I checked the BIOS and it does read the hard drive. I can't get into safe mode. Again tried the xp-cd to reinstall, but that isn't working either.
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Piney Woods PC's <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried safe mode? Keep pressing F8 when booting the computer > after the memory and hardware check screen comes up. > > Piney Woods PC's > > N. Thomas wrote: > > > Does Windows Start at all? > > Does the BIOS see the hard drive? > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "mcie2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Last night, I ran PCPitstop. The only thing it suggested I do for my > > > pc is to defrag. So I began running defrag on my C drive. About 10 > > > minutes into it, the pc suddenly rebooted. But, it didn't reboot. Nor > > > will it now. It's as though being shut down in defrag caused the > > > harddrive to unformat. I even tried to do a reinstall on top, (so as > > > not to lose my data), but it tells me there is no drive to install > > > on. I'm running XP and I know there's a 'go back' feature but I can't > > > get far enough into it to use it. Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/67folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
