please help PC died

DaddyC · 09-10-2005, 05:16 AM

Today my Pc Crashed I tried to reformat and reinstall windows
it lets me reformat hard drive (delete partition, create partition reformat) after it does this it tells me your computer is going to restart and continue installation of windows every thing up to this is normal so the pc restarts and tries to send me through this yet again. i don't know what the issue is hard drive maybe ? any help would be greatly appreciated. and worse comes to worse are emachines quality computers? i saw one with an amd 64 3400+ processor and a gig of ram and i am thinkin a 80 gb hdd for $600. wont be for gaming

Trizoy · 09-10-2005, 05:47 AM

maybe try taking the cd out?

**Praetor** · 09-10-2005, 07:03 AM

As Trizoy suggests, try removing the disc, Alternatively, check that the HDD is set as one of the boot drives

Regarding your worst-case scenario, emachines is, as far as general end users are concerned, not really different from any other OEM and have a decent value for what you're paying

DaddyC · 09-11-2005, 11:07 PM

I got
searching for bot record from scsi.. not found
Insert BOOT diskette in A:
press any key when ready
problem is i dont have a floppy boot disk
tells me setup is starting windows and stops

**Praetor** · 09-18-2005, 05:37 PM

Quote:

searching for bot record from scsi.. not found

Dont boot from SCSI unless you happen to have a SCSI drive... just boot from "HDD0" or something to that effect

QUESTIONS 101.

09-10-2005, 05:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
DaddyC Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 43	please help PC died Today my Pc Crashed I tried to reformat and reinstall windows it lets me reformat hard drive (delete partition, create partition reformat) after it does this it tells me your computer is going to restart and continue installation of windows every thing up to this is normal so the pc restarts and tries to send me through this yet again. i don't know what the issue is hard drive maybe ? any help would be greatly appreciated. and worse comes to worse are emachines quality computers? i saw one with an amd 64 3400+ processor and a gig of ram and i am thinkin a 80 gb hdd for $600. wont be for gaming

09-10-2005, 07:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	As Trizoy suggests, try removing the disc, Alternatively, check that the HDD is set as one of the boot drives Regarding your worst-case scenario, emachines is, as far as general end users are concerned, not really different from any other OEM and have a decent value for what you're paying __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

09-11-2005, 11:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
DaddyC Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 43	I got searching for bot record from scsi.. not found Insert BOOT diskette in A: press any key when ready problem is i dont have a floppy boot disk tells me setup is starting windows and stops Last edited by DaddyC; 09-11-2005 at 11:14 PM.

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09-10-2005, 05:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mountain View, Ca Posts: 4,673	maybe try taking the cd out?