schacker99
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Need Help Please
I have been fighting an uphill battle ever since I built my computer. I have encountered two problems recently. The first is that Windows XP is not loading. I get to my desktop and I just have a mouse cursor. No icons and it doesn't allow me to do anything. This occured at some point in time when I was trying to fix issues with my video card. Which leads me to my second problem. When I am in a game (doens't matter what it is; Rise of Nations; Demo for Call of Duty; Demo for Rise and Fall of Rome) my computer either freezes up or it sends me back to my desktop and shuts of the game. I tried to fix it using an Intel Chipset update as well as re-installing my graphic card drivers. Aside from that I am stuck. First how do I get my OS back to the way it was?... and second, how can I fix my video card (which is a Sapphire Radeon 9500) without buying a new one? Which I am sooooooo tempted to do. Before my wall ends up with a computer-sized hole in it I thought I would ask around. Any and all advice is welcomed.
I have been fighting an uphill battle ever since I built my computer. I have encountered two problems recently. The first is that Windows XP is not loading. I get to my desktop and I just have a mouse cursor. No icons and it doesn't allow me to do anything. This occured at some point in time when I was trying to fix issues with my video card. Which leads me to my second problem. When I am in a game (doens't matter what it is; Rise of Nations; Demo for Call of Duty; Demo for Rise and Fall of Rome) my computer either freezes up or it sends me back to my desktop and shuts of the game. I tried to fix it using an Intel Chipset update as well as re-installing my graphic card drivers. Aside from that I am stuck. First how do I get my OS back to the way it was?... and second, how can I fix my video card (which is a Sapphire Radeon 9500) without buying a new one? Which I am sooooooo tempted to do. Before my wall ends up with a computer-sized hole in it I thought I would ask around. Any and all advice is welcomed.