set Trident, Try: set at the cmd prompt.
Not new! How about the fact that if you upgrade your mobo, you won't have to buy another video card? Voltage can be controlled by...
fonzbear2000 You're confusing some of us by equating reformat and restore. You are trying to restore XP and I think your restore disk is...
Sounds to me like a bad HDD. Do you have another disk to try?
Oops! We crossed in the mail Newt! Your suggestions trump mine, which is a last resort idea. :D
more thoughts I agree, it looks clean, but I hope one of the more knowledgeable folks here will comment. I had a difficult problem some time...
Just wondering. You could have some pest infecting your computer. Maybe tell us about your security and check out this thread and consider...
Your friend is on the right track, I think. You will have to experiment to see what's slowing down the boot process. What I'd do first is...
specs? Maybe if you give us the specs. for your computer, we may be able to help more.
Try to boot to safe mode, or if that's not possible, to a command prompt and see if it stays oprational. F8 should give you the menu. That would...
Problem is occuring during POST, before "system" (= OS?) is loaded. I'm guessing it's a hardware problem. :D Has there been any change to...
Suggest you refer to this thread. I could be that you have an infection.
It may be too late to do this, since you're in the middle of an installation attempt, but... Suggest in safe mode you do: start, programs,...
You need all these. You need an antivirus program and a firewall to be safe. Meantime, try an online scan, but get the others too.
Nope. Better study the link.
security? You may be correct; it could be an infection. What security do you have? Suggest you search this site for advice.
sfc. Try, at a cmd prompt, sfc /scannow.
explorer.exe What I do is use explorer in classic mode with status bar enabled and folder window opened on the left. Click (to highlight) each...
I've had lots of requests for this. Thanks for the URL.
retype? Can you retype your question, please? I can't find that file anywhere.
Separate names with a comma.