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yepp like i said go to disc>>>users>>>your name>>>documents to get your data, good luck
I've removed my chipset drivers. Really upset. Need support asap.
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yepp like i said go to disc>>>users>>>your name>>>documents to get your data, good luck
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Ha! Chipset drivers! Those were the days... 
PS2 is a old way to connect mouse and keyboard it looks like this:
you will find it on the end of your keyboard/mouse lead
My keyboard already has that. My mouse is wireless and uses a USB.
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Actually, PS2 is generally considered superior to USB for Keyboards and Mice as there's no chance that the USB controller would slow down when you've got a few devices plugged in causing delays in typing or moving the cursor. Besides, if they're in PS2 slots then you've got more USB slots free for stuff that actually uses it.
Good advice that. ^
Hi,
The internet is my life and I really need to get this sorted.
I took the hard drive out of my computer and connected it to this current computer of my mum's that is working. Turned the computer on and I got the same message. This means that the problem lies in my hard drive.
I need my windows xp disk that came with it, but I can't find it.
I really don't know what to do.
The internet is my life and I really need to get this sorted.
I took the hard drive out of my computer and connected it to this current computer of my mum's that is working. Turned the computer on and I got the same message. This means that the problem lies in my hard drive.
I need my windows xp disk that came with it, but I can't find it.
I really don't know what to do.
The problem isn't with the drive itself. Its with missing system config files which you removed. unfortunately without your Windows CD I can't see many ways round it.
Unless you connect your drive to you mums as a slave and use sometype of data restore program...
But getting your hands on an XP disc must be easier!
Unless you connect your drive to you mums as a slave and use sometype of data restore program...
But getting your hands on an XP disc must be easier!
You need to connect your hard drive to the working computer as a secondary drive in addition to it's existing drive. You try and boot from it and of course you'll get the same error - the OS on it is fubared. So connect your hard drive to your mum's computer - you may need to use the SATA cable from yours too (note I'm assuming we're on STA here. If it's IDE you'll have to pay attention to master/slave arrangements and jumpers) leaving your mum's hard drive in there. Then boot your mum's computer as you have done now and load the working windows. When in windows you will be able to access your hard drive and get all your important pics and work off it so you know the data is safe and carry on working if you need to whilst you sort your PC out. With your data safe on your mum's hard drive you can try and sort yours, but without an OS CD you aren't likely to get very far!
I really appreicate the help. Thank you all of you.
Seeing as I'm on the internet most of the time when I'm not sleeping, it is vital I sort this out ASAP.
I've come across this:
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I've tried writing this option before but it seemed as though this option was turning into another article inside of an article discussing how to add your dead hard drive as a secondary drive to a working computer so I thought of just writing it assuming you know how to do that. If you don't, please post on the forums or just skip to Option 4. On with the article.
This option works if you have a 2nd working computer running Windows 2000, XP, or 2003 and also if you have system restore enabled on the dead computer. If you are using XP Home, you will have to start in safe-mode to see the “Security” tab in the folder properties that is mentioned later in this option.
What you need to do is remove the hard drive from the dead computer and put it as a secondary/slave drive into the 2nd working computer. Once you have the dead hard drive installed in the working computer please boot the working computer. Once Windows is finished loading you will have to show all hidden files/folders and all hidden operating system files. You can do this by going into “My Computer” and then at the top select “tools” then “folder options”. Once the “folder options” dialog opens click the “view” tab and under “Hidden Files and Folders” section put the bullet (circle thing) next to “show hidden files and folders”. Also, in that same window UNCheck “hide extensions for known file types” AND “hide protected operating system files (recommended)”. Once you change those options click the “apply” and then the “ok” buttons.
You should now be back at the “My Computer” window. There, you should also see another hard drive listed. Open that drive. Once you open that hard drive you will see a slightly transparent folder named “System Volume Information”. Try and open it. If you get an error saying “access is denied” right click the folder and select “properties”. When the new dialog window opens click the “security” tab and then click the “add” button. When you click the “add” button a new window will open entitled “select users or groups”. In the section named “Enter the object names to select (example):” enter the word “Administrators” (no quotes, and note that it's plural). Press the “check names” button and then “Ok” button. After you do that you will be taken back to the security tab where the “Administrators” group will be listed. Click that once to highlight it and then you'll see the section in that window that says “Permissions for Administrators:” In the “allow” column check “Full Control” and note everything else will have a check mark automatically added in the “allow” column. Click “apply” then “ok”.
You should now be back in the newly added hard drive and looking at the “system volume information” folder. You can now enter that folder. Once you open that folder you will be faced with 2 files and one folder. The folder will be named “_restore{xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}” where xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is a bunch of random numbers and letters separated by hyphens “-”. Open that folder and you will now see all the rpXX folders, where XX is the number of restore points you have. Following the same examples from Option 2 you want to pick the 2nd highest numerical folder in the list and open it. For example, if I had folders rp01 through rp27 listed I would want to open rp26. After opening that folder you will see 14 files and 1 folder. We are not worried about the folder named “repository”. We are worried about the files which are your backed up registry files from system restore. For right now, minimize this window.
We want to open a NEW “My Computer” window and go into that same drive. There we will go to \windows\system32\config\ . Example: If the dead hard drive that I added to my working computer was given a drive letter of “G” i would go into G:\windows\system32\config\. I would then RENAME (by right clicking the file and selecting rename) the SYSTEM file to SYSTEM.OLD (noting the period “.&rdquo. Now minimize this window.
After renaming the SYSTEM file to SYSTEM.OLD, go to the rpXX folder that you minimized and RIGHT click __registry_machine_system and select “copy”. Now maximize the \windows\system32\config\ folder that you minimized above and right click a blank spot and select “paste” (or “edit” from the menu above and select “paste&rdquo. After you select “paste” you'll see the __registry_machine_system file in the \windows\system32\config\ folder. Now right click that file and select “RENAME” and rename it to “SYSTEM” (no quotes, upper or lower case doesn't matter).
Before continuing let's make sure we got this right. You are renaming the file \windows\system32\config\SYSTEM of the dead drive to SYSTEM.OLD. Then, you are copying the file __registry_machine_system from the \system volume information\_restore{xxxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}\RPXX\snapshot folder to \windows\system32\config folder of the dead drive and pasting it to the \windows\system32\config folder of the dead drive and renaming it to SYSTEM.
If that is correct, turn OFF the computer and unplug it from the wall outlet. Remove the dead drive and put it back in your “dead” computer remembering to change your jumper settings if you reconfigured them before putting them in your working computer. Turn on the “dead” computer and it should now turn into a zombie and come alive.
All I need to do is know how to connect a slave drive?
What do I use?
Anything I need to change in BIOS?
thanks.
Seeing as I'm on the internet most of the time when I'm not sleeping, it is vital I sort this out ASAP.
I've come across this:
*
I've tried writing this option before but it seemed as though this option was turning into another article inside of an article discussing how to add your dead hard drive as a secondary drive to a working computer so I thought of just writing it assuming you know how to do that. If you don't, please post on the forums or just skip to Option 4. On with the article.
This option works if you have a 2nd working computer running Windows 2000, XP, or 2003 and also if you have system restore enabled on the dead computer. If you are using XP Home, you will have to start in safe-mode to see the “Security” tab in the folder properties that is mentioned later in this option.
What you need to do is remove the hard drive from the dead computer and put it as a secondary/slave drive into the 2nd working computer. Once you have the dead hard drive installed in the working computer please boot the working computer. Once Windows is finished loading you will have to show all hidden files/folders and all hidden operating system files. You can do this by going into “My Computer” and then at the top select “tools” then “folder options”. Once the “folder options” dialog opens click the “view” tab and under “Hidden Files and Folders” section put the bullet (circle thing) next to “show hidden files and folders”. Also, in that same window UNCheck “hide extensions for known file types” AND “hide protected operating system files (recommended)”. Once you change those options click the “apply” and then the “ok” buttons.
You should now be back at the “My Computer” window. There, you should also see another hard drive listed. Open that drive. Once you open that hard drive you will see a slightly transparent folder named “System Volume Information”. Try and open it. If you get an error saying “access is denied” right click the folder and select “properties”. When the new dialog window opens click the “security” tab and then click the “add” button. When you click the “add” button a new window will open entitled “select users or groups”. In the section named “Enter the object names to select (example):” enter the word “Administrators” (no quotes, and note that it's plural). Press the “check names” button and then “Ok” button. After you do that you will be taken back to the security tab where the “Administrators” group will be listed. Click that once to highlight it and then you'll see the section in that window that says “Permissions for Administrators:” In the “allow” column check “Full Control” and note everything else will have a check mark automatically added in the “allow” column. Click “apply” then “ok”.
You should now be back in the newly added hard drive and looking at the “system volume information” folder. You can now enter that folder. Once you open that folder you will be faced with 2 files and one folder. The folder will be named “_restore{xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}” where xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is a bunch of random numbers and letters separated by hyphens “-”. Open that folder and you will now see all the rpXX folders, where XX is the number of restore points you have. Following the same examples from Option 2 you want to pick the 2nd highest numerical folder in the list and open it. For example, if I had folders rp01 through rp27 listed I would want to open rp26. After opening that folder you will see 14 files and 1 folder. We are not worried about the folder named “repository”. We are worried about the files which are your backed up registry files from system restore. For right now, minimize this window.
We want to open a NEW “My Computer” window and go into that same drive. There we will go to \windows\system32\config\ . Example: If the dead hard drive that I added to my working computer was given a drive letter of “G” i would go into G:\windows\system32\config\. I would then RENAME (by right clicking the file and selecting rename) the SYSTEM file to SYSTEM.OLD (noting the period “.&rdquo. Now minimize this window.
After renaming the SYSTEM file to SYSTEM.OLD, go to the rpXX folder that you minimized and RIGHT click __registry_machine_system and select “copy”. Now maximize the \windows\system32\config\ folder that you minimized above and right click a blank spot and select “paste” (or “edit” from the menu above and select “paste&rdquo. After you select “paste” you'll see the __registry_machine_system file in the \windows\system32\config\ folder. Now right click that file and select “RENAME” and rename it to “SYSTEM” (no quotes, upper or lower case doesn't matter).
Before continuing let's make sure we got this right. You are renaming the file \windows\system32\config\SYSTEM of the dead drive to SYSTEM.OLD. Then, you are copying the file __registry_machine_system from the \system volume information\_restore{xxxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}\RPXX\snapshot folder to \windows\system32\config folder of the dead drive and pasting it to the \windows\system32\config folder of the dead drive and renaming it to SYSTEM.
If that is correct, turn OFF the computer and unplug it from the wall outlet. Remove the dead drive and put it back in your “dead” computer remembering to change your jumper settings if you reconfigured them before putting them in your working computer. Turn on the “dead” computer and it should now turn into a zombie and come alive.
All I need to do is know how to connect a slave drive?
What do I use?
Anything I need to change in BIOS?
thanks.
Plus, removing this message is probably only the start, right?
Because before this happened my mouse and keyboard were not responsive.
After Googling this and trying to sort this for most of the day, I think this might have happened because of turning my computer off too many times trying to sort out my mouse and keyboard that weren't working.
Because before this happened my mouse and keyboard were not responsive.
After Googling this and trying to sort this for most of the day, I think this might have happened because of turning my computer off too many times trying to sort out my mouse and keyboard that weren't working.
That theory is based on the fact that the last system restore will be a good one.
If its not then you won't actually be doing anything... apart from getting further from helping yourself.
However.
If its an IDE drive then you will have a jumper on the back which you can remove nad put into "slave" position.
If its SATA then they its into the BIOS you shall go as they can't be slaves so to speak.
Most BIOS's will let you chose which to boot from. Either than or which even is plugged into the lowest number SATA slot on your motherboard will be the boot.
EDIT: you might want to copy across your valuable data to your other PC before you try this.
If its not then you won't actually be doing anything... apart from getting further from helping yourself.
However.
If its an IDE drive then you will have a jumper on the back which you can remove nad put into "slave" position.
If its SATA then they its into the BIOS you shall go as they can't be slaves so to speak.
Most BIOS's will let you chose which to boot from. Either than or which even is plugged into the lowest number SATA slot on your motherboard will be the boot.
EDIT: you might want to copy across your valuable data to your other PC before you try this.
OK lets start at the beginning. Are the drives old style IDE or SATA? IDE connect with a wide ribbon cable, and SATA connect with a small (probably red) cable. When you can connect your drive to your mum's computer properly, hopefully that article will sort you out (not that I've read it properly). And yes - turning off your computer multiple times has fubared your windows install.
here's a visual link to see if your on IDE or SATA, this is for IDE.
http://www.pchelpforum.com/hardware-tutorials/10681-connecting-slave-drive-your-pc.html
NOTE, set your HD that's causing you problems to slave and leave your mum's HD as is cables and all, boot the PC, go into bios to see that there are two HDD's as master and slave, come out of bios into windows and copy all your important files over to your mum's HD through windows explorer.
http://www.pchelpforum.com/hardware-tutorials/10681-connecting-slave-drive-your-pc.html
NOTE, set your HD that's causing you problems to slave and leave your mum's HD as is cables and all, boot the PC, go into bios to see that there are two HDD's as master and slave, come out of bios into windows and copy all your important files over to your mum's HD through windows explorer.
I think this is a wind up. Credit to ocuk for being so caring despite this.
Removing chipset drivers, or indeed any other drivers, cannot cause these symptoms, so either you've done something else and not told us, or none of this is actually happening. I reckon the latter, based on "the internet is my life". I also don't believe that you're able to change a graphics card and to attach a hard drive to another computer, but incapable of hitting del during boot to tell it to boot from the right drive.
If I'm wrong, and terrible things are happening, then I fully agree with the advice to take it to someone who knows what he's doing. Almost anyone should do.
Removing chipset drivers, or indeed any other drivers, cannot cause these symptoms, so either you've done something else and not told us, or none of this is actually happening. I reckon the latter, based on "the internet is my life". I also don't believe that you're able to change a graphics card and to attach a hard drive to another computer, but incapable of hitting del during boot to tell it to boot from the right drive.
If I'm wrong, and terrible things are happening, then I fully agree with the advice to take it to someone who knows what he's doing. Almost anyone should do.
I don't know what I've done
I know that this happened after I removed my Nvidia programmes.
It's not a wind up and I really wish it was.
You don't know my life so to rubbish the 'the internet is my life thing'. I don't like going out for reasons I don't want to explain so use the internet instead because I enjoy it.
Not really called for. If you could read, he admits to turning the machine off multiple times which would explain the corrupted OS. Now go away please.
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