hey, quick question:
got an old computer from someone b/c they were gonna toss it but i think its salvagable. so, here's the deal.
when we start it up, it turns on and goes to the menu that asks if you want to start in safe mode or normal windows mode. if you click either of them, it will take you (sometimes) to the windows screen but as its loading the computer will restart.
um...what do we do? is there a command to make the computer go to a dos setup so we can format the harddrive? any suggestions are fantastic.
thank you.
/bows.
got an old computer from someone b/c they were gonna toss it but i think its salvagable. so, here's the deal.
when we start it up, it turns on and goes to the menu that asks if you want to start in safe mode or normal windows mode. if you click either of them, it will take you (sometimes) to the windows screen but as its loading the computer will restart.
um...what do we do? is there a command to make the computer go to a dos setup so we can format the harddrive? any suggestions are fantastic.
thank you.
/bows.
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If there's data on the drive where Windows is installed that you want to save, you'll need to take other measures to save it before wiping the hard drive.
It can be done, for instance, by taking the hard drive out and hooking it up to a working computer, and copying its files.
This sounds like the problem my friend's computer was experiencing. If the problem comes back soon after reinstalling Windows (and it wasn't caused by installing a certain driver, for instance), the hard drive may be bad.
Let's hear it for the Caffeine challenged!
*thud*
If you do want to save any data on there tell me and I might be able to hep you, also I might be able to send you something to help you check the drive for bad sectors and repair them if possible.