BlackMagic
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System Name | Old Black Magic' |
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Processor | Intel E-8500 |
Motherboard | Asus P5Q Deluxe |
Cooling | Xigmatech Dark Knight S128 W |
Memory | Corsair Dominator 8GB (4x2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM 1066 |
Video Card(s) | EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SC EE - 01G-P3-1373-AR |
Storage | 3 Western Digitals - VelociRaptor 300GB and 2 Blacks |
Display(s) | Acer X223W |
Case | CoolerMaster HAF 932 |
Audio Device(s) | Sound? Nothing much...just onboard. Works ok for me. |
Power Supply | Corsair HX-850W Modular |
Software | Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium |
Benchmark Scores | WD/VR 3000HLFS 300GB 10k / WD1002FAEX 1TB 64MBCache / WD1001FALS 1TB 32MBCache |
Need a little bit of help here.
I have a old pc laying around here that is giving me fits.
I am trying to get it running right.
I can get it running but it's not right.
It gets complicated (for me).
The machine has a registered copy of Windows XP on it. It is activated on Microsoft. I assume it is all very legal, as I bought and paid for the machine.
As I bought the machine used at a garage sale it didn't come with a CD for Windows XP.
I went back to the person I bought it from, he has no clue as to where the original disk might have went.
He wasn't sure it even came with a CD, he said it might have been pre-loaded software from Compaq.
Anyways, on to the problems.
Someone has played with this pc and goofed it up badly.
Right now when it boots up I get a "choose system" menu.
The choose options are:
1) Windows XP
2) Windows XP
3) Windows
I have to choose the second option = Windows XP and it will start and run.
If I choose 1) Windows XP it will not start, it just reboots.
Same with the third option, reboot.
So I fired it up with option 2), went to System Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management.
What I see there is a mess.
The pc has (2) physical IDE harddrives in it. (old stuff, eh')
Disk 0 Basic IBM-DHEA-38451 is 7.84GB (Disk1_VOL1 (C 2.00GB FAT Healthy (System) ((Primary Partition)) / (E 5.82GB NTFS Healthy ((Logical Drive))
Disk 1 Basic Seagate ST3160021A (D 143.89 GB NTFS Healthy (Boot) ((Logical Drive)) / 5.15 GB Unallocated
Now this comes the mess part...
* C: is formatted FAT, the rest is NTFS. wth?
* D: is a Logical Drive? What...not a Primary Partition?
* No Primary Partition on the Seagate drive...? Great, now what do I do?
What I want/need to do is get the System files transfered off C: and onto D: drive. But I believe I need to make a Primary Partition on the (D Seagate first?
I will call Microsoft if you guys can't help me, but I wanted to try here first.
update:
I called Microsoft and got ahold of a nice person. He said he would send me a new Windows XP cd for $26.00 plus shipping if I could provide an original receipt for the machine which shows it came with Windows installed.
I don't have the original receipt, only a hand written receipt from the prior owner. I drove all the way over to the prior owners home and he doesn't have the receipt.
Figures...
So, I'm stuck. All I really need to do is transfer the SYSTEM files from C: to D:, I think.
I just am not sure how to do it.
Then I could disconnect the C: drive (throw it in the garbage) and rename D: drive to C: drive in Windows Computer Management?
Man, this is starting to confuse the hell out of me.
HELP@@#&%$
I have a old pc laying around here that is giving me fits.
I am trying to get it running right.
I can get it running but it's not right.
It gets complicated (for me).
The machine has a registered copy of Windows XP on it. It is activated on Microsoft. I assume it is all very legal, as I bought and paid for the machine.
As I bought the machine used at a garage sale it didn't come with a CD for Windows XP.
I went back to the person I bought it from, he has no clue as to where the original disk might have went.
He wasn't sure it even came with a CD, he said it might have been pre-loaded software from Compaq.
Anyways, on to the problems.
Someone has played with this pc and goofed it up badly.
Right now when it boots up I get a "choose system" menu.
The choose options are:
1) Windows XP
2) Windows XP
3) Windows
I have to choose the second option = Windows XP and it will start and run.
If I choose 1) Windows XP it will not start, it just reboots.
Same with the third option, reboot.
So I fired it up with option 2), went to System Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management.
What I see there is a mess.
The pc has (2) physical IDE harddrives in it. (old stuff, eh')
Disk 0 Basic IBM-DHEA-38451 is 7.84GB (Disk1_VOL1 (C 2.00GB FAT Healthy (System) ((Primary Partition)) / (E 5.82GB NTFS Healthy ((Logical Drive))
Disk 1 Basic Seagate ST3160021A (D 143.89 GB NTFS Healthy (Boot) ((Logical Drive)) / 5.15 GB Unallocated
Now this comes the mess part...
* C: is formatted FAT, the rest is NTFS. wth?
* D: is a Logical Drive? What...not a Primary Partition?
* No Primary Partition on the Seagate drive...? Great, now what do I do?
What I want/need to do is get the System files transfered off C: and onto D: drive. But I believe I need to make a Primary Partition on the (D Seagate first?
I will call Microsoft if you guys can't help me, but I wanted to try here first.
update:
I called Microsoft and got ahold of a nice person. He said he would send me a new Windows XP cd for $26.00 plus shipping if I could provide an original receipt for the machine which shows it came with Windows installed.
I don't have the original receipt, only a hand written receipt from the prior owner. I drove all the way over to the prior owners home and he doesn't have the receipt.
Figures...
So, I'm stuck. All I really need to do is transfer the SYSTEM files from C: to D:, I think.
I just am not sure how to do it.
Then I could disconnect the C: drive (throw it in the garbage) and rename D: drive to C: drive in Windows Computer Management?
Man, this is starting to confuse the hell out of me.
HELP@@#&%$
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