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06-22-2006, 09:16 PM
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|  Computer Wont Boot Up Hi there its me again im having problems with my other computer (its not any bettter then the one i have now) its an IBM Aptiva Designed for Win 95/NT now i poped in a second hard drive but now when i turn it on i dont get a picture on the monitor any suggestion on how i can repair this problem and also whenb i try to reformate it with win xp svp 1 or 2 it give me a message saying cant find NDTLR does anyone know what this means. please if you have any suggestions on fixing my problem please post Basic Specs of the Aptiva AMD K6 266 MHz (i kno same as my other computer)W Quad Speed CD-Rom Drive 96 MB RAM (1 x 32, 1 x 64) Primary Master Drive 5 gig HDD Primary Slave Drive = CD-ROm Secondary Drive 900 MB HDD 3.5 Floppy |
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06-24-2006, 12:45 AM
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| try resetting CMOS.
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06-24-2006, 01:34 PM
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| Is it just a new hard drive? If its set to the primary, it needs a boot partition in order for it to startup an OS.
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06-24-2006, 02:09 PM
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| good god that thing is ancient!
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06-24-2006, 02:47 PM
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| Re: Computer Wont Boot Up Quote:
 whoa.
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06-25-2006, 01:00 AM
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| yeah i kno its old but it was doing the job, it was good having it work for that month it did if it lasted longer that would of been great 'cause many times i needed the computer but my brother was usung it, the original HDD us set to primary the CD to primary slave and the new HDD to secondry
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