New setup, doesn't load Windows

Phan7omEli7e™

Phan7omEli7e™

Phan7omEli7e™

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Ok, I have just upgraded to the AMD Athlon 64 3500+, with the Gigabyte K8 Triton Series, Skt 939. I have 2x 512MB DDR Kingston RAM, a 120GB Maxtor HDD, a floppy drive, and 2 DVD drives. Thereis also a ATi Radeon 9250, and a Twinhan DTV Ter D + A TV card.
What happens is, it loads the bios and stuff at the start, says the CPu clock frequency is 200Mhz, which I know is wrong. Then it gives me the options of loading Windows in: Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking, Safe Mode with Command Prompt, Last Known Good Configuration, and Start Windows Normally. I try any option, and it flashes the Windows loading screen for a split second, then restarts back to the Bios loading screen. I then get the same options, and try something else, enything else, and get the same effect
So, I took out everything except the HDD, 1 stick of RAM, and the Graphics Card (I thought that because I was getting video, that couldn't be the problem). And I get the same things.
I'm thinking I need to reinstall the OS, but before I do that I will try another HDD.
 
Ok, well I upgraded my mums PC to what I had earlier, (AMD Sempron 2400, 256MB DDR, ASRock K7S41GX), and it worked fine, except it's slow, I could play games just fine on those specs. Reinstall OS?
Also, I'm going to wait for more replies, just be safe. No offense though.
 
Ok, but what can I do about my stuff? I have TONS of stuff I need, is there any way to reinstall without erasing my stuff?
Or could I put the HDD in another computer, along with the families only DVD burner, and burn the stuff to some DVDs?
 
Well I didn't know that would happen! If I did I would have made backups!
And was that a yes, to putting the HDD and DVD-R drive on another computer? Would that one still boot it's OS, and be able to view my HDD stuff?
Along to way of reinstalling, does it ask you if you want to keep your files?
 
Ok well I got it working.
So, I then truned it off, moved it upstairs, and it loaded the BIOS, so I changed the boot priority to the HDD, and saved.
I exit, and the screen goes blank.
Restart, nothing comes on screen. I get 3 beeps; 1 long beep and then 2 shorter beeps.
EDIT: I truned it on again, still a blank screen, but this time no beeps and the HDD LED stays on, with no apparant HDD activity.
 
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