Computer will not turn on-now no monitor signal

Thanks to all for great input. I did pull out the old hard drive and was able to remove anti-virus programs..etc. However, I could not get the XP Pro OS to reboot with the new hardware. I ended up getting a new hard drive WD 120G UATA 7200rpm and loaded a new OS only I installed xp home instead of pro. I had trouble restoring the old OS and still than could not install the new OS with a new hard drive. I ended up clearing the CMOS for a forth time only waited 10 minutes, going to one stick of 256 Kingston DDRAM instead of dual sticks and I increased the RAM voltage by .5volts in the soft menu (ABIT IC7-G BIOS) as recommended on a MS user site. They actually recommended .1volt increase. (After 6 days of reading and experimenting I have a smile). My next project is to get the data off my old hard drive loaded onto the new drive.
I have loaded my old hard drive as the slave and can access all my old program files, documents..etc. What is the best way to transfer these files to the new hard drive so I keep microsoft office, printer and other software programs, internet access with old icons...etc. Is there any easy way or is it transfer one at a time as I go forward. I also want to be careful I do not mess up my OS when transfering these files.
Thanks again for all the help,
Tom11

 

You really cant transfer the programs to your new primary hard drive. The wouldnt work. You would have toknow exactly where Microsoft Office for example loads every single file for MS Word and that is almost impossible. It is the same for any program. What you need to do is just transfer crucial files like My Documents, Address book, and pictures you have saved along with your Favorites, music, and video. The actual programs themselves should be loaded from the CD ROM that they came on. Just taking a folder of a program from the Programs folder isn't going to work 95% of the time because each program loads files all over the place.

What you could try is to keep the secondary drive as is and excessing your programs from there instead of your C:\ drive. If you can though I would just reload the programs you want and get the important data from yout secondary drive your system will rum much smoother, and then you could use your second drive to just dtore all your data files on so if this ever happened again you will be able to get to them pretty easy..

 

One last update for others that lose there OS while rebuilding their PC's. I made the mistake of not being able to reload my MS OS and going out and repurchasing the MS OS and than questioned MS about having to purchase office. They let me reactive office without a new purchase. They responded that I was able to reuse the key code on any one computor if it was not a change in the OS. So I added a repair cost I did not need. I wrote it off as another lesson learned in PC repair. To an experienced person these may be common knowledge.

 

Hi can some 1 help me, i have this computer (tower) and it was working and the next day i tried to turn it on and the power light was not on and the cooling fan was not working. Can some 1 help and tell me whats going on