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Londoner2k8 · August 27th, 2008, 04:48 AM

Now who believes this!!! Now my newly assembled computer is working perfectly while both problems still exist: 1: it can not boot up from a boot up HD with newly installed win xp, 2: It can boot up from win xp CD but stops before opening of the screen where you can choose to install win xp or repair it or exit installation.

But how I made it working side by side with these two serious faults? To answer this, I have to go back to the point when I assembled it and boot it up with the boot up HD from my old computer. Apparently the faults existed at that time but they were not known because the computer was booting up. But they became known after I tried to reinstall win xp from win xp cd. This is because the boot up HD from my old computer became infected by a virus.

Because I couldn’t reinstall win xp on the newly assembled computer, I tried the old computer. It worked. Win xp reinstalled on a clean newly formatted HD, not the same virus-infected HD. The old computer was booting up correctly. But when I connected the HD, with newly installed win xp, to the new computer, it didn’t work. The computer couldn’t boot up, it started going around between the beginning of the bios and win xp logo.

Let me to talk about the virus-infected HD, the one from my old computer and booted up my newly assembled computer. I bought this HD a few months ago and it was carrying a boot up image of another HD, which I had on my old computer for at least three years. It carries the date of 17 Feb 2004. I connected this old boot up HD to the new computer. It didn’t work. The bios read it as faulty HD and I had to back up. I connected it to the old computer. It worked. The old computer booted up correctly. After that, I put the image of this old boot up HD again on a new HD. It has a date of 18 April 2k8. I used the old computer. When I fitted this new HD to my newly assembled computer, it worked.

The new computer is working now without any problem side by side with both existing faults. I am going to put the image of this old boot up HD on a new spare HD just in case I need it.

Finally I would like to thank a lot to all those kind people, who contributed to help.

August 27th, 2008, 04:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
Londoner2k8 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2	Now who believes this!!! Now my newly assembled computer is working perfectly while both problems still exist: 1: it can not boot up from a boot up HD with newly installed win xp, 2: It can boot up from win xp CD but stops before opening of the screen where you can choose to install win xp or repair it or exit installation. But how I made it working side by side with these two serious faults? To answer this, I have to go back to the point when I assembled it and boot it up with the boot up HD from my old computer. Apparently the faults existed at that time but they were not known because the computer was booting up. But they became known after I tried to reinstall win xp from win xp cd. This is because the boot up HD from my old computer became infected by a virus. Because I couldn’t reinstall win xp on the newly assembled computer, I tried the old computer. It worked. Win xp reinstalled on a clean newly formatted HD, not the same virus-infected HD. The old computer was booting up correctly. But when I connected the HD, with newly installed win xp, to the new computer, it didn’t work. The computer couldn’t boot up, it started going around between the beginning of the bios and win xp logo. Let me to talk about the virus-infected HD, the one from my old computer and booted up my newly assembled computer. I bought this HD a few months ago and it was carrying a boot up image of another HD, which I had on my old computer for at least three years. It carries the date of 17 Feb 2004. I connected this old boot up HD to the new computer. It didn’t work. The bios read it as faulty HD and I had to back up. I connected it to the old computer. It worked. The old computer booted up correctly. After that, I put the image of this old boot up HD again on a new HD. It has a date of 18 April 2k8. I used the old computer. When I fitted this new HD to my newly assembled computer, it worked. The new computer is working now without any problem side by side with both existing faults. I am going to put the image of this old boot up HD on a new spare HD just in case I need it. Finally I would like to thank a lot to all those kind people, who contributed to help.