# Computer Question

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [December 1, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-question/200894 "2008-12-01T15:00:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-question/200894/12 "2008-12-03T18:51:58Z")

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> [@So today I'm at Golds....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-today-im-at-golds/38880/16):
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> i decided to try it again tonight. i pulled the good hard drive out, and put in a empty spare one i had. Put my XP restore CDs in, it loaded the CDs onto the hard drive. When i restarted it went to the DOS startup prompt, and told me i could either hit DELETE for bios, of F8 for BBS setup. I tried both ways. I still get the same result. The computer makes it to the “Startup in SafeMode, or SafeMode with Networking, or Last Startup Settings” whichever one i chose, it restarts the system, and i’m back to square 1.
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> a drivers CD came with the motherboard, and i’ve tried booting to that, but no results.
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> all hardware is recognized in the BIOs, and i’ve tried reorganizing them, and booting to each, and no results.

Cool. Boot to xp cd and repair the windows installation on the current partition. It won,t erase your user data  
But you will have to reinstall drivers and apps. Windows can’t boot to foreign chipset and hardware.or a driver cd. Lawl. Repairing windows installation will recognize new devices and boot to windows.

And I don’t mean recovery console. Let setup get past that prompt, up to partition selection. Then do the repair.

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