start computer, at memory test press <del> or whatever the POST display says is the keystroke for CMOS Setup. When you get into the setup, go to BIOS features or Standard Setup, and set your boot order to CD-Rom first followed by drive C: (desn't matter about any others) the escape out and remember to save settings before exit and restart. When you restart, you will get a booting from CD-rom message, you may be asked to press any key to boot from CD, so do, or may not be asked at all, and it will go straight into XP setup. Follow the onscreen prompts and delete ALL partitions one by one, then create a new one and start NTFS formatting, DON'T WORRY, it tells you how do it. it's just a few keys, nothing more.

if you need more help, Eskie will be in later, he can pick up from there

Edited by - Tawakalna on 4/29/2004 1:59:59 PM

<Assumes Jamaican accent>Jah man, I'm 'ere . No questions? Well, If you need more help Leon, I'll try to rustle up a link for you, but you may have to wait until I work on Monday (it'll take me ages to search from home - damn modem!).

Well all I need to know right now is how to get my PC fixed (explained for a noob of course )

Anyway if it will help more, here are my PC stats:

Windows XP
Compaq 5000

Compaq 5000 is a stat? you lazy s*d, at least you could have provided a linky to the support page! (j/k) bl**dy good job for you I haven't got the meter running.

Lol

Thats what I had put as stats first...than I eddited the post, but PC did not remember the password so it did not save the post . Anyway if needed here is the whole thing:

AMD Athlon processor 1.47GHz
512mb system memory
Savage4 AGP vid card (it says 8mbs on the paper, 32mb actualy on the system)

Well tomorrow will be the big day...will actualy try to remove other pertitions...so wish me good luck

IT WORKED!!

I removed all other petitions and installed a new one. Everything seems to be the way it should be

Man, I do not know how much to thank you guys...thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you,

****!!

Still cant use System Restore CD, there are still N and O drives

I removed all petitions, one form D drive and one from C and installed new fresh copy of XP, lol now what

EDIT

Just went to command prompt to check the drives (got help from help suport), Anyway here is waht I did:

Opened Command Prompt.
Typed: diskpart

At the DISKPART prompt, typed:
list volume

And got list of the drives, only drives there are D, E and C. No N nor O

Edited by - Leonhart on 5/2/2004 11:26:20 AM

The "N" and "O" drives only appeared because the computer was playing games. I think that you will find the "D" and "E" are both CD-ROM drives, and that they were previously known as "N" and "O". Therefore everything is working properly. You HDD is one partition called "C", and your two CD-ROM droves are "D" and "E" respectively.

There's nothing to worry about; chill!

Edited by - esquilax on 5/2/2004 4:50:21 PM

Hmmm...how come Recovery CD still gets an error...weird

When I put the Recovery CD in and reboot, I still get an error becasue of 2 drives(I tihnk ).

Also I have no old D drive, as you said E and D drive are CD-ROM and DVD

THe main thing is to get Recovery CD to work, but how? :/

No worries m8, as it is I am very calm (when I tell ya I am grounded, and have to pay to fix the window, that u should worry )

Edited by - lEONHART on 5/3/2004 12:08:02 PM

Edited by - Leonhart on 5/3/2004 4:16:35 PM

If you've reinstalled XP, then why do you need the recovery CD?

Its the only way I know to get old original programs back (I do not have them right now ) I dont have microsoft works, no internet security/anti virus and couple other things that originaly came with the computer, they did not instal from XP CD

why are you booting from the recovery CD? you've correctly put the os on and learnt how to partition (well done btw, you've earnt the Tawakalnic Order of Glorious Bodging, 2nd Class ) so wtf? are you doing with the Recovery CD? boot normally to XP, THEN put the dam recovery cd in and choose what progs and utilities you want to install.

I do put the CD in, restart the PC, but I still get the same error for Recovery CD , for some strange reason....dont know why

just boot with no cds in, then once it's in XP, stick the recovery Cd in then. don't reboot even if it tells you. browse the cd and see if you can install Office, Works etc from there.