Info and forum posts by 'Gurra W'

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Joined on: Saturday, 6th July 2002, 22:33, Last used: Saturday, 6th July 2002, 22:33

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About this user: 21y old movie-buff from Sweden

Likes everything except `U.S.A.-will-save-us-all-and-make-the-world-a-better-place-by-waving-their-flag" movies (read The Patriot starring Mel Gibson)

This user has posted a total of 87 messages. On average, since joining, this user has posted 0.01 messages a day, or 0.08 messages a week. In the last 30 days, this user has posted 0 messages, which is on average 0 messages a day.

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RE: McDonalds- I think

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i decided to try one of McDonalds salad things today, and quite surprisingly, it was delish! AnNyone else tried them yet?

Try the BK chicken-salad instead (skip the dressing if you wanna go low-fat).
That is actually VERY tasty :)

//Gurra W
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RE: Your Scariest Childhood film???????????

Actually, 2001: A Space Odyssey.. that scene in the end when he sees himself grow older and older REALLY freaked me when I saw it at around the age of 10.

//Gurra W
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-I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.
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RE: formating old hard drive help please!!!!

I`m glad it worked out! :)

Are you using two different operating systems on the computer? Like Windows 98 and Windows XP?
I`m guessing no, and if I`m correct you could have deleted the FAT and NTSF partitions within the installer and created a new, single (and larger) partition.

Do you now have two harddrives in Windows Explorer? One called C: and one called D:? How large are C: and D:?

//Gurra W
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-I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.
My DVD Collection
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RE: formating old hard drive help please!!!!

Did you first check if the CD booted by itself (or showed the text "Press any key to boot from CD")?

If you did and it didn`t boot and have to change the BIOS settings, this is how to do it;

When the PC boots up and shows the very first screen, keep an eye out for text similar to this: "Press <> to enter BIOS". Press that button! It`s usually Delete or one of the Function-keys (F1, F2 etc.).
You will then enter the BIOS-settings instead of starting up Windows.

**This is where very advanced settings for the computer are changed and you should NOT change anything you do not know exactly what it will do.**

As there are many different BIOS`s I can`t tell you exactly how to do this, only the general approach on how to do it.

What you`ll be looking for is something called Boot order or Boot sequence.
Go through the different menus/pages looking for this. The BIOS should give you proper instructions on how to navigate through it.

The boot-list tells the computer in which order to check devices for bootable software (like Operating Systems (Windows) and Installation Discs). What you need is to tell it to check the CD-ROM before checking the harddrive.

There are three main variations of the boot-list, looking along the ways of this (so you know what you are looking for):

Single box variation
Looks like:
[C, D, E]

Change/Cycle through the entry so that the drive-letter assigned to your CD-ROM (usually D) comes before C.

Enable/Disable variation
Looks like:
[CD-ROM/DVD Disabled]
[Primary IDE/HDD Enabled]

Change the CD-ROM entry to Enabled.

Listing variation
Looks like:
[Primary IDE/HDD]
[CD-ROM/DVD]

Change the Primary IDE/HDD entry to CD-ROM/DVD and vice versa.

After you have changed it accordingly you need to find a button called Exit and save settings.
The computer will then restart and if the Windows XP CD is in the drive it should start that instead of regular Windows.

Tell me if there`s anything that needs further explanation or if you get stuck somewhere :)
//Gurra W
_______________________________________
-I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.
My DVD Collection
My YMDb Top 20

RE: formating old hard drive help please!!!!

If you aren`t presented with a Windows XP-installation menu, or the text "Press any key to boot from CD" you need to enable booting from CD in the BIOS.

If you don`t know how to enable that, post here and me or someone else can guide you through it :)

Also, you should format the hdd with NTFS file format. That will give you a little additional speed in windows :)