If the hardware is testing good ... at this point, I'd be tempted to start over (reinstall windows).
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If the hardware is testing good ... at this point, I'd be tempted to start over (reinstall windows).
Ran Trojanscan on the drive and found numerous trojan viruses but could not fix them it said
1) DBAN, 2) partition, 3) format, and 4) install the OS should get rid of them. :)
Has worked 100% so far, using the DBAN default.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpywareDr
Dban has me stumped boys...never heard of it....please clear this up with me
Okay googled dban and tryed it ...couldnt get it to burn on cdr so put on flash drive and it saw it...It started the wipe and when done says no errors found and usually means bad sectors
Next steps: 1) boot from the XP CD, 2) create a partion, 3) format the partion, and 4) install XP.
How to partition and format a hard disk by using Windows XP Setup program
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313348
Windows up and running , thanks for all the help. Problem is resolved
Glad to hear the good news and THANKS for posting back!
Ditto. :D