my computer turns one then says can't load oporating system or something like that....I wipe the entire computer clean when it would not work from so much viruses it had.
what can I do to have it working again?
I put the cd for windows to try to install to install windowss but it does not recognise it and just stays frozen in a window saying can't load operating system....
please don't say take it to someone one guy quoted 300 bucks...I can bu a new one for that so how can I fix this by myself?
thanks
2007-10-08 02:05:24 · 6 answers · asked by MNNNN 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
It sounds like you need to go into the bios and set the boot order to look at the CD or DVD drive first. If you already have that setting, some of the older windows OS require a boot disk to install windows.
If you need instructions on changing the bios, drop me an email.
Good luck,
Z
2007-10-08 02:13:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your computer is more than 3 years old (or so), the first thing to do is change the cmos battery on the mobo. The standard is a cr2032...it looks like a watch battery but is about the size of a u.s. quarter. Make sure the power is off before you do the change, then start the computer, reset bios, restart, and take it from there. The batteries are usually cheap and most older computers seem to have other problems when it's really the battery going bad.
2007-10-08 10:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by kibam117 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to give us more info - which version of Windows did you re-install when you 'wiped the entire computer clean'? Did it *ever* boot into Windows after you did that? Did it completely install or give you an error then? And last, we need the exact error message, not "or something like that" - there are dozens of error messages, so to help you we need to know exactly which one you are getting.
2007-10-08 09:10:15 · answer #3 · answered by kbugiell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go into Dos...at the A:\ prompt type in
Scandisk /all ENTER Let it scan and follow directions. If t wants to fix it, then click on fix it.
Make sure you put a space between scandisk and the forward slash /
This should repair things.
2007-10-08 09:21:37 · answer #4 · answered by desiresheart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put windows cd in computer.
Turn on power
Press F8 repeatedly until you get a text menu that says Setup
Select boot from cdrom
2007-10-08 09:14:27 · answer #5 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You FIX IT by taking it to SOMEONE who knows what they are doing. You should NOT be trying to fix it yourself. You obviously don't have the skills if you had "so many viruses" to begin with.
Swallow your pill and spend the 300 bucks to fix it.
And stop downloading crap that gives you viruses. Like shareware stuff, movies, music, free(illegal) software etc.
2007-10-08 09:09:42 · answer #6 · answered by ○Freeman○ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋