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Ya most likely, I got it over the summer and haven't touched it since then. Could it be a something with my BIOS?

I'm just getting a this error after it goes pass the mobo screen "disk read error occurred, Press Ctrl Alt Delete to restart"

I'm talking about the computer in my sig, the one I am using now is just my other store bought comp I'm going to try you method now, bigdogchris.

I checked and vista does load on this computer

Yes it loads the XP disc but then it says that it cant find a hard drive. I have two sata drives in there and they do show up in bios.

It doesn't give me the boot for CD option. I tried it on this computer and it works fine and when I put an XP disc in the other computer it shows up. And the drive I'm using is a DVD drive

Hey everyone, I was having trouble installing Vista onto a blank hard drive of mine. So I took it in to a computer store and they said that the version I bought requires Windows XP. Just wanted to make sure this is true, here is the one I got off of newegg...

err so I just copy all of the dban contents onto a disk?

i just set my other drive which i know is DVD drive as master and and it still went to the hard drive im just gonna try the dban thing i guess

ya the vista disc works on this computer and the drive that on the other computer says dvd-rom on the front lol so i don't think that's the problem and isn't the windows xp disc a dvd too? i used it in the same drive

nope give me a second to do that

its definitely not my cd drive, i put the XP disc back in and it keep installing before asking for my CD key and yes it is a DVD drive :) i used the same drive to start the XP installation

ya i know exactly what you are talking about but it doesn't come up, it just goes straight to booting from the hard drive, which has the windows xp setup i tried removing the hard drive from the boot priority but that causes it to not load anything

nope, the setup screen shows up on the 4th step, installing Windows, then it asks me insert the XP disc

ah you are exactly right... i restarted with nothing in the cd drive and it did the same thing.... hmmm any ideas?

Hey Everyone I am having a slight problem... About half way through re-installing XP I realized that I have misplaced my CD Key. So I went ahead and bought Windows Vista to replace it. But even when I put in the Vista disc, my computer goes to the halfway done Windows XP Set Up and then asks...

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Hey everyone I have another problem but not a biggie, just a noob question... I have two computers, one was restored a few days ago, but it won't recognize my router. I think it is something to do with drivers but I'm not sure which one. I installed the new drivers for my motherboard but what...

Hey Everyone, so yesterday I decided to re-install Windows XP onto my computer. But now whenever I am playing a game (WoW), I will randomly get disconnected from it. I have two computer connected to a router, and the other computer doesn't do this at all. Any Suggestions on what to do...

ah yes, i installed the drivers and its fine now thanks

Hey all, so i just remformatted my computer and now whenever I try to scroll when using IE or Firefox it seems to just like shuffle slowing down the page. Any ideas? Thanks

Hey Everyone. I built m computer back on Christmas of 2005 and have madea few changes since then (Should be in my sig). But i haven't really been checking on prices and updates until now. So are there any easy upgrades for me to make on m computer? I'm also considering either updating my...

Hey everyone, I'm just looking to buy a laptop for myself. I will be using it to mainly play World Of Warcraft (along with AIM and websites up at the same time). I want to be able to run it on medium or possibly high setting, without the FPS slowing down. Basically I just want maybe a...

Hey Everyone, What I want to do is completely wipe my hard drive of everything except my OS, so it would pretty much be a new hard drive. Any suggestions? Thanks

OK, my bad, sry about that.

What are the requirements the for dx10 cards coming out later?

Ya, the 230 works fine, I just don't want to mess my set up for good, and this video thing is eally the main problem. EDIT: Well I solved the whole thing about it only turning on for a couple seconds, I just switched the memory. Just need to figure out why the video isn't working. Porlly...

OK, then the problem is, everything turns on for a couple seconds, then shuts off. Could the failed shipset fan be a problem?

Im in america. Thats what I was think, the n umbersx i said were guesses, but they were in that range.

Hey, I recently took apart my computer and did my adjustments and them started putting it back together. But when my video isnt working. The memory and video card are plugged in plus the power connecters. The motherboard turns on, and the video card fan turns on, so im stumped on whats wrong...

Hey, I took apart my computer a few days ago and found out the my chipset fan is broken, and I need some help on finding a decent new one. My mobo is a asus a8n5x and its a Nforce4 chipset. I noticed there isn\'t much room above because of the video card. Any ideas? I don\'t really have a...

Greetings! So I just got my new zaalman heatsink in the mail yesterday and had a question about applying the Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste. Should the paste be completely covering the cpu/heatsink??? Thanks a bunch! Claudius.

Hey everyone. I just got a new zalman heatsink for my cpu and I was wondering something. I also purchased some arctic cooling thermal paste. What should I use to scrape the current paste off of my cpu?

Ok, thanks a lot.

I couldn\'t really find a better topic for this thread but... I recently ordered some new parts of mine and I am currently at school. When I look at my tracking for the parts on new it says it has arrived in Richmond, VA (where I live) and the last scan was the \"unload scan.\" Does this mean...

Ok, ya gaming is my main priority, I\'m doing huge multitasking stuff.

Hey I was just wondering, which raid is better for gaming and some little multitasking?

OK, thanks guys, your a good help.

Would I see a diffence switching from my current 2x1gb sticks of corsair value select to 2x512mb of the Corsair XMS ddr400 PC3200? I figured that the quality of the RAM would be good, but was unsure about if it is a big difference. Maybe a diffent kind of higher quality ram? thanks...