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It sounds like the first HDD is dead, and then you have tried to sub in a new HDD, and use the recovery discs to load the OS. The problem with this is that the manufacturer flashes the HDD's with their own "imprint" prior to loading the OEM OS. The …

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Hi all, I have an XP Pro machine that always prompts to restart (after just starting up). It says it is to install new updates, problem being that it just continues to cycle through this, even if I restart as prompted. Windows updates says the machine is up to date. …

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[QUOTE=Tinman277;1140795]Hi There From time to time my hard disc light will come on for no reason (no programs running ) and computer locks. Can also happen if am using Firefox or Word or similar, even when I have good free memory (say 200mb out of 500mb) (sony Laptop running XP) …

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If the only difference is between cold start and hot start you would have to consider this is an overheating issue. Go into your bios and check out the temps on your RAM or google Super-pi and download and test. and, go to the following link and download a HDD …

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I jknow you said you don't want to....but a re-instaal is the best option here (probably the easiest as well)

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first suggestion would be virus, but you say you have Norton (is it updated) Second would be, in safe mode, run a registry fix [url]http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=Free+Registry+Fix&searchtype=downloads[/url] try and post back

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If you can get the pc to boot try the following 1.Navigate to the Control Panel in Windows XP by left-clicking on Start, followed by Settings and then choosing Control Panel. 2.In the Control Panel window, open System. Note: In Microsoft Windows XP, depending on how your operating system is …

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Hi, I am working on a clients machine, original problem was file ext association. I fixed this with driver updates and also ran a registry fix just in case. The files ext now work fine...but 12 hours later the machine boots to a blank desktop (existing desktop background is there) …

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