booted up & all i had was out of box comp.all the rest is in b/up.
134903
Try using Vision Backup at http://www.vwsolutions.com
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make a start up disk bootdisk.com will help. restart type in format c then enter
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Try getting into your bios (hold F1 during boot ... sometimes it's DEL ... a message should pop up on your screen as the computer is booting to tell you how to enter set-up)\n\nWhen you get into BIOS select BOOT ORDER and make sure your CD is booted prior to your HD
305254
Try this  \nSTART - ALL PROGRAMS - ACCESSORIES - SYSTEM TOOLS - SYSTEM RESTORE\nrestore to the day before you had the problem
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Put your system restore disk in and run it.  that will wipe out everything and start you back to square one.
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I had a similar problem.  I took it in to get checked and it was the motherboard.  They replaced it and I ended up paying $100.
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Just get the installation CD and reinstall from scratch.  It will be a faster and healthier computer with a fresh installation.  \n\nGood luck and Happy Computing!
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I dont think you can do too many of any of those things.  If it is a new computer i would take it back and exchange it for a new one if possible or get it serviced.  \nE
56572
are you getting power or not. i would first check all the cables to see if anything are loose. i would also check the power supply. and also would look in you motherboard book to find how to reset the bios.
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Restart the system, keep hitting the F8 key until you get into the menu, at the menu select "Use last known good configuration"\n\nIf that works then bingo, if not then if you can get into windows at all then go to start--> run and type ( or if you are lazy copy and paste this command )\n\nsfc /scannow\n\nMake sure to have the xp disc or the recovery disc handy.\n\nIf that does not work then back up all of your data and do a clean install.\n\nHow to do a repair install :\n\nhttp://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm\n\nHow to do a clean install :\n\nhttp://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html\n\nHope this helps.
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try this but don't mess around in the bios.\nturn off the pc.\nturn it on again, as it is setting up, press the DEL key several times, the pc should go into the bios, usually a blue screen with settings for lots of the pc's setup items.\ngo to the drives, use the arrow keys to navigate.\ncheck to see if it shows a rom drive. if not click on my pc there and if should locate it and show it, if it doesn't then reset the pc.\nonly way I'm afraid.
589378
Hahahha. Reinstall windows.
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did you make a system restore?
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go onto ur BIOS settings\nand check boot settings
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just reformat everything.  the windows o/s you have should boot automatically from your CD-ROM.  there are free utilities from majorgeeks.com to retrieve your lost data, even if you've reformatted the drive(s).  good luck, you're NOT an idiot.  everyone has had their computer woes.  how'd your Vista go?
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Oh, man. A lot of potential causes - not enough RAM, defective RAM, memory software configuration, missing drivers, conflicting drivers, registry issues, startup conflicts (try Bootvis), and so on and on. In other words, this would be nearly impossible to figure out in a forum like this.
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* has your barebone got a hdd in it? (some you have to buy that extra)\n* if yes - turn on pc and boot from optical drive using either a linux disk or a windows disk.