In case you have'nt considered it yet, checkout the computer's battery or/and the boot settings in the computer's BIOS.
PabloSr "Sea cortés, ande con cuidado, edúquese lo más que pueda, respete para que lo respeten, y que Dios nos ampare a todos!" Dra. A.M. Polo * -----Original Message----- * From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech- * [email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Covill * Sent: November 14, 2012 4:34 PM * To: [email protected] * Subject: Re: [NF] SATA Drive & a Dead PC... * * On 11/14/12 11:47, Kurt @ VR-FX wrote: * > Here's the deal. I have a desktop PC that was * my main PC - but, it * > died several months ago. I have my laptop - * which has been my primary * > computing device for quite a while now - but, * the desktop PC has some * > stuff on there that's not on my laptop. * * Win XP did not support SATA in the original * release - it was added in SP 1. I found that out the * hard way when I upgraded my motherboard, * adding an SATA DVD drive, and attempted a * repair installation from my original CD. Can't * access the drive, so can't boot from the CD! * * If you don't have SP1 already on your XP CD, * that's probably the reason. * You bought the SATA after you installed SP1, so it * worked. * * I ended up buying a VISTA 64-bit and starting * over. * * Dan * * ______________________________________ * _________ * Post Messages to: [email protected] * Subscription Maintenance: * http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox * OT-free version of this list: * http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtec * h * Searchable Archive: * http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox * This message: * http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/50A40E * [email protected] * ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, * are the opinions of the author, and do not * constitute legal or medical advice. This statement * is added to the messages for those lawyers who * are too stupid to see the obvious. * * Report [OT] Abuse: * http://leafe.com/reportAbuse/50A40E5A.907070 * [email protected] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
