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Title: Whoo! going DOWN the technology curve!
Post by: Ruler2 on December 06, 2009, 04:00:23 PM: Well, my PC's mobo is FUBAR atm. (wow I just wrote half a sentence using nothing but acronyms :huh) So, my mom asked me to put our hp machine that became my PC back together, I got it all hooked up now :) but it won't boot into Vista and when I get into the XP login screen my mouse will not work. I can't go and change any BIOS settings because, like I said, I am using the hp stuff and no longer have all my tools and goodies to work with. Do you guys know anything I could do to potentially fix this? Or do I need to get a new hard drive altogether?
Title: Re: Whoo! going DOWN the technology curve!
Post by: Getback on December 06, 2009, 05:57:52 PM: Ruler, slowly back away from the computer with your hands up.
Title: Re: Whoo! going DOWN the technology curve!
Post by: Denholm on December 06, 2009, 09:32:29 PM: Let's start at the beginning... Does the keyboard work?
Title: Re: Whoo! going DOWN the technology curve!
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on December 07, 2009, 08:15:38 AM: Quote from: Ruler2 on December 06, 2009, 04:00:23 PM
Well, my PC's mobo is FUBAR atm. (wow I just wrote half a sentence using nothing but acronyms :huh) So, my mom asked me to put our hp machine that became my PC back together, I got it all hooked up now :) but it won't boot into Vista and when I get into the XP login screen my mouse will not work. I can't go and change any BIOS settings because, like I said, I am using the hp stuff and no longer have all my tools and goodies to work with. Do you guys know anything I could do to potentially fix this? Or do I need to get a new hard drive altogether?

If you put it together using parts from different computers you need to boot it from CD and reinstall the operating system.
Title: Re: Whoo! going DOWN the technology curve!
Post by: Spikes on December 07, 2009, 01:51:28 PM: Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on December 07, 2009, 08:15:38 AM
If you put it together using parts from different computers you need to boot it from CD and reinstall the operating system.
^Bingo.
The HDD has memory of components that are not in it any more.
Title: Re: Whoo! going DOWN the technology curve!
Post by: Ruler2 on December 07, 2009, 07:23:34 PM: Keyboard works, XP works, Vista will not boot, big surprise there,lol. I wonder if going into my C drive and deleteing my old hardware stuff would fix that.
Title: Re: Whoo! going DOWN the technology curve!
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on December 07, 2009, 10:28:18 PM: Quote from: Ruler2 on December 07, 2009, 07:23:34 PM
Keyboard works, XP works, Vista will not boot, big surprise there,lol. I wonder if going into my C drive and deleteing my old hardware stuff would fix that.

Booting Vista again from a DVD and choosing it to fix the installation would fix that. You can't manually delete 'hardware stuff' from your c: drive without causing damage somewhere.
Title: Re: Whoo! going DOWN the technology curve!
Post by: Denholm on December 08, 2009, 02:24:23 PM: If you have nothing to lose, just wipe the drive and start fresh.
Title: Re: Whoo! going DOWN the technology curve!
Post by: Ruler2 on December 08, 2009, 04:56:48 PM: Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on December 07, 2009, 10:28:18 PM
Booting Vista again from a DVD and choosing it to fix the installation would fix that. You can't manually delete 'hardware stuff' from your c: drive without causing damage somewhere.

tried that, says there is no problem,lol
Title: Re: Whoo! going DOWN the technology curve!
Post by: Spikes on December 08, 2009, 05:10:28 PM: Quote from: Denholm on December 08, 2009, 02:24:23 PM
If you have nothing to lose, just wipe the drive and start fresh.
Best bet^.