HELP

[Mirlyn]

mirl thats what i was looking for. recovery console. i know it when i sees it just dont ask for the names. i have had to use it extensively for linux and w2k installs. damn mbr gets screwed alot with in those cases.
your right though the command line is quicker, but alot of the people i do stuff for dont know dos so i tell them the recovery console way.

Yeah, but repair does give them the ability to keep files. Always a plus when dealing with customers/users.

what battery?

*scratches g\head*

I'm retarded....assumed it was a laptop. Sorry!

well it finds everything now, right?

 

[Nixy]

yeah but it's beiung dumb...won't load set up from cd...
and i am getting a funny list to choose where i wanna boot from not "push any key to boot from cd"

 

[Mirlyn]

yeah but it's beiung dumb...won't load set up from cd...
and i am getting a funny list to choose where i wanna boot from not "push any key to boot from cd"

Grey (or white) and blue list? Do you see a CDROM (ie, samsung or other manufacturer)? After choosing it you should see the "press any key"

 

[Nixy]

ok it's cliking...brainsoft says that means hdd. any comments?

 

[Mirlyn]

any comments?

clicking=bad

 

[Nixy]

oh i slected the cd rom then it did nothing

 

[Mirlyn]

oh i slected the cd rom then it did nothing

Hmmm....didn't do anything inside the case recently, I assume?

Sounds bad....does the disc even spin up? even act like its reading it?

 

[Nixy]

i haven't been inside in months

yeah i think it did...th elight came on th cd

 

[Mirlyn]

One cdrom or two?

 

[Nixy]

so...i unplugged eveything except primary hdd, and i also didn't have any peripherals except mouse and keyboard and monitor plugged iun and it loads into windows

 

[Nixy]

now, i don't know what to plug in next.... it has no internet as i unplugged the net work csble

maybe i should plug that in...

 

[Mirlyn]

wierd.....got any disks in the drives?

 

[Nixy]

ok, unless my speakers, my USB cord that plugs into my digicam or my printer were causing the problem then i am stumped...everything else is pulgged in...

the inside of the case was real hot when i opened it htough...i dunno

 

[Nixy]

nah man...the only drive that has a disk is the CD Rom and that is the windows CD

there was another cd in it when i went to put the windows cd in but it is blank...i think it's a blank cd that i just never burned...

 

[samcurry]

nixy if the case was real hot when you opened it check the fan on your cpu and PSU, one is prolly dieing on you.

 

[greenfreak]

Nixy, I just answered your PM but you are going to get a big freakin laugh out of it! Needless to say, now I know why you were asking me what a GRUB is. I'd never heard that before as far as computers go so I thought you were talking insects.

The only thing I can add to all this is if you have beeping and clicking and the computer sees the HD then it doesn't, you should back up anything you don't want to lose.

Then again beeping could be a heat issue too, no? Can you feel both the CPU fan and the power supply fan running?

Hey Mirlyn, I take it back. You don't seem to be a stupid American after all.

 

[Nixy]

Yeah they are both running now but the PSU was damn hot when i opened the case

 

[greenfreak]

I'd back up anyway, just in case. And then maybe give it a rest to cool down a bit. Do you have a program that monitors the heat of the system and/or the CPU?

 

[Nixy]

I am running a Celeron 400 :|

I read your PM!

 

[greenfreak]

That PM sounds really stupid now. I thought, "Why is Nixy asking me about Grubs? Maybe she wants information on gardening or something."