Author Topic: XP and Harddrive Problems.. (Read 1091 times)

Cody · « **on:** July 17, 2008, 09:44:46 AM »

I got my harddrive out of my old comp and put it in my new one, everything boots up fine and XP loads, but when I click to sign into an account it says this copy of XP isn't acivated. So I try to activate it, but of course i run into a problem. It wont connect to the internet cause most likely my drivers and shit arent working for it. And I CAN'T install drivers until I get into XP, so any ideas? >_>

Herb · « **Reply #1 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:08:55 AM »

just quit.

Cody · « **Reply #2 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:15:47 AM »

Quote from: sheikah16

just quit.

VERY USEFUL INFORMATION, SOMEONE GIVE THIS FUCKING RETARD AN AWARD!

It seems I have to re-activate it again, although I never activated it before so, yeah whatever.
But I do need help with something else. For some reason the harddrive isnt wanting to show up on vista/ubuntu.

Did I do it right?

And do I need to like do something in BIOS?

GT-7 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:38:16 AM »

Seems odd to me. But make sure that the cables are all the way in at the HDD. And also check your BIOS if there is something usefull information.

Cody · « **Reply #4 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:40:03 AM »

I got it, I had to plug in another data cord. Works like a charm now.

GT-7 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 17, 2008, 11:02:11 AM »

Same happened with me and my friend. The IDE cable snapped somewhere inside and I just brought one of ours and then it worked again.

Cody · « **Reply #6 on:** July 17, 2008, 11:47:22 AM »

No I mean I didnt have a data cord in the harddrive. lol

Noob @ Hardware.