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 Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
 Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:55 pm Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| Hey
I finally fixed my computer. All I really had to do was insert the bootable xp disk, install XP by copying all the files to the hard drive and then when I restart, everything worked and loaded ... |
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| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:05 pm Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| Hello Shiloch,
Yeah, I checked the PM. I got it, but my friend will not let me use the link because he's very afraid that it may be a virus. So there's no way I can download it, (I've tried relentl ... |
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| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:52 am Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| Yup | |
| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:41 am Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| Hey again,
It's about 12:30AM right now, just wondering if you will be replying tonight cause I really want to get this thing fixed and running again before the weekend is over, so if you could pos ... |
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| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:20 pm Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| I noticed there is an option under New Tools in the bootable CD that says Setup Windows XP; I think I'll give that a try, and if they doesn't seem to work, I'll try deleteing my partition and then for ... | |
| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 2:25 pm Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| I have all day today to try to fix my computer. I hope you have off too and we can get this thing fix. Let me know what's going on w/ the master boot record and the STOP error. Thanks | |
| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 2:59 am Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
When I try it with my XP CD I again get the disk boot error  |
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| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:55 pm Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| Alrighty, I just swapped the memory sticks multiple times (tried it in 6 different configurations), and it all ended in the same result, the XP SP2 CD still gives me the STOP error. So this shows that ... | |
| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:08 pm Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| Nope, no zip drive. Any problems with that? A few forums I've read into say this STOP error could be caused by RAM (I have two 512, one came with the computer, the other I purchased). I took the one I ... | |
| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:55 am Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| Alright, I just formatted the drive, restarted, and inserted your XP SP2 CD. It loads up for a little bit, and then when it says setup is loading windows, i get this error again: "STOP: c0000221 unkno ... | |
| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:41 am Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| Yeah, I can't figure out why my XP CD(s) don't seem to function correctly, yet your CDs seem to do the trick. I guess that's just Microsoft.
I'm actually using a friends computer (been doing that for ... |
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| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:11 am Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| Okay, I just completed all the steps from above. Everything worked liked you said it would and now it's in the process of formatting. Looks like I now have some time to kill (only 2% completed thus fa ... | |
| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:24 pm Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| Okay, I just inserted the Ultimate Boot CD (windows loaded up, not sure what I need to do with the bootable CD thought, any help w/ that would be great), and I also inserted the Windows XP SP2 CD that ... | |
| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:09 pm Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| I just got the CDs today a little after one, and I must say that was quite fast. That's so much for the speedy delivery. I've been waiting weeks it seems for this computer problem to be solved and the ... | |
| Topic: Reformatting HDD Help |
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Cpt_Winters |
Forum: Computer and Technical Issues Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:16 pm Subject: Reformatting HDD Help |
| Haha, no worries man. Thanks a lot for all of your effort. Buy any chance when do you expect the CD's to arrive by? | |
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