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Chipper

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    hard drive
    « on: March 23, 2009, 04:52:59 AM »
    i installed new hard drive. it does not want to boot up. no drives found. i press F2 and it shows that it recognizes the hard drive. also my wife messed and she went into the ISQ section. what are those numbers supposed to be set on?

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    Re: hard drive
    « Reply #1 on: March 23, 2009, 09:27:58 AM »
    It needs an operating system installed on it to boot up...
    Or are you using just for storage ?
    If so it needs to be formatted before Windows will see it...
    What exactly have you tried step by step and what changes exactly has she made ? ?
    More info on the system as well...
    " Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined. "

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      Re: hard drive
      « Reply #2 on: March 23, 2009, 11:46:18 AM »
      ok i first turn on. it reads primary hard disk drive 1 not found. secondary hard disk drive 1 not found. strike the F1 key to continue, F2ot run the set up utility. I pressed the F2. In there it reads as followed;
      Primary Drive 0: hard drive
      Primary drive 1: off
      secondary drive 0: CD-ROM Reader
      secondary drive 1: off
      Boot sequence:
      1 is checked for hard disk drive C:
      2 is checked for IDE CD-ROM Device
      3 is not checked for Diskette Drive
      Memory Info: 256 MB DDR SDRAM Installed system
                            266 MHz: system memory speed
                            256 MB: AGP Aperture
      CPU Info: CPU Speed= normal
                              Bus speed= 533 MHz
                              Processor 0 ID = F27
                              Clock speed= 2.40 GHz
                              Cache Size= 512 KB
      Integrated Devices (Legacy Select Options)
                     Sound= on
                     network interface controller= on
                     mouse port= on
                     USB emulation= on
                     USB controller= on
                     PCI slots= enabled
                     Serial Port 1= Auto
                     Paralle Port= <ENTER>
                     IDE Drive Interface= Auto
                     Diskette Interface= Auto
                     PC Speaker= on
                     Primary Video Controller= Auto
                     Vidoe DAC Snoop= on
                     Onboard Video Buffer= 8 MB
                     IDE Drive UDMA= on
      PCI IRQ Assignment= these are the numbers she messed with. i dont know what these are supposed to be.
      My sister is sending me the Windows XP Proffesional disk. what else do I need. Thank you for replying  to my question and thank you for the help.