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perkster · 06-27-2008, 02:14 AM

yeah ill run the UBCD hard drive tools on it as scandisk didnt find anything. then check BIOS for any settings that are stopping it and then do a repair install.

if memory serves you put in xp cd, it loads up the consol and you press r to do a repair install, correct?

glad it wotn disrupt the data files, will try it out. will the fact that it was an OEM dell be a prob if i use my win xp cd to initiate the repair install for them, based on fact they have licence and its not a fresh install? they wont have to reactivate will they?

thanks for help

06-27-2008, 02:14 AM	#14
perkster Member (10 bit) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 546	yeah ill run the UBCD hard drive tools on it as scandisk didnt find anything. then check BIOS for any settings that are stopping it and then do a repair install. if memory serves you put in xp cd, it loads up the consol and you press r to do a repair install, correct? glad it wotn disrupt the data files, will try it out. will the fact that it was an OEM dell be a prob if i use my win xp cd to initiate the repair install for them, based on fact they have licence and its not a fresh install? they wont have to reactivate will they? thanks for help __________________ Perkster IT work as side project My Current Rig: MSI MS-6712 1.0 (socket A 462) with 2.15 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP 3000+, 2x Barracuda 160GB IDE HD's, 2x Kingston 512mb DDR PC2700 (166mhz) Memory. 2 IDE DVD drives, 1 External HD and one external DVD burner. My first build (july 2007 for my fiance): Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard, Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail, Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x1GB), Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU, Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM, Sony Floppy Drive, EVGA e-GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB DDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail, Lite-On Serial ATA 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM. Memory card reader, Windows XP SP2. Samsung SM226BW 22" LCD.