windows xp help...

Alright, sorry, but that was pretty funny.

So just connect your other HD.

You'll know its connecting when you see another drive. It'll probably be D:\ or F:\ or G:\ or whatever Windows decides to give it.

Once you connect and see it, go back to that comp managment utility and format it.
 
abudhu said:
^^ Btw. I think we should all take 10 minutes to laugh at him.

You have 1 drive champ. That drive says C:\ That drive has your OS on it. NO SHIT it won't let your format the drive.

You did not hook up your other hard drive as was said. Slave the Drive, or keep it as master and plug it in....
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i only have 1 hdd...
 
abudhu said:
Alright, sorry, but that was pretty funny.

So just connect your other HD.

You'll know its connecting when you see another drive. It'll probably be D:\ or F:\ or G:\ or whatever Windows decides to give it.

Once you connect and see it, go back to that comp managment utility and format it.
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i slaved the hdd and hooked up the cd rom... or do I need 2 hdd's to format one?
 
I think the best possible advice now is "buy a Dell."

That said, I'll repeat the above: Format when you're installing XP.
 
oSHEVANELo said:
i only have 1 hdd...
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Ooooo. I was under the impression you had 2 of them. So your going to basically incapacitate your other computer since it won't have an HD?

Looks like your getting XP my friend.
 
well thanx to some guys, and some others were just not helpful at all.

thanx to the people who actually cared about my n00b ass
 
oSHEVANELo said:
got it. thanx for nothing guys
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No problem, your refund has been processed.

BTW, I'll be playing a game on a working OS tonight, you will be looking at error messages and google. That's assuming you even want to turn it on after all this... Enjoy!

*continues using his OS and laughs at OP and his broken pirated POS*

 
Phoenix86 said:
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*continues using his OS and laughs at OP and his broken pirated POS*
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Hahah. Awesome.

Your welcome dude. If the thread pops up again I'll be right back to help.
 
What is going on lately, where some noob ignores advice, proves they don't have a clue, and then insists on copping an attitude with people trying to help?

oSHEVANELo, you take the cake for having the least amount of know-how, combined with the most amount of attitude!
 
^^ Btw. I think we should all take 10 minutes to laugh at him.

You have 1 drive champ. That drive says C:\ That drive has your OS on it. NO SHIT it won't let your format the drive.
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rofl!11.. sry :X

You know, I was just 17 three weeks ago. I remember back when I was 17 and I was a noob just like yew. :D

It's all good. :p

-J.
 
ha, yea this is my 1st comp im building and i dont have any previous experiance, well not much
 
okay now ive installed xp pro but the mouse wont work, the pointer doesnt even show up...
 
oSHEVANELo said:
okay now ive installed xp pro but the mouse wont work, the pointer doesnt even show up...
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The mouse doesnt work in pirated versions of XP. Its a form of copy protection...
 
mdlsFREAK said:
when i build my comp last august..i found xp pro fer 50 bucks...just google it
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Unfortunately, it's likely an illegal copy, which will create problems for you if/when MS continues to crack down on piracy. Those "too good to be true" sites aren't legit.
 
oSHEVANELo said:
k mouse works...no sound now
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*Plug in Speaker connectors, turn on speakers*
Or
Install the drivers.

Note: The System Device Manager is your best friend right now. Start -- Control Panel -- System -- Hardware -- Device Manager. Anything with a "!" by it, is a problem which needs fixing.
 
yea i know I have the drivers on the cd, but it says its not compatible with xp or some "testing" thing... I dunno but it is compatible with xp so i dunno what to do.
 
the xp cd i have is corrupt and wont transfer some necessary files to the computer from the cd so I had to find those files when it asked for them off another computer and put them in the correct folder, got that to work for the mouse. But now I try install the drivers for the sound and it just says its not able to finish installing the driver, is there any way I could give u my comp info or something and find those files and put em in the correct folder? It worked with the mouse so maybe it will with the sound...? I dunno
 
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