 OT: Hosed by Bill & SP2, Need a lil' help |
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| aircooledboy |
 Sep 14 2004, 03:44 PM
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Sweet Pea's 1st ride in daddy's "vroom -vroom"  Group: Members Posts: 1,672 Joined: 4-February 04 From: Rockford, IL Member No.: 1,629 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
Calling all computer wizards (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)
My good buddy called me today for some computer assistance. Usually I can answer the call, but this one is out of my league. He attempted to download and install Service Pack 2, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) when it was "done" it gave him an error message that it didn't install properly, so he should do it again. System locks, so he tries to reboot, and it won't boot. He decided to use the system restore disk and cut his loses, but he gets a message saying the computer can't locate his hard drive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) |
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| scotty |
Sep 14 2004, 11:06 PM
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The Fun Never Stops Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 20-May 03 From: Portland. Oregon (SW) Member No.: 718 Region Association: None |
Some go smoother than others. Not seeing the drive is, as you know, "bad." ...follow Rousers links and see if there's help there too
My saga may/may not give some ideas: (1) downloaded/installed sp2 - restart- (2) restarted okay until the friggin' new "security panel" popped up... then stopped responding. hit the reset button. (3) same as (2), only I can open a command prompt window...use old dos commands to get to spuninst.exe and attem to run... nothing happens and drops back to command prompt. (4-7) hard restarts to no respnse and further attempts at uninstall...really getting pissed off. (8) mad as hell, but wait...it restarts...and magically gets past the "security panel" wtf? loads zonealarm...could it be....loads norton av...and --wonder of wonders--now runs fine. bast*rds. that took 2.5 friggin hours of my time. They're just lucky that the local gun store is closed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) |
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aircooledboy OT: Hosed by Bill & SP2 Sep 14 2004, 03:44 PM
SirAndy kill bill ... Sep 14 2004, 04:09 PM Dr Evil Was he running a hacked version of windows? I hear... Sep 14 2004, 04:13 PM vortrex hmm didn't happen to me.
have the person chec... Sep 14 2004, 04:16 PM Rouser Maybe this will help:
Your computer stops respond... Sep 14 2004, 04:23 PM aircooledboy No hacked XP here. Factory loaded on a Sony Viao P... Sep 14 2004, 04:35 PM vortrex won't affect his BIOS settings, but the BIOS w... Sep 14 2004, 05:16 PM campbellcj So far SP2 has been trouble for me. Blue Screen o... Sep 14 2004, 10:55 PM
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