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hello everyone,

I have a technical prob with a computer.....hard drive has been formatted and now it doesn't recognize the cd roms or the floppy drive :censored: .....i want to make it WORK.....WORK IT! :chainsaw:
errrrrm.....any help would be much appreciated


Mask of Dionysus B)

Sounds like a bios problem.. :)

That is assuming you only format'ed and didn't mess around with any of the IDE cables inside the case.

lol, i meant Dio :P

But.....But.....But....i didn't do anything to the bios or cables
Not only that, but it won't LET me access the bios ;wtf:

I REALLY want to fix this computer - niece needs one now, but she can't afford one.....please, help computer-needy-adolecent-female-teens and make a donation to the "Help Dio Fund" by contributing the answer that will help Dio fix this :censored: problem :D


Mask of Dionysus

It could have been a bad OS installation. Try formatting again?

not sure about this but dont you need a disk/floppy to format your computer? and sence his computer doesnt register either one it might be a problem. :huh:

When was the last time you formatted an XP system? :)

:unsure: :blink: :ph43r:

ok......see, i can't get into my device manager, or any other admin tools because it doesn't load windows because the hard drive has been formatted. When I power up the dumb-patience-testing-machine, it goes right to a DOS screen saying:

Looking for boot record from floppy....not found [but has a problem identifying a disk in the floppy]
Looking for boot record from cd rom...not found [but does not recognize cd in drive]
Looking for boot record from ide...o.k

BUT THEN.......it says

invalid system disk
replace the disk and press any key

:huh:

it USE to have windows 98 on it

i
just
don't
know
what
to
do
anymore
:sook:

i'm very close at this point to throwing the whole thing in the dumpster :throw:

thanks for your help/advice :thumbz:
Dio - who - is - now - addicted - to - these - emoticons
:whip: :violin: :stab: ;wtf:

Buy a new hdd ;)

lol last time i did it , it was of the disk.

I misread what you said in the first place so nm.. i realised after saying try format again that it wouldn't work so er yeh.. just buy a new hdd

:band:

DING DING DING DING DING!

and the winner in the Dio's Dumb Computer contest isssssssssssss......................SP3CULUM!!!! :D

You win.....a....ummm.....you win... ummmmm...YOU GET GOOD CLEAN KARMA!!!!

I think your advice is the best. So much so that I'm going out to by a new hdd today :)

Thanks for everyone's advice and help....it's much appreciated


Dio

lol yay, a clean karma.. although, if it's the bios that's screwed you'll need a new mobo not a new hdd :P

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