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Unfinished Threads - Installed a new hard drive and installed XP sucsessfully posted in the Community forums; But after I turned computer off and turned it back on the next morn. computer would not boot up!!?? any help greatly appreciated...

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But after I turned computer off and turned it back on the next morn. computer would not boot up!!?? any help greatly appreciated


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Hi renelynnwilson,

did you receive any kind of error message?


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Hi GaRHaR,
No I did'nt get any type of error message. The moniter just comes on with the compaq logo on it and just stays that way! Thanks for any help you can give me.
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Does the computer make any sort of beeping noises?
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Hi Rodents, No sorry to say .....nothing. This has me much perplexed. Any suggestions you might have would be very welcome!!
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I had similar problem, i could reload windows, but when pc rebooted it just hung. my problem was a fried HD after a power out
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I AM ONLINE WITH THIS COMPUTER RIGHT NOW .IN FACT I AM USING THIS COMPUTER TO POST THIS MESSAGE .....WHOOOHOOO!!!!

For whatever reason this worked, I connected both of the hardrives (one I thought was bad) and new one together. Installed a new dvd rom and used cd rom drive (already had installed memory 512mb) then reinstalled XP. It does however take longer than it should to boot up windows, the compaq screen is all you see for about 2 1/2 min then win will start up. I am thinking cable is not fast enough??? Anyway I am just so happy this is working first time I have tried to fix a computer. Thanks so much for everyones help!!!



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