I.T. help needed!!! pc won't start!

[Albannach]

after its reset the bios it should replace the missing file
it wont hurt nothing if it dont work (most of the time it will)
let me know

What file will the BIOS replace?

[JUDWAK]

What file will the BIOS replace?

the bios wont realy do it
when its reset the dos updates its self
and windows runs on dos
its like a chain reaction

and this may not be programe related

just try it if it dont work then it limets what it could be

[Albannach]

the bios wont realy do it
when its reset the dos updates its self
and windows runs on dos
its like a chain reaction

and this may not be programe related

just try it if it dont work then it limets what it could be

I'm not keen on telling folk to reset their BIOS just in case they have a wierd configuration. And, as Matt said, in this instance, I don't think it will do any good at all. I don't think XP uses DOS either, but I may be wrong.

[MattF]

I don't think XP uses DOS either, but I may be wrong.

They phased it out around Windoze 2000, didn't they? Some weird compatibility, (supposedly), layer they use now, ain't it?

[JUDWAK]

I'm not keen on telling folk to reset their BIOS just in case they have a wierd configuration. And, as Matt said, in this instance, I don't think it will do any good at all. I don't think XP uses DOS either, but I may be wrong.

if windows dont use dos
then it dont work
if he tells me what dos he is on
i will know the full set up and lay out
windows is just a programe that runs on dos
well each to there own

[MattF]

if windows dont use dos
then it dont work

Anything later than win9*/M.E/N.T? obviously doesn't and cannot work then, judging from that statement.

[JUDWAK]

Anything later than win9*/M.E/N.T? obviously doesn't and cannot work then, judging from that statement.

cant do
go to run
type cmd that black box just poped up
thats dos
why it there if windows dont use it
windows will not run with out it

[Albannach]

They phased it out around Windoze 2000, didn't they? Some weird compatibility, (supposedly), layer they use now, ain't it?

That's what I thought, Windows 2000 used a stripped down DOS then they dumped it totally with XP.

[JUDWAK]

That's what I thought, Windows 2000 used a stripped down DOS then they dumped it totally with XP.

iam ending here

[gwh200]

iam ending here

why is there a prompt thingy for dos in my registry ??

i use vista

[JUDWAK]

why is there a prompt thingy for dos in my registry ??

i use vista

coz all windows run on dos

[GRASSMAN]

Hey people, i'm hoping to draw on the vast bank of knowledge that lurks on the forum.

i think i may have fubar'd my pc. on friday my virus software popped up saying it had blocked a trojan. after doin this a few times i decided to run a virus scan and get rid of it. it was found, then put in quarantine by the software, so i then deleted the file to completely get rid of the problem.

at the end of the day i shut down the pc as normal. Now it will not reboot atall!! i'm operating windows XP, and when it gets to the black screen that says "windows XP" with a little blue "nightrider" style bar going accross, after a few sweeps accross it stops, then the whole thing shuts off, and it starts up again.

i've tried booting in safe mode, and also in "last known working configuration", both with exactly the same result. The only thing i remember about the trojan is it had something to do with winexplore in the title if that helps.

please can someone tell me what to do??

i guess i'm gonna need ot find my XP disk and reload the lot somehow. i'm just so worried we may have lost all our photo's, but more importantly our files.

cheers oh wise and wonderful beings!

Martin

I'm not very good with PCs, If your running AGV.
Google. AVG FORUM and ask for help on there, got
to be worth a try, aint it?

Gman

[BUSHWHACKER]

Have you changed the rad cap yet?



Christ it's like talkin' to a brick wall on here some days.

[Growler]

that sounds like the easiest thing right now. mainly cos i can't find an xp disk! got a millenium one and a vista one, but can't track down an XP!

doing this watch battery thing, will it loose any of my settings/files?

cheers,

Martin

Martin, if you aren't having any luck with this and can get it down to me anytime from thursday onwards i'll have a look at it for you. I have a old machine i can drop HDD into without worrying about viruses if needs be.

Andy

[JUDWAK]

any how back to the matter in hand only trying to help
even tho some think its not going to do nothing
or its bad addvise
B16mts try what i said mate it wont hurt nothing
its better than me trying to get you reseting your jumper settings
by reseting your bios its limets what it could be
if it dont work then we can go to the next step
coz there is lots it could be
doing that elimetates a lot of what it could be (hardware wise)
then we can think about software