id really apreicate some help with my sons pc
i have the blue screen and famous error message which goes something like this
we have shut your system down please select from safe mode or safe mode with network ect or last good settings
i tried booting in safe mode and that dont work
i tried booting in last good configeration and that dont work
im running windows xp sp2 on a dell dimension 5000
i done hardware tests that seemed to work out fine
i also set up the bios to start from cd/dvd rom as no 1. and i just get a message saying boot device can not be found and i can select try again f1 or set up f2
whats real strange is a just took the old hard drive out and added a brand new unformatted one hoping it will automaticly read the o.s. instal cd and give me options to install or repair
i cant even get to a repair stage niether can i get to boot from the o.s. disk
please help im really stuck
i have the blue screen and famous error message which goes something like this
we have shut your system down please select from safe mode or safe mode with network ect or last good settings
i tried booting in safe mode and that dont work
i tried booting in last good configeration and that dont work
im running windows xp sp2 on a dell dimension 5000
i done hardware tests that seemed to work out fine
i also set up the bios to start from cd/dvd rom as no 1. and i just get a message saying boot device can not be found and i can select try again f1 or set up f2
whats real strange is a just took the old hard drive out and added a brand new unformatted one hoping it will automaticly read the o.s. instal cd and give me options to install or repair
i cant even get to a repair stage niether can i get to boot from the o.s. disk
please help im really stuck