Recent content by belmont717

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    error message: "Error loading OS"

    I tried to hook up my hard drive to a USB connection to try and read the drive on another computer. My hard drive has two partitions. The first partition won't read at all. It says it has 0gb free and used. The second partition reads perfectly fine. I can look through the folders and what not...
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    error message: "Error loading OS"

    When I am in the command console do I have to be in the location of the damaged drive? If so, I can't seem to get into that drive. My d: is the drive that is not working and it won't let me change from c: drive to the d: drive. edit: trying to use the recovery console to repair drive, but I...
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    error message: "Error loading OS"

    Today, I had decided to defrag my computer since it had been ages since the last defrag. I figured it would take a couple of hours to defrag, so I left the computer on to defrag while I went out. I came back home 8 hours later to see that the computer had rebooted and was stuck on the part after...
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    Slow Windows bootup

    I recently just formatted my computer. Before installing necessary drivers my computer would boot up and load everything on the taskbar every quickly, but after I installed my wireless netword card drivers and started trying to connect to the router. My computer boots up very slowly. I had a few...
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    sata to pci card

    I called the manufacturer of the motherboard today and they said the motherboard didn't support the sata to pci. They told me to try using a usb sata enclosure. Thanks for the help guys.
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    sata to pci card

    Sorry about the delay been busy. I have a MSI k7N2. I'm looking at their support page, but I'm not sure if it is related to my problem. http://www.msicomputer.com/support/sup_tshoot.asp#3_3
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    sata to pci card

    This may sound like a stupid question, but how will updating the bios fix the problem?
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    sata to pci card

    That was what I was thinking, but I don't know which hdd it is. In bios it has HDD0, HDD1, HDD2, HDD3. The computer only has 1 hard drive and I am trying to add the SATA which makes two. Am I missing something here? I also tried setting each of the HDD0, HDD1,... to boot first with no success.
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    sata to pci card

    I recently bought a SATA to PCI adapter card, so that I could use my SATA harddrive with my motherboard that does not have a onboard SATA controller. My problem is that whenever I turned on the SATA harddrive I cannot bootup windows or bootup from a windows cd. However, when I unplug the SATA...
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    Removing uninstalled program's folders

    Hehe, yea I usually go to the folder n hit DEL myself. =). I'll check out ccleaner. Thanks schneiderguy.
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    Removing uninstalled program's folders

    I'm pretty sure this has been asked millions of times, but I couldn't find any topics using cleaner, clean, scan, and scanner as keywords when I tried to search for a thread. I just want to know what is a good program to clean out folders of programs that have been uninstalled. I notice that...
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    CPU Performance tester

    Thanks for the tips guys. I will give these software a try. Sorry about the late reply been busy with school work. Thanks again!
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    CPU Performance tester

    Thanks for the tips guys. I will give these software a try. Sorry about the late reply been busy with school work. Thanks again!
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    CPU Performance tester

    Does anyone know of a good CPU performance test program to see if my CPU is erforming at its best? Thanks for the help.
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    9600XT Score on 3DMark05

    Nope, not on Dual Channel Mode. Would that improve scores?