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way.spacedout

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    New hard drive
    « on: April 09, 2009, 12:24:13 AM »
    i got an 80gb hard drive to replace the old one in my computer so i started it up and inserted the restore disc and it just says HTLDR is missing Press ctrl + alt + del to restart. then it just does the same thing. how do i fix it? thanks..

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    Re: New hard drive
    « Reply #1 on: April 09, 2009, 01:03:53 AM »
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    Re: New hard drive
    « Reply #2 on: April 09, 2009, 02:09:31 AM »
    You need to change your boot order in BIOS.

    When your computer is first turned on, before windows starts, you should see a message that says to press a certain key to enter setup. It is usually an Fkey or esc or del. Pay attention, as the message may flash very quickly.

    Once you get into setup, you want to look for BOOT ORDER or BOOT SEQUENCE or maybe even just BOOT. Set you CD drive as the first boot device and then place the CD in the master CD drive.

    Now exit setup and SAVE changes.
    When it starts back up, you may see a message that says: Press any key to boot to CD. Just keep tapping the space bar as the computer starts up.
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