Hi all, first post and i really need help. Ill start out with as much info on teh computer and then i will give a history of problems.
Computer:
Gateway
1.5ghz pentium 4
1 gb RAM
2 HDD's
Master: 20gb
Slave: 60Ggb
128mb video card
Windows XP Sp 3
Problems:
When i first bought the computer (used) it worked fine, it then started crashing every few minutes- later it worked better and i could go about an hour before crashing. I found i had some drivers that needed updating so i did what i could and then it worked prety well, crashing every 2 hours or so. Since i got teh computer so cheap i figured it was no big deal.
BIG problem: The other day i thought i would transfer some of the stuff from my old HDD onto this computer. So i uplugged the slave HDD and put my old one in its place (not knowing it was set to master) the computer didn't boot so i took it out and put the oldo one it. The computer turned on but it didn't have the other HDD there, just the master 20gb hard drive. So stupidly i went to BIOS and tried to fix somthing. Now i can't even get to the Windows XP screen, it just says "windows had a problem" (or somthing) and then a list of ways to start up the computer, safe mode, last known settings tath worked ect. None of these work and i really don't know what to do.
I tried: Resseting the bios, did this by taking out the battery on the motherboard (little round thing) i tested it and found that the battery has verrry low power so i thought maybe that is the problem? If not what can i do to get my computer working?
Anyways if you there is anything i can do to fix this comp i really need the help. Thanks a million.