Jamie-C
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Installed a program which is supposed to optomize my settings to make my computer run quicker, I rebooted it and the computer wouldnt load up properly. Now when i turn it on it says, boot disk fail, insert system disc and press enter, tried all 3 disks that i have but none worked. Any sugestions?
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Doug
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Sounds like you installed a virus and not a 'optimisation program' as it were.
May be best doing a fresh install of your OS?
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Jamie-C
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Thought i might have  , not the best at computers, by reinstalling OS do you mean reinstall XP or Vlsta?
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Doug
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Yes. OS means operating system so XP or Vista etc.
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Jamie-C
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Thanks mate will give it a try, will it let me install it though as i cant log in?
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Doug
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Bang the CD in and then start the computer up. Make sure that it is set to boot up to the CD before the hard drive (you do this in the BIOS)
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Jamie-C
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Will do that tomorrow  Thanks for the advice!
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gooner_47
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Erm... you know that you'll lose anything you have saved on there right? i.e Music, Videos, Documents (all your files). Just want to make sure you realise that before you go ahead and do anything too rash.
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N3CRO
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Theres lotsa programs out there that say they sort out PC probs, net probs but most are just spyware, adware, virus' etc. You should never d/load such a program without finding out more about it first.
I almost made that mistake a few months back but luckly while installing it, my virus software told me there was a virus in the installation file so I just deleted it and got away scot free.
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Jamie-C
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gooner no choice mate, Doug  I went to my BIOS then advanced bios features, set CD ROM as first boot device and hard disk as second. Is this right? If so, No luck
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Doug
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Yeah that sounds right mate 
Now when you start the computer up it will check the CD rom drive before the Hard drive.
So if you start your computer with your windows CD in the drive then you should be able to run the setup on the computer
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Jamie-C
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It didnt work , disk wont load!
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Jamie-C
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Its fixed 
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Doug
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What was it?
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Jamie-C
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Not sure, my uncle took it away (he's a lot better with computers than me  ) He reinstalled my OS as you said and it worked He reckons i downloaded a virus somehow
Always learn the hard way 
[Edited on 10-01-2009 by Jamie-C]
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