Computer Hope

Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: zeroburn on October 28, 2010, 03:41:34 PM

Title: Desktop & laptop help
Post by: zeroburn on October 28, 2010, 03:41:34 PM
I have a computer, that is quite old, but is havong trouble now, I think it is a dead hard drive but I am not shure

It was running windows 98

motherboard:
intel desktop board D815EEA2 \ D815EPEA2
I dont know the hard drive, because i am afraid of taking the system totally apart.

I turn it on, it runs the immage for intel, after a muinute, it comes to a screen displaying

"Drive not ready - system halted'
it was not connected to the internet for some time.

I also have another computer not working right now. It is a toshiba satellite 2595cdt, it is having trouble booting. it will ask between microsoft windows and microsoft windows xp professional. after i select professional, it will sau that windows did not start succesfullu, and that a recent hardware of software change might be the culprit. i have no addont as in hardware, but i have no idea what happened to the software.

it is running xp professional. It had a hard drive that was almost full.

any help greatly apreciated.