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Ask the techies! / More from the \"PLEASE HELP!!!!\" issue
« on: November 24, 2003, 05:17:25 PM »
UT2003, I assume?

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Ask the techies! / More from the \"PLEASE HELP!!!!\" issue
« on: November 24, 2003, 03:48:22 PM »
Known, even.

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Ask the techies! / More from the \"PLEASE HELP!!!!\" issue
« on: November 24, 2003, 03:46:34 PM »
I've been none to sling a pistol or two.

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Ask the techies! / More from the \"PLEASE HELP!!!!\" issue
« on: November 24, 2003, 01:27:26 PM »
ZW -
Thanks for the sites.  I'll give it a shot as soon as I've finished off any computer-related schoolwork due for tomorrow.

Morpheus -
That's what really threw me for a loop on this whole thing.  I've pulled down a lot of data on P2P sources.  My first thought was that this is virus related - But AVG used to run a check every night.  Also, now that I've got an OS back, I've run AVG, Norton, and McCafee and none of them have picked up anything.

Thanks again.

By the way, I've noted a certain UT theme for the forums...Do you set up matches with any regularity?

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Ask the techies! / More from the \"PLEASE HELP!!!!\" issue
« on: November 24, 2003, 12:01:25 PM »
Boomslang -
I didn't install it on his machine, but his machine does pull up the screens to manage partitions and format the drives.  I don't use RAID.

Morpheus -
The drives were never touched by a 3rd party partition manager.  It could be the MBR that's jacking things up though...So where would I find a tool to format that?  As a side note, this isn't the first time I've installed XP on these drives.
Also, I'm already using a PS/2 mouse keyboard.
And finaly...Brand of computer?  If you mean Dell, Compaq, etc., I built it myself (With a little help from a friend)

Thanks again.

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Ask the techies! / More from the \"PLEASE HELP!!!!\" issue
« on: November 23, 2003, 02:53:26 PM »
The XP disk or the Hard Drive?
(I've checked the XP disk on my roomate's machine and it works fine)

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Ask the techies! / More from the \"PLEASE HELP!!!!\" issue
« on: November 22, 2003, 06:29:49 PM »
Boomslang:
Upgrades don't work b/c they still restart/reload the setup screen that freezes.

Morpheus:
The disks are XPpro...And I did check to make sure it wasn't the disks that were the issue. At the time everything went downhill, it was a full install.  And the OS was, er.."Acquired" from a source other than microsoft...In anticipation:  Yeah, the source is reliable.

My specs are:

Mainboard MoBo (533 bus, I believe, though I don't remember for sure and the doc's are at home  (I'm at school)) w/ onboard sound and LAN

AthlonXP 2200+

256 megs DDR RAM

ATI 9200 Radeon
(These were all bought new in August along with a power supply and case)

Maxtor 20 gig HD Primary Master
WD 6 gig HD Primary Slave

Creative CDRW Secondary Master

ZWarrior:
How would I go about doing that?

Thanks, all.

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Ask the techies! / More from the \"PLEASE HELP!!!!\" issue
« on: November 21, 2003, 01:07:03 PM »
From windows, it copies the XP setup files.  Then it restarts and loads the setup screen/files.  It freezes, though, at the "Setup is loading Windows" screen (Where it would ordinarily load the partition manager/format screen.)

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Ask the techies! / More from the \"PLEASE HELP!!!!\" issue
« on: November 20, 2003, 08:32:16 PM »
Alright, so I got my hands on a 98 boot disk, fdisked both hard drives, and set up new FAT partitions.  The XPpro install *still* wouldn't work.  Just for kicks, I tried installing 98se.  Lo and behold, it works.  I've got everything back to the base functions - but I want to get my old system back.  Any ideas what might be wrong and/or suggestions as to how I might fix it?

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Ask the techies! / PLEASE HELP!!!!
« on: November 18, 2003, 11:22:09 AM »
That's the problem...I can't get to the XP's Windows setup to whipe the partitions.

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Ask the techies! / PLEASE HELP!!!!
« on: November 18, 2003, 09:44:38 AM »
The mouse is a PS2 style mouse.  I seriously doubt it's the motherboard, though at the moment I have no real way of checking that.  The problem seems to be with the OS or the hard drive.

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Ask the techies! / PLEASE HELP!!!!
« on: November 17, 2003, 09:51:35 PM »
Ok, here's the deal: My comp was rebooted XPpro, and was logging me in.  I moved my chair, which yanked out the mouse cord, and like the retard I am, I hit the restart button.  Now, it pops up the "unofficial restart" message (Asking me if I want to start in Safe Mode, or reload my last working config, or start normally, etc).  That, in itself isn't the problem though.  Regardless of which option I chose, it loads the beginning of XP, and then very quickly flashes what I think might be the "critical error" message XP gives when something really goes south...Then it restarts.  It loops like that ad nauseum.  I tried booting from my XP install disk to run a format and try again, but as soon as it's done loading the install files, it displays the "Setup is starting Windows" message, then stops.  I've let it sit for 12 hours and the result hasn't changed.  I checked the disk  on a friend's comp, and it loads up fine on his.  So...Any idea what the problem is, and also, how in god's name do I fix it?!
HELP!!

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