can anyone help me with my computer

[yes_yes i am]

Originally Posted by happydude666

you could try something else...what OS are you sueing?

if it's XP...you could try going into task manager ( ALT + CTRL + DEL) and ending all the programs from your username except for explorer.exe and tskmgr.exe close everything else...then try opening a program that usually doesnt work...see if anythig happens...if it doesnt help then just reformat...

tried that, but task manager was one of the first things that f*cked up.

it closes right after i open it...

[Null]

if your reformating you dont need a boot disk

all you need is the WinXP CD, put it in. start computer. follow directions.

[yes_yes i am]

Originally Posted by Null

if your reformating you dont need a boot disk

all you need is the WinXP CD, put it in. start computer. follow directions.

That brings up another problem... my cd drive.. It also stopped working. The light is on, on the actual "HP Cd Writer/Reader", but the i think it like uninstalled itself... Its not even in the device manager... and when i scan for new devices it doesnt find the cd drive.. I was thinking it might be disconnected but then how could the light be on?

Also, when i format, will my cd drive automatically work?(if the problem wuz that it wuz disconnected and i reconnected it) or do i need to install a driver first?

Im gonna go look around now for some sites that can help...

[Jonbo298]

If you do reformat and start over, after formatting, just pop in the CD and make sure in the BIOS that there is an option in the boot order that says boot from CD. I dont think it matters which goes first. When I reformatted mine a few weeks ago, I just made sure my Windows 98 CD was in and I started it up and it eventually got me to reinstalling Windows. But I dont know about XP boot screens since my grandmas hasn't failed her yet.....

[Null]

Actually you 'SHOULD' want the boot order to go...

Floppy
CD Rom
Hard Drive

... in your bios.

reason being, once it hits the Hard Drive in that order, Windows Starts. so the computer wont boot from whatever is behind Hard Drive unless the harddrive is unplugged.

and if something isnt working right. you want to have the option to boot from CD or Floppy before the Hard Drive starts up and your windows starts.

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by Null

Actually you 'SHOULD' want the boot order to go...

Floppy
CD Rom
Hard Drive

... in your bios.

reason being, once it hits the Hard Drive in that order, Windows Starts. so the computer wont boot from whatever is behind Hard Drive unless the harddrive is unplugged.

and if something isnt working right. you want to have the option to boot from CD or Floppy before the Hard Drive starts up and your windows starts.

I was speaking as in if he already formatted and had no windows on the HD. Not of Windows was still on the HD. The way I did was just format through Dos, then reboot and have CD in. No option changes.

[Null]

shouldnt really matter. HD should be last in the list.

But most people dont have dos.

Easiest way to reformat is just put the XP CD in. and goto reinstall. click on the drive and tell it to format there before installation.