My computer will not boot-up.
Yesterday I was perusing the BIOS. I have adjusted some part that has made the system unbootable. When the computer is switched on the HDD indicator light stays on red and shows no sign of activity. I have left it running but nothing happens. The system is six years old, manufactured by TINY, has 1gig RAM and a 250gig HDD and another 250gig HDD used as a back-up.The bios is an America trends and was made in 2004.It has an ATI RADEON 9250 VIDEO CARD. XP HOME EDITION AND PROFESSIONAL are installed as a dual-boot, I own both system discs. Previously there has been nothing untoward and everything was functioning as normal.I downloaded the Windows Upgrade Advisor and the only advice was regarding the video card which would have to be replaced. I also have a more modern 64bit system (2 years old) with Vista Home Premium installed.What I am considering doing is purchasing Windows 7 Ultimate and installing on both systems, of course I would purchase the full disc and not the upgrade. None of this is viable unless I can get the XP System to boot-up.Can you please advise me as to what I can do to get the system back to what it was before I stupidly interfered with something I know nothing about. I am not a computer idiot but am very much a novice, as you will have noticed.
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Open Jan 09, 2011 - 03:02 AM
windows, computer, vista, System, video, booting
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Mar 09, 2011 - 09:39 PM
When you power on your system ,is it coming to the bios screen
.If it is getting to the bios screen reset the bios to the default settings,so that the changes made will get reset .
If you are planning to install Windows 7 Ultimate in the 1gb system ,it will get hanged soon.Better you get the RAM upgraded to atleast 2 gb
May 15, 2012 - 03:08 AM
This is a common phenomenon whose happen in our computer. Probably your drives full of different useless software and other things. Registry is very important in Windows system. I tell you frankly, it is unavoidable to have registry errors if you install or uninstall programs and visit various website frequently. So what you need to do is to fix registry errors regularly. There are many sites where registry cleaner software is present whose help to increase pc start up speed. I get some important software in you can try here http://pcregistryshield.com/?h
Jul 25, 2013 - 12:26 AM
GO TO THE BIOS AND CHECK THE FIRST BOOTABLE DAEVICE IS HDD AND AGAIN THE PROBLEM IS ARISE U NEED TO INSTALL THE OS
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