Start-up problems

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Guest

how can i fix start up problems, win xp. see details?
when my computer starts, it freezes at the point of: "primary slave none"
and by the time it gets to secondary slave it says "1" and then it just sits
there, it never gets to the windows xp stage.

somtimes if i unplug the comp 4 a while, it will start regularly.

Help!

next time it starts sucessfly, i will just lve the comp on, f-it.
 
D

DL

Your post is confusing to say the least.
If I interpret it correctly it would appear you have a hardware failure.
Maybe mobo, maybe hard disk
 
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nesredep egrob

Your post is confusing to say the least.
If I interpret it correctly it would appear you have a hardware failure.
Maybe mobo, maybe hard disk
I agree, your post is confusing. It appears that you have more than one disk so
I suggest that you read this

If your computer does not boot/reboot, it sits sulking with some message on the
screen like 'hit F2 for Bios and F12 for Booting from Network' and it has
previously worked well, you have to think power unit.
If you have more than one single HD, you can disconnect the one which does not
hold the system (do that by pulling out the plug taking the power to the disk)
and try again. If it boots you have either a faulty power unit or a HD with
sticky bearings.
The answer is to fit a bigger power unit (more watts) and then back up your HD's
to an external USB2 Drive for safety. You will be laughing when the faulty HD
finally stops working.
I now have a 500 watt unit and have seen the error on one occasion in 5 days so
it seems that I am on the right track and shortly will have to replace a HD.

Your post could have contained something like this

For your information, my stats are:
Win 2000, Pentium 4 3 Ghz
1 Gb memory,ADSL
200+200+200USB GB of disc,Pentax Optio S, Canon S2, Sony 355E
Burners 2xDVD (Pioneer & Sony make)
Borge Pedersen :)
Perth, Australia
http://members.iinet.net.au/~borge
mailto:[email protected]
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Or even this:

For your information, my stats are:
Win 2000, Pentium IV 3Ghz
1 Gb memory,ADSL
200+200 GB disks partitioned C:D:E;as 9.76GB 88.2GB,88.2GB
F: G: as 93.1,93.1 for data
200GB USB2 for Acronis Images (backups)
Borge Pedersen :)
Perth, Australia
mailto:[email protected]
remove SPAM and underlines for email
 

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