pitbull481 Posted August 12, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 12, 2005 i got tired of messing around with it. took our hdd, both my dvd player (1 dvd burner), and ram. and installed them to my dell. damn my dell is fast now i'll try to see if i can fix my gateway later in the future. damn gateway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull481 Posted August 26, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 26, 2005 another problem i reformat my dell. everthing is good. problem is now when i restart pc it shows (pick windows you want to use) i deleted the partition. clean everything out. when i insert operation disk back (winxp) now it show: unpartition 1000mb partition winxp (using now) unpartition 70 somthing gigs how can i delete the other unpartion (unpartition 1000mb). cause it still has files that i thought i delete? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHalf Posted August 26, 2005 CID Share Posted August 26, 2005 If you have an option when booting up to select which OS to boot into, after your logged on with the correct OS; right click my computer>properties>advanced tab>click on settings, start up and recovery>under system startup, click on the edit tab (windows notepad opens up) and carefully delete the OS that shows up during boot that is no longer installed on your PC. Then click save as and wala. TheHalf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted August 26, 2005 CID Share Posted August 26, 2005 [quote author=TheHalf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHalf Posted August 26, 2005 CID Share Posted August 26, 2005 Deleting the files from one partition while booted on another partition (with XP) is quite simple: right click my computer>manage>double click storage>double click disk management and choose the partition you want to delete or reformat. TheHalf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull481 Posted September 21, 2005 Author CID Share Posted September 21, 2005 i am having trouble.when i have formatted before i never had trouble. but today (right now) when formating. it cant never pass 77% (files saving to computer). why is it doing this? now im having another problem. same computer (gateway). it actually finish 100%. now it says it doesnt read the hdd i am trying to put it format to. i checked the pins (master, slave. ect.) i have it set at master. one of my friend says it might be the motherboard battery. to by a battery. i reset the motherboard and still does the same thing. does anyone knows the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cak46 Posted September 22, 2005 CID Share Posted September 22, 2005 now im having another problem. same computer (gateway). it actually finish 100%. now it says it doesnt read the hdd i am trying to put it format to. i checked the pins (master, slave. ect.) i have it set at master. one of my friend says it might be the motherboard battery. to by a battery. i reset the motherboard and still does the same thing. does anyone knows the problem? Is this the same HD you took out of the Gateway? If it is, I'd suggest going to Staples and buying a new one and beating the old one to death. You may have carried the problem with you from the Gateway.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted September 22, 2005 CID Share Posted September 22, 2005 one thing you can try, which may fry the drive as well, is low level formatting it if the bios offers that option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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