I have posted here before about my college student daughter giving her
desktop computer to my high-school student because the college student
got a MacBook Pro. The desktop was a local custom build PC. It has
Windows XP Pro OS.
Strange things are happening with the new computer. (The college
student added several programs to the computer.)
(1) You would think that the internal hard drive of 240 GB would be
enough for a college student, but in fact almost all the drive space is
used up in video & audio files. In order to make a backup, I added an
external (USB) hard drive of 200 GB. Whenever I try to boot the
computer with the hard drive connected, it won't boot, saying that it is
trying to boot from the CD drive. When I switch off the external hard
drive, it boots. I can't find a way to go into the bootup menu to see
why this is happening. Any suggestions for going to the bootup or BIOS
menu?
(2) When I try to back up drive D: (drive C: and drive D: are on the
same 160 GB internal hard drive, partitioned equally between the two
drives -- drive C: are programs, drive D: is data) using Windows backup,
the program terminates saying that drive D: is write protected. I can't
find a way to verify or change this write protection. I wonder why
write protection on drive D: prevents a backup to the external hard
drive, assuming that write protection for drive D: actually exists.
Drive C: backs up OK using Windows backup.
BTW, there is a second physical internal hard drive, drive H:, that is
the remaining 80 GB. My Computer reports two more drives that don't
exits: drives F: and G: that are removable drives that don't exit as
far as I know. When clicked upon either, a message appears to insert
media into the drive that doesn't exit.
What to do?
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