RE: PC won't load XP CD

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Thanks Andrew, that worked a treat. However, there has been a new problem.

I was waiting for xp setup to partition my HD and my screen turned off
leaving me with no way to fix it (I tried another monitor as well). I was
forced to turn my computer off not knowing whether or not it had finished
partitioning.

Anyway, I started over today and my screen didn't come on. I restarted and
then it came on. When I went to install windows it told me that I had know HD
installed. I tried this a few times as well as playing is BIOS with the
settings without success.

Also, my screen works only every second time I boot my computer but it does
not say no signal. When I unplug the screen from the PC it comes up saying no
signal.

So once again I am stuck, clueless and once again your help would be
fantastic.

Thanks,

Teggs

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Try entering the BIOS before xp starts,usually tapping the Delete or Esc
> key,but
> chk youre manual.Once in BIOS,go to exit page,select,"load optimal
> defaults" or
> "load set -up defaults",then save and exit BIOS.If you want to boot to xp cd,
> in BIOS select device priority or similiar,set tp cd-1st,hd-2nd,save and
> exit,make
> sure xp cd is installed.
>
> "teggs" wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Recently bought a new PC and XP home seperately. Tried to load windows but
> > lost power at the start. Now I turn on my PC and it says: Searching for Boot
> > Record from IDE-0..OK
> >
> > I insert the CD and nothing happens (besides a little noise)
> >
> > What's goin on? I have no idea what to do. Any help would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > teggs
.

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