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November 21st, 2008, 11:20 AM
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Hi
Can someone help me plz ,got a second hand pc off a friend it was full of virises.So i swapped the harddrives over with a spare one i had from an accent machine,pc switched on ok but screens blank .Swapped over to the original harddrive same problem ,wish i had left alone now.  Any replys welcome ta much
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November 21st, 2008, 11:28 AM
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Does anything light up or any fans spin when you press the button?
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November 21st, 2008, 11:34 AM
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Hi mate
Fans are spinning ok ,when you start pc the lights are on just blank screen ,no attempt of booting up .Have i killed it .
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November 22nd, 2008, 01:10 AM
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Try resetting the BIOS. Look for a little round battery on the motherboard and take it out. Wait for a few seconds and put it back in. | |
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November 22nd, 2008, 01:34 PM
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TRIED RESETTING THE BIOS ,STILL NO JOY ,I DONT WANT THE INFORMATION ON THE HARD DRIVE ,ANY WAY TO WIPE & START AGAIN MATE ,OR WHAT DO YOY RECOMMEND ?
THKS AGAIN GAZ | |
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November 22nd, 2008, 02:12 PM
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Darik's Boot & Nuke can wipe any drive (free download, I get all my free tools from MajorGeeks.com - Download Freeware and Shareware Computer Utilities. ) or you can use the diagnostics that you can get (download) from most drive makers to "zero fill" their drive(s). DB&N used to be included with Eraser (a file and folder wiper) but I'm not sure it is any more but all computer users should have both in their toolkits. I know for sure that some Hitachi disk tools are also available thru MG as well as the factory site. I haven't seen any other brand's tools there but I just may not have been paying attention as all my current drives are Hitachi.
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November 22nd, 2008, 02:26 PM
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Recheck all cables, wires, memory, etc. You may have knocked something loose or connected a cable or wire in the wrong location.
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