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MysticNZ
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Posted - 2006.06.25 22:58:00 -
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Quit the game, seriously.
Or install your graphics drivers?
Jesuz.
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iqplayer
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Posted - 2006.06.25 23:01:00 -
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Soooo.... let me get this straight. You reformat your HD whilst you know nothing about computers, in the process using a version of Windows you don't have a license for, and then you come to the Eve forums to ask for someone to fix it for you for free?
Yup, I think my advice in this case would be to pony up the bucks to take it to someone who does this kind of work professionally. In the end, the time and frustration you save will be worth your money.
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qui arthell
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Posted - 2006.06.25 23:06:00 -
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From what you've mentioned so far the computer iself is fine. You just need to set it up properly. However, if you still want to scrap it you're more than welcome to send it to me. 
It may be a good idea to reformat again so you have a clean slate to work off of.
Use the motherboard disc that (should) have come with the computer to install the chipset drivers after you're done installing windows. If you can't find the disc then open up the case (don't touch anything...) and see what model the motherboard is. Google the name, and look for the manufacturers website and download the motherboards drivers from there. Also grab any other appropriate drivers (built-in sound if used, LAN, AGP if used, etc.)
Then go to your video card manufacturers website, in this case ati.com. Go to Drivers and Software, choose your OS, in this case XP, click the 'XP and drivers' link, and choose your video card brand. If all you use the card for is playing games then the basic Catalyst drivers will be fine.
Download and install the latest DirectX, although if your XP cd is SP2 then it may already have the latest on it already. Go to Start->Run, type "dxdiag" without the quotes, and at the bottom of the window if it says '9.0c' then you're set, no need to download DirectX.
Before doing any of this a good idea would probably be to do all the windows updates. If you aren't behind a router then you are pretty much guaranteed to get a few worms and the like after getting connected to the internet for a few minutes - try and get a firewall like Zonealarm running on the system before hooking it up to the internet. If you can't, just do some checking for spyware/viruses after its all setup. Multiple scans with different programs is the safest route.
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Jarnisso
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Posted - 2006.06.25 23:11:00 -
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 Originally by: Lester Mako
Sharraino, Can I have your main account's stuff since your too baukbauksheeet to reply with ur main.
We all have somthing to bring to this discussion but from now on the only thing you should bring is silence.
If you are still having problems with the HP system you can find loads of tutorials on the net about reinstalling XP and try to visit the HP website for help.
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Jeynsa
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Posted - 2006.06.26 00:18:00 -
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I used to work for HP technical support so I've had some experience with their mediacentres and recovery software etc.
The recovery partition on your computer is a partition containing the factory default software - basically there are two forms of recovery that can be run, a destructive and a non destructive. The destructive will format your hard drive prior to reinstalling your factory software, the non-destructive effectively does a repair installation of windows which can mean that you still have problems with your computer, i would assume that you have only run a non-destructive recovery based off your initial post.
If you didn't delete your recovery partition when you reinstalled i strongly recommend you use it to recover the computer back to factory settings using the destructive recovery technique (this will reinstall all of your drivers etc. that you will be missing from a standard windows xp installation - choose the advanced option from the recovery menu). If you did delete it then you can contact hp technical support for a set of recovery cds which will allow you to do this (you have to pay for them i'm afraid because hp provide software to allow you to create them yourself, you should have been prompted to do so when you turned the computer on for the first time - or at least that was the case when i worked there).
If you insist on installing an operating system that didn't come with your computer then all of the drivers should be available at the hp site - just put your product number into their search box (the product number will be on the back of the tower and look something like this: #p / n: dv1066ea). I don't recommend doing this although the drivers should still work fine with xp.
Hope this is of some help.
N.b. A destructive recovery formats your computer so make sure you back up anything you want to keep before you do one.
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Y'laaris Brood
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Posted - 2006.06.26 00:48:00 -
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Originally by: Jeynsa
I used to work for HP technical support so I've had some experience with their mediacentres and recovery software etc.
The recovery partition on your computer is a partition containing the factory default software - basically there are two forms of recovery that can be run, a destructive and a non destructive. The destructive will format your hard drive prior to reinstalling your factory software, the non-destructive effectively does a repair installation of windows which can mean that you still have problems with your computer, i would assume that you have only run a non-destructive recovery based off your initial post.
If you didn't delete your recovery partition when you reinstalled i strongly recommend you use it to recover the computer back to factory settings using the destructive recovery technique (this will reinstall all of your drivers etc. that you will be missing from a standard windows xp installation - choose the advanced option from the recovery menu). If you did delete it then you can contact hp technical support for a set of recovery cds which will allow you to do this (you have to pay for them i'm afraid because hp provide software to allow you to create them yourself, you should have been prompted to do so when you turned the computer on for the first time - or at least that was the case when i worked there).
If you insist on installing an operating system that didn't come with your computer then all of the drivers should be available at the hp site - just put your product number into their search box (the product number will be on the back of the tower and look something like this: #p / n: dv1066ea). I don't recommend doing this although the drivers should still work fine with xp.
Hope this is of some help.
N.b. A destructive recovery formats your computer so make sure you back up anything you want to keep before you do one.
3 cheers for the helpfull post! hip hip...
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Laulosiak
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Posted - 2006.06.26 01:15:00 -
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hurray
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Laulosiak
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Posted - 2006.06.26 03:40:00 -
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i have 0 video card drives & i keep going to ati.com but there not helping
this PC is just ******
im just trashing the whole ******* thing
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Lardarz B'stard
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Posted - 2006.06.26 06:01:00 -
[39]
Ring HP and kick off
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Fly Catcher
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Posted - 2006.06.26 07:32:00 -
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Edited by: Fly Catcher on 26/06/2006 07:32:09
Take it to a PC shop for them to fix it for you - you don't know what you are doing.
If I need my car fixing, I take it to a mechanic, because I don't know what I am doing, I don't even know where to begin - you are in the same situation.
And stop visiting dodgy sites where you get infections, don't deny it, doctors know why your **** falls off and we know why your PC gets hundreds of viruses :)
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Hehulk
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Posted - 2006.06.26 08:21:00 -
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I'm gona agree with alot of other people. Stop trying, it's clearly getting the better of you. Take it to some experts, Tell them your computer is ****** and needs a complete re-install, pay them, and then come on back to eve.
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robacz
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Posted - 2006.06.26 08:27:00 -
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Originally by: Laulosiak
i have 0 video card drives & i keep going to ati.com but there not helping
this PC is just ******
im just trashing the whole ******* thing
Just call someone who can help you with your computer, most likely your problem is that you dont have correct drivers installed and without knowing your configuration, no one here can give you exact links to download them. Tech guy will cost u few bucks. 
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fr8st
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Posted - 2006.06.26 08:44:00 -
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hehe.
Dude. Go to www.at.com and clock drivers&software / windows XP drivers blah blah, select your gou type and driver and download it.
If you cant get direct X 9 to download at microsoft.com you should find it on some game disk (the newer the better).
Dont trash the PC haha. If you really cant fix it you should be able to buy a new harddriv for it and install windowsXP on that one. But it sounds to me like its already working and you just need help setting it up (as mentioned above)
So again, you might want to call someone that can help you. Or HP them selves
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Fara'a
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Posted - 2006.06.26 09:04:00 -
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Originally by: Laulosiak
i have 0 video card drives & i keep going to ati.com but there not helping
this PC is just ******
im just trashing the whole ******* thing
You really need to stop doing whatever you're trying to do, 'cause you obviously have less knowledge required for the solution of your problems. It's not a shame to admit you can't fix something, what's the matter with you m8?! Take the folks advice and take the damn pc to someone that acctually knows how to fix it.
HP pc's are really a lot more than just a crapy computers, I work with them a lot, and when properly run they're work just fine.
However you did managed to make more than one mistake in your little venture: first one by starting to do something you obviously have little or no knowledge about, and that just led you to the path where whatever you do is just not helping.
Now take my, and couple others advice, and take that PC to someone that can help you out.
One other thing, actually a free advice: allways do a da*n BACKUP before anything!
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Sensor Error
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Posted - 2006.06.26 09:33:00 -
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Edited by: Sensor Error on 26/06/2006 09:34:53
sounds like you need to
a) Learn how to construct sentences
b) Buy a legit version of windows rather than borrowing your mates
c) Download the latest drivers for your graphics card
Originally by: Gariuys
Might be a issue with the harddrive itself still containing some obscure virus or something. If you managed to get your pc infected with lots of viruses I wouldn't be suprised if one of em was something that did some ebil stuff with your boot record.
1) Hardware can't be infected with a virus.
2) the boot record would have been sorted when he re-installed XP.
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!!
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Aduras Cartailin
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Posted - 2006.06.26 11:20:00 -
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a) Hypocritical much?
b) Not applicable to this situation.
c) He did that.
1) There are currently two viruses that can infect the BIOS of most motherboards.
2) Not if he used the on disk reformatting tool or a part of one of the tracks the MBR was written to was bad.
All in all, the only thing would be for him to take the comp to a repair shop.
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Flyyn
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Posted - 2006.06.26 11:30:00 -
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Well first of all you deleated your graphic drivers...
second, you should never of put XP on the system, by useing your buddies OS disk.
If you had read the instructions that come with the system, you would have seen, there are two ways to get a new os, the first and formost is burning a copy, when you have what you need and want on the system.
The second one cost $10.00usd to have HP ship you a backup set.
So operator error strikes again, man that is a mean nast bug operator error.
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Liu Lijuan
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Posted - 2006.06.26 12:05:00 -
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Edited by: Liu Lijuan on 26/06/2006 12:07:18
Ok Laulosiak first thing to do is sit down and breath...take a few deep breaths and try to relax....
So you have windows running? but cant ply the game...
There are several options..
1) Phone HP Tech Support, they know more than you.
2) Take your PC to a local PC shop
3) Ask a friend to look at it
4) Try Windows update, go for custom option you sometimes get driver updates.
I know how frustraiting things can be, just try to relax.
In the future use SpyBot Search and Destroy and Adaware to remove malware, get yourself a firewall and Antivirus (these are a must) and use FireFox for browsing.
For the last 2 years I have been running a free firewall , free antivirus (AVG) and FireFox and I have had 0 malware and 0 Viruses and the PC runs just fine.
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