on now. I still have it set to boot from cd so I can run the memtest cd....but it's not doing anything at all.

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 03:01:45 PM »

hm...nothing is happening....weird.

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 02:43:32 PM »

I have the Memtest screen up on the other machine, though I have no idea how to work it, and the site isn't much help in that field. Unless it has an auto start....which I am now thinking it does.

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 02:34:17 PM »

NM.....they have ISO files...

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 02:32:57 PM »

ummm....how can I run that if I can't get into windows?

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 02:12:14 PM »

Ok here is the issue. No matter whether I choose install or repair it reboots the system every time. Then it gives me the blue screen I posted an image of previously.

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 02:09:40 PM »

Yes he had installed it on the drive already. It worked fine until yesterday. Also it IS the only drive in the machine.

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 01:54:22 PM »

I am now at the Windows XP Home Edition Setup.

Set up WinXP or Repair WinXP Installation?

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 01:52:37 PM »

it's running through the first part of the windows setup....which we had no issues really getting through that. It's when I choose either repair existing windows or install windows that is won't let me.

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 01:49:30 PM »

ok brb

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 01:39:56 PM »

Ok i got the BIOS to recognize the HD...he had changed the darn setting for the jumper.

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 01:26:26 PM »

WD1600JS Model no. WD1600J8-00CB1

i don't know if it came with a driver setup....he throws his software everywhere on his desk...I don't think there is though..

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 01:23:22 PM »

Let me check...and I'll get the model no. for you too..

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Tech Clinic / Issue with Hard Drive

« on: November 19, 2006, 01:15:33 PM »

It's a WD SATA drive, and it says there's no jumper setting for Master.