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Subject: I Need PC Help
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I admit, I'm a little weak right now on PC know-how, but I have a problem right now with mine, and I'm hoping someone here can help me sort it out. And if you can, you'll be my hero.

So before I desperately needed to reformat my comp on account of some unknown problem with the optical drive. After I managed to do so (it was hard enough itself), I now need to reinstall Win XP, but it won't let me for some reason, it claims that it can't find any hardrives, and someone told me that it's a problem on account of the "Bios" in my motherboard, but I don't know. So if you can help me, please help me!

  • 01.20.2005 4:59 PM PDT
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Did you have any viruses? That could have caused a problem. I would try refomatting it again. I know that it isn't exactly the most fun thing to do, but it might help. I don't really know much about computers either, but when there is something wrong with mine I can usually mess with it enough and fix it. So, if you know enough to just try some stuff and mess around with it you may be able to fix your problem.

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  • 01.20.2005 5:09 PM PDT
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Reboot, and hit F2, it should bring you to the Bios place. Check under "main" and "boot" and see if the main drive is working with that.

  • 01.20.2005 5:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: Griffin Spades
omg for the love of god don't touch the BIOS, please make sure you knwo what your doing before you do that i beg you for the sake ofyour computer.


please listen to Griffin Spades, u don't wanna mess with a computer unless u know what u are going to do. be very careful when going thro the BIOS just check to see if the drive is there.

[Edited on 1/21/2005 5:03:10 PM]

  • 01.21.2005 5:01 PM PDT
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BIOS is kind of like a stripper. Look but don't touch.

  • 01.21.2005 5:15 PM PDT
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Get a Mac. ;)

  • 01.21.2005 5:29 PM PDT