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  2. Use Old Hd

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted · Edited by inferiormeansme

    i'm not sure about the jumper, i think i did it right as long as the comp didn't boot to that drive right?

    and when i format it will erase the stuff on it?, do i want fat32 or ntfs? and do i do the quick one? 1 more thing, what is volume lable? the name of the drive?

    BTW, it's an old quatum fireball :\

  4. Use Old Hd

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted

    Alright, i have a used 30 gb HD, i don't want anything that it has on it now, so i want to erase all of the data on it.

    I want to use it as some extra storage, i only have 30 gb myself, so i can use the extra 30.

    First, where does the jumper go so it's a slave?( i'm not sure if that's the right word lol.)

    I don't know how to wipe it clean, help?

    and after it's wiped clean, can i just use it then? or do i have to do something to it?

  6. Clean Hd

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted

    I'm not sure what you mean by gard drive? And Windows 2000 is different from Me, which is what you said you had in your original post. If the registry is corrupted, it will need to be fixed. You can do a chkdsk and defrag on it first. When you set it to run on reboot make sure you put a check on it to fix errors. The original info I gave you won't work on Windows 2000 if it is NTFS. You can also run sfc  /scannow in a command prompt but if it finds problems, you will need a Windows 2000 disk to fix them. I am not aware of another way to fix a corrupted registry in this situation. Deleting extra programs is not your big problem right now. The registry is. There is also a chance that the harddrive has bad sectors on it and the corruption problem could be useless to fix any further. A chkdsk should show if there are bad sectors on it.

    <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

    sorry typo, i meant hard drive not gard.

    when i boot the computer it gives me two options, boot "windows 2000", or boot "microsoft windows", when i choose windows 2000, it will boot "windows 2000 advanced server", and it WILL boot, when i choose "microsoft windows" it will ask me how to boot it, i'll choose normal and i'll get a windows ME loading screen, but the computer will shutdown right away, before it does something appears on the screen in orange font but the computer shuts down too fast to read it.

    i'll do what you said, thanks

    Dare I say it?...sure!

    Linux could breathe new life into that machine.  :lol:

    If you have no specific use for the PC and it's just gonna be a spare toy, there's some good learning to be done by installing a linux distro...most PCs capable of running win2000 are usually more than capable of running most distros.

    Would be a whole lot easier than trying to clean up the mess.

    <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

    what is linux like? i've heard of it but never tried it out, is it hard? or how much diffrent is it from windows? and most importantly, is it freeee? =D

  7. Clean Hd

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted · Edited by inferiormeansme

    #EDITED#

    ok i got the trashed(found in the trash) computer to work, after running adaware removers and an anti-virus, i'm on it right now, i got it to boot ,after several tries, and i got it connected to the internet.

    it's a gateway with Microsoft 2000

    now all i need to do is fix and delete anything i don't need, mabye even run a hijack this log?

    problems:

    When i boot it up windows will run a disk check on it(doesn't this mean the gard drive is gonna die soon :\ ? )

    after that i have to press ctrl+alt+delete to get the sign on box, it says administrator in the username all i do is press enter and it works, how do i get rid of that so it just boots to windows?

    an error message about some service or driver not working Serveice Control Manager At least one service or drive failed during system startup. Use event viewer to examine event for details.

    runtime errors when i use the internet-it asks me to debug...

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    missing dll's- when i boot the computer it'll tell me certain dll's are missinguntitled.jpg

    those dreaded pop ups from the messenger service:

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    the active desktop- i'll get an alert in the background asking me to restore my active desktop.

    that's what i know as of now...

    any help with some of these problems?

    BTW, i did finally figure out the jumper thing so i could use the drive as a slave...

    EDIT: i updated windows

  9. Clean Hd

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted

    Ok, so a while back ago i made a thread about how i was going to fix my friend's comp, i never got to it but he did let me have this computer he found(trash)

    i put the harddrive from the machine into mine as a slave(after a few tries) and finally XP started and then is did some kind of scan disk on the drive.

    the first time i tried to put the HD in my machine, nothing happened, it was just stuck on the DELL logo screen, after that it would tell me to strike F1 to retry and such

    i figured out how to make the drive a slave then XP did it's magic

    so i opened drive E: and it seemed ok, i found some music files and stuff, and it has windows ME on it.

    so what i want to do now is maybe clean it up as much as i can, so all i want left is what is really neccesary like just ME and what it needs to run, but i don't have a windows ME disc of anykind

    what i'm doing now is just running ad-aware, spybot, a2, and avg has found quite a few trojan horses :\

    then i wanted to run hijack this on it, but i don't know how to make it scan that drive, i have it on my C: drive, can i run it from there like i am the ad-aware?

    in a nutshell, i want to clean the E: drive so it is use-able with windows ME =)

    any tips?

  12. Windows Me

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted

    ok, so my friend, he has windows ME, that's all i know about his computer so far, he asked me if i could fix it because i refuse to let him call geeksquad, i am going to borrow his PC and try to fix it, along with your help.

    his problem is that everything is really slow, his computer has never really been up to par, he himself doesn't know much about computers besides how to use the internet, he calls his computer a modem, lol.

    what should i do first, i know i should try to run virus checkers and spyware removers, but i don't know anything about windows ME, any tips on what i should do to revive his computer?

  17. Getting A New Hard Drive

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted

    I want to get a new hard drive since my current one only has... :blush: 1GB left...

    Are there diffrent kinds of hard drives like there are diffrent kinds of RAM?

    I have Everest but failed to find a description of what KIND of hard drive i have, i know that it is a 30GB western digital.

    I'm looking to spend around $50, give or take, i looked on newegg, but i don't know which one to buy, it's intimidating for me =\.

    any suggestions?