HELP PLEASE!

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  1. ak1n0

    ak1n0 Regular member

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    im not sure if this a place to ask this but i hav another computer...and when i log in, its logges me off automatically! maybe only 1 second in. not even the icons loaded up yet.it jus loggs off....its windows xp home, and i dont hav a xp home cd, cuz i think i lost it...but i hav a xp pro. when i put that in when i restart...it don't read it. the cd wont start up. can sumone help me please???
     
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    do you know how to get into the bios?
     
  3. ak1n0

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    nop. i dont. im not really good with computers, so maybe a step-bye-step will help lots thanks.
     
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    i figured it all out now. but when i try to reformat... part way in the process, it restarts by itself. i also have two 80gig. HD installed but it only shows 80gig. how do i use the other one?
     
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    thanks. i'll give it a go when i get home.
     
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    Cool - that should fix it...but get back to me anywho :)
     
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    well... i dont kno what to do exactly. Lol. there's already one set on the primary master and primary slave. which says 0gig each. guess dat means nothing installed o those. the secondary main and secondary slave each read 80gig tho. but when i go on my computer in windows, it only shows local disk c:....what do i do?
     
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    was the 2nd 80 gig partitioned & formated? move the cable from secondary to primary as usually faster
     
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    i dont know how to move and where to plug in the cables. is it written on there?
     
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    he needs to format it in windows open device manger in windows it should show the 2 hd
     

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