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  1. sdhiram

    old HDD new motherboard, Blue screen,win2000????

    Agreed, clean install is the best way to go. don't you just love windows? sdhiram
  2. sdhiram

    bios not seeing hard drive

    Try ez-bios. Or some other disk management software that you can download from the manufacturer of your hard drive. If that doesn't work then purchase a pci "ide controller" card. About 40 or 50 dollars. It has it's own bios. You might think about upgrading, motherboards and processors...
  3. sdhiram

    I/O Error Sony Laptop

    That would be my diagnosis as well. Hard drives aren't suppost to make clicking noises! Try Booting up with a floppy disk, you may have to set up the bios to boot from the floppy first, with a windows start up floppy. one from win98 or winme will do just fine. Then type "fdisk" (no...
  4. sdhiram

    Win ME only displays 16 colours!

    Try searching on "Google" for pci snooping software. Here's one link I found http://esca.atomki.hu/paradise/sac/utildiag.html There's quite a list of diagnostic utilities. Good Luck! sdhiram
  5. sdhiram

    I cannot access anymore the F2 setup for bios

    I had on of these computers and in order for the hdd to be recognized, I had to install an "overlay" program so that the older motherboard could recognize it. e-z bios, or a similar disk management program will probably fix the problem. Check the website for the manufacturer of your...

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