 Windows Xp Has Failed Me..., OEM disk problems... |
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 Jan 30 2005, 10:20 PM
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Member [Level 1]  Group: Members Posts: 74 Joined: 21-October 04 From: Connecticut Member No.: 1,870  |
there were major problems with my computer (reasons don't matter) and i couldn't reformat it the right way... (by popping in the xp disk). so i put it in another computer as a secondary drive in a different computer, and it was successful.
those of you who are experienced with OEM disks are probably expecting the horrors i am about to relate to you... as anyone with a speck of knowledge about hardware knows, there is no way to COMPLETELY erase a hard drive, no matter which way you reformat it. so, when i booted up my computer again, it gave me a message "NTLDR IS MISSING". that sucked... badly.... very badly..... i immediately realized why. OEM disks of windows (like the one i ordered from zipzoomfly) can only be used once! somehow, the disk was thinking that i was trying to install the OS on a different computer. now i am screwed. i'll probably have to go to pc warehouse to ask them to somehow work around this problem and fix all the other problems that made me reformat in the first place! i'll inevitably have to buy another windows disk, another 125 dollars down the drain... and that's if i ever go back to cheap piece of crap OEM disks again!!!! all in all, my computer is screwed!!!! </my rant> thanks for listening! |
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 Feb 6 2005, 12:22 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 74 Joined: 21-October 04 From: Connecticut Member No.: 1,870 |
UPDATE:
my dad's doing me a huge favor and he will be taking my PC to a store called PC Warehouse tomorrow. i hear that they are very good, very professional, and they won't overcharge. i'll see how it goes... another update hopefully soon, if anyone cares... |
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Feb 6 2005, 12:36 AM
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Neurotical Squirrel Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 590 Joined: 4-November 04 From: Novi Sad, Vojvodina Member No.: 2,127 |
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you erase partitions with fdisk, there is NO information left. Even OEM disk shouldn't make any trouble... Howeverm I can't put my life on it, but that's just a thought...
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Feb 6 2005, 12:42 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 74 Joined: 21-October 04 From: Connecticut Member No.: 1,870 |
QUOTE(Galahad @ Feb 5 2005, 07:36 PM) Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you erase partitions with fdisk, there is NO information left. Even OEM disk shouldn't make any trouble... Howeverm I can't put my life on it, but that's just a thought... well according to all my computer nerd friends: there is no true way to completely erase a hard disk... (well, maybe setting it on fire would erase it   ) i also think that Microsoft would find some way to prevent consumers from using it ineligibly, and i guess permanently bruising the hard drive is the easiest way to accomplish it. also, its a known fact that OEM xp disks can only be used on one computer; that's one of the reasons its so cheap!
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Feb 6 2005, 01:49 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 339 Joined: 2-December 04 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 2,516 |
I feel your pain bro.
I've easily spent 400+ dollars on OEM replacements since Windows '98. (That means '98, 2000, ME, XP home, and Professional!) So yeah, I know ya story well.. |
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Feb 6 2005, 06:18 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 5-February 05 Member No.: 3,612 |
I know how u feel dude u cant use your computer for a while it takes a long time to get the mother board replaced and stuff because some parts may have to be replaced like processor and stuff but probably not that rarely ever happens tho
unless u break ur computer really bad but thats a different story lol but anyways it must be very painful for u and i know how u feel its happened to me a zillion times before GuySpook signing off |
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 Feb 6 2005, 07:17 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 5-February 05 Member No.: 3,620 |
QUOTE(GuySpook @ Feb 5 2005, 11:18 PM) I know how u feel dude u cant use your computer for a while it takes a long time to get the mother board replaced and stuff because some parts may have to be replaced like processor and stuff but probably not that rarely ever happens tho unless u break ur computer really bad but thats a different story lol but anyways it must be very painful for u and i know how u feel its happened to me a zillion times before GuySpook signing off well if u take care of u disks nothing will happen plus the boot disks form mircrosoft work fine |
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Feb 6 2005, 08:25 PM
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POWERED BY LINUX! Group: Members Posts: 606 Joined: 11-July 04 From: Toronto, Canada Member No.: 78 |
Here's an easy answer:
DITCH WINDOWS AND TRY DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE LINUX OR MACINTOSH!! xboxrulz |
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 Feb 7 2005, 02:18 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 74 Joined: 21-October 04 From: Connecticut Member No.: 1,870 |
QUOTE(xboxrulz @ Feb 6 2005, 03:25 PM) Here's an easy answer: if anything ran on linux, i gladly would! what if i want to play games like doom 2 or half-life 2? i don't think anyone made those for linux...
DITCH WINDOWS AND TRY DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE LINUX OR MACINTOSH!! xboxrulz |
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